Andrew Bowden

Shares of Comfort Systems USA, Inc. have earned an average rating of "Hold" from the six research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and two have issued a buy recommendation on the company.

That doesn't mean we should simply buy all the stocks that Buffett owns through Berkshire. Doing so wouldn't do justice to your personal investing situation.

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Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, and Intel CEO Brian Krzanich have resigned from the advisory council amid the fallout from President Donald Trump's handling of the white-nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. Germany's economy is growing at its fastest rate in 3 years .

McCarthy and Stone wants to build Retirement Living apartments on the site of the former bus depot on Friars Street in Hereford RESIDENTS will have the chance to view and comment on redevelopment plans for a former bus depot during a public exhibition next week. McCarthy and Stone will display its proposals to regenerate the vacant, brownfield site on Friars Street with approximately 54 retirement living apartments, attractive new landscaping and car parking.

Caterpillar and Astec Industries are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership. Caterpillar has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

New Zealand's building and construction industry developed a practical plan to help respond to the country's building and construction needs at the "all-of-industry" Constructive Forum, which was held on 2-4 August in Auckland. The Constructive Forum , hosted by the Registered Master Builders Association , is the only "all of industry" forum, bringing together the entire supply chain with Government to develop a practical plan to achieve system wide transformation.

GE just recently promoted John Flannery to CEO, as Jeff Immelt stood aside. Flannery was head of GE's healthcare business before being tapped for CEO .

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday said it has taken a 17.5 million share stake in Synchrony Financial and shed its investment in the financial services company's former parent, General Electric Co. In a regulatory filing detailing its U.S.-listed stock holdings, Berkshire said it owned about $521 million of Synchrony shares as of June 30. Investors follow Berkshire's stock holdings closely to determine what has won or lost Buffett's favor.

Technical schools in Western Canada are filling a management and supervisory gap by providing bachelor degrees as baby-boomers exit the construction industry taking more than simply technical knowledge. Degree programs, such as construction management offered to BCIT students pictured above and at other Western Canadian institutions, are helping to bridge the gap of management, financial and supervisory skills that are exiting with the baby boomers.