http://www.thecornerofficeblog.com/2009/02/11/hit-by-a-trane/ An entrepreneurs thoughts on business, personal finance and investing. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:02:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.thecornerofficeblog.com/2009/02/11/hit-by-a-trane/comment-page-1/#comment-42922 MJ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:00:43 +0000 http://www.thecornerofficeblog.com/?p=1013#comment-42922 There is no positive growth in this. Trane which has a two sided business one residential based mostly on new homes and the other based on either new commercial building construction or existing capital projects by companies not producing anything. They're screwed, no doubt now. I still believe that they make the best product out there, but even that doesn't matter if no one is buying. Sucks to be IR huh? I am sure that they thought that they were stepping out of new construction into something more stable, and instead they found another company that is going to cost them. There is no positive growth in this. Trane which has a two sided business one residential based mostly on new homes and the other based on either new commercial building construction or existing capital projects by companies not producing anything. They’re screwed, no doubt now. I still believe that they make the best product out there, but even that doesn’t matter if no one is buying. Sucks to be IR huh? I am sure that they thought that they were stepping out of new construction into something more stable, and instead they found another company that is going to cost them.

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