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  Forbes

  Is Your Company On The Independent Contractor Hit List?

  The Feds and state workforce agencies have been cracking down on businesses they believe are misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Construction is one of the targeted industries.

• The negative consequences of U.S. energy independence

  Shale oil and natural gas production are expected to add $125 billion to federal and state coffers and create thousands of jobs by 2020. That's great news. But one thing that gets lost in the drive to reduce reliance on foreign energy is how getting there impacts infrastructure assets.

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  Concrete Returns

  What Trump's 15% Tax Rate Means for Producers

  by Pierre Villere

  This could be a real windfall for the typical concrete producer who is an independent business.