places

Places To Be, People To See

Places. Over the last five weeks I’ve done a bit of traveling. Crisscrossing the country several times; 16 flights, over 20000 miles, 7 hotels, dozens of taxis, 5 hotel gyms, 2 hotel pools, 1 yoga studio and counting all the restaurants would only give me indigestion. I have two very busy periods annually for travel;

Moving Back Home for the Summer Could Lead to a Surprise Tax Deduction

The time is here.  The school year has ended and the dorms are closing for the summer.  You’re finally scheduled to pick up your son or daughter (or both) from college and they’ll be all yours for the next 3 months. You arrive at the dorm to find boxes, bags and milk crates, furniture and

Analyzing China’s Slowdown

While the world reacts to China’s economic slowdown, the tone among the country’s top government officials remains calm. That’s because the growth rate (previously 10%, predicted to drop to 6.3% in 2016) has been intentionally slowed since 2012. A report published that year by the International Monetary Fund suggested that while China’s capital-to-output ratio was

Market & Metals

May 2015 Scrap Metal Market Watch & Low End Analytic

Scrap Metal Market Trends Scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies continue to drop. We’ve seen a decline of 5.61% over the past month, 50.70% over the past year, and 57.05% over the past two years. Despite some leveling out in the steel market, this trend is expected to continue, as economic improvement measures are

Steel Supply Chain Levels Out

Steel Supply Chain Decline “Have scrap steel prices finally found a floor?”1 The decline in steel prices is slowing as scrap markets look for signs of positive change. Late last month, the Commodity Trade Risk Management group published new prices for hot-rolled coil, which evened out at “$440/st, down from about $640/st last November”.2 CTRM

ARS Pups Celebrate Life

This past Sunday, more than 50 employees from Advanced Remarketing Services and Comsearch, along with their “four-legged children” participated as the CARS FOR A CURE team in the American Cancer Society’s 2015 BARK FOR LIFE in Warwick, Rhode Island.  This was a new type of ACS Relay for Life event held to celebrate our pups

Earth Week 2015 – It’s Our Job

After a blue-gray and white winter, spring is a time for celebration. It starts the party with bursts of rich and vibrant colors. It beckons living things to wake a little earlier and stay out a little later. We take deeper breaths of clean, fresh air and head to the beach, park, or backyard to

The Impact of Imports in the Steel Market

Throughout early 2015 there has been an explosion of steel imports into the U.S. This has been a trend that was driven in the aftermath of the recession by Asian producers such as China, Japan, and South Korea. In order to put this trend into perspective, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute: the

Keeping Kids Safe in Vehicles

We may be in the business of remarketing vehicles, but safety is always our top concern.  We work to get older, less safe vehicles off the road.  We choose business partners who hold high operational and safety standards.  We choose charity partners that work for the safety and health of people all over the world. 

green

Keeping it Green All Year Long

Having “St. Paddy’s” day in March is the perfect precursor to Earth day in April.  We’re wearing green in one month and living green the next. In our office, there’s lots of green…on “St. Paddy’s” day and all year long.  It’s an important standard for us to consciously incorporate green or eco-friendly practices into the