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49 min ago | WCSH 6 Portland

Cianbro on AARP list of best employers for workers 50+

When you think of company's that are known for being good places to work for people over 50, a construction company might not be the first thing that comes to mind.

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Related Topix: Cianbro

1 hr ago | Contractor

Economists say jobs are key to sustained recovery in construction industry

Economists from Associated Builders and Contractors, the American Institute of Architects and the National Association of Home Builders gave their perspectives on where the construction economy is headed during a June 17 online news conference.

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6 hrs ago | OregonLive.com

Weyerhaeuser to pay $2.65 billion for Oregon, Washington timberlands

A Weyerhaeuser Co. employee works outside in a Lebanon lumber yard in this 2007 file photo.

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Related Topix: Weyerhaeuser, Oregon, Washington, Washington Government

10 hrs ago | The Hartford Courant

Rebalance of Russell index to bring volume surge at quarter-end

Investors accustomed to late market volatility at the end of the quarter should expect an extra jolt on June 28, when billions of dollars in stock trades will be executed in less than two seconds.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Financial Markets, Ansonia, CT

12 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

Jacobs Awarded Contract to Support Department of Homeland Security

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it was selected as an awardee to provide program management, engineering, and technology support services to the Department of Homeland Security as part of the Technical, Acquisition and Business Support Services contract.

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Related Topix: TechTeam Global, Jacobs Engineering Group

16 hrs ago | Lethbridge Herald

City man honored by nuclear society

Duane Pendergast has been made a Fellow of the Canadian Nuclear Society. Pendergast is currently chair, Alberta Branch of the Canadian Nuclear Society, and since his retirement from Atomic Energy of Canada in 2000 has been consulting and writing related to energy and greenhouse gas management.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, North America, Canada, World News, Atomic Energy of Canada

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Insider Monkey

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD), American International Group, Inc....

The S&P 500 fell nearly 10% in June 2008, and investors began to brace for an eventual market crash later in the year.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Gilead Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Insurance, American International Group, Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Google

KRGV

Tesoro announces $75M sale of Hawaii refinery

Tesoro Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell its refining operations in Hawaii to Par Petroleum Corp. for $75 million plus the market value of its working capital.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Colleen Hanabusa, Democrat, Tesoro

Reuters

Tesoro to sell Boise petroleum terminal to win US deal approval

U.S. antitrust regulators have given oil refiner Tesoro Corp and its logistics subsidiary approval to buy Northwest Products Pipeline system and related assets from Chevron Corp, on the condition that its sells a petroleum terminal in Boise, Idaho, the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday.

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Related Topix: Tesoro, Boise, ID, Energy, Oil & Gas, Chevron Corporation

Brandon Sun

N.D. oil spurs $4.1-B outlay for railroad

To bolster its ability to haul freight, including crude oil, Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway Co.

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Related Topix: North Dakota, Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Stanley, ND

The Globe and Mail

Quebec economy at risk if construction dispute lingers, lobby group warns

Workers work at a construction site in Montreal is shown in this file photo. Quebec's biggest business lobby group said Monday the province's economy is at risk if the current labour disruption in the construction industry lingers.

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Seeking Alpha

Construction, Mining And Agriculture: Which Industry Can Make You Rich?

In this article, the unique combination of companies under discussion includes three in the construction, mining and agricultural industries.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Caterpillar, Manufacturing, Insurance

East Anglian Daily Times

Felixstowe: Calls for clifftop flats scheme to be rejected

The proposed McCarthy and Stone development on the clifftops at the junction of Hamilton Gardens and Cambridge Road in Felixstowe.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Suffolk County, England, McCarthy and Stone

Newsday

Flex policies let workers buy or sell time off

Some companies allow their workers to buy and sell vacation time, a perk that gives workers more flexibility in managing their time off.

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Related Topix: USG Corporation, Irving, TX

Daily Record

The new way to save money on homes: solar panels

According to California Solar Initiative, homes with solar panels have been purchased twice as much from 2011 to 2012.

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Related Topix: KB Home, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Startups, SolarCity

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The London Free Press

175,000 Que. construction workers set to strike

Construction sites across Quebec will shut down midnight Monday as 175,000 unionized workers go on strike after contract talks failed, union leaders said Sunday afternoon.

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Indybay.org

Workers Still Protest One Year After Sam Grossman's Take-Over of La Playa Carmel

On June 7, former workers and community members marched at La Playa Carmel to protest the first year of Sam Grossman's ownership of the hotel.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, Retail, Grossman's, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, Monterey, CA, Carmel Valley, CA

Reuters

UPDATE 1-Brookfield to sell assets to Weyerhaeuser, KapStone for $3.68 bln

Brookfield Asset Management Inc said it will sell its Longview Timber holdings in the U.S. Pacific Northwest to Weyerhaeuser Co for $2.65 billion, including assumption of debt, and will sell a nearby paper and packaging business to KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp for $1.025 billion.

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Related Topix: Weyerhaeuser, Longview, WA, Federal Way, WA

The Papillion Times

Warren Watch: A 'long run' for Buffett assistant?

Residents of Omaha and those who live near the city benefit from being in the center of a regional hub for medical services.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Food, Heinz H J

This is Local London

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has been urged to help the North-East construction industry

An open letter to Chancellor George Osborne calling for no more more local authority budget cuts has been signed by 152 council leaders - including in Sutton and Surrey.

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