Scott Waxler is the managing partner of LockeBridge, LLC. He can be reached at (781) 676-2001 or e-mail swaxler@lockebridge.com. LockeBridge is a Boston-based mergers and acquisitions advisory firm serving middle market corporations. LockeBridge has substantial experience in the building industry and continues to focus on this segment as a major practice area.
As I write this article in late March, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, presides over his first meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, the group that sets interest rates. The committee has just announced that they are continuing the gradual interest rate-raising campaign.