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1 hr ago | Alabama Live

Brasfield & Gorrie and A.G. Gaston to manage construction of new Trinity hospital

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama A A A' Trinity Medical Center lit up its future hospital location on Hwy 280 with the 4 floor tall letters "THX". The Alabama Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in the fight over Trinity Medical CenterA A ATMs plan to relocate, clearing the way for Trinity to move to the unfinished HealthSouth hospital building on U.S.

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Related Topix: Brasfield and Gorrie, Birmingham, AL, HealthSouth, Healthcare Industry

5 hrs ago | Bloomberg

New U.S. Home Sales Rose to Second-Highest Level Since 2008

Sales of new U.S. homes climbed in April to the second-highest level in almost five years as lower borrowing costs and job gains drew more buyers into the market.

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Related Topix: Housing, us Travel, Travel, Pulte, Information Builders, Software, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

9 hrs ago | New York Post

Stake race

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway likely has the power to block a plan to restructure ResCap that Ally plans to submit today to a bankruptcy-court judge.

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Berkshire Hathaway , Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Mortgage, Personal Finance

13 hrs ago | Business Journal

Tempe Town Lake apartment complex planned by Miami builder

The Business Real Estate Weekly of Arizona reported today that Lennar Multifamily Investors LLC - a newly-formed subsidiary of Lennar Corp.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Lennar

Wed May 22, 2013

ABC News

Police Minister Kim Wells condemns construction industry standover tactics

Victoria's Police Minister says he will look at changing laws to stop debt collection standover tactics in the construction industry.

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BroadcastNewsroom

Toll Brothers Reports FY 2013 2nd Qtr and 6 Month Results

Toll Brothers, Inc. , the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, today announced results for its second quarter and six months ended April 30, 2013.

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Related Topix: Toll Brothers, Housing

SBWire

Global Construction Industry Survey 2013 - 2014: Market Trends, Buyer ...

MarketResearchReports.Biz announces addition of new report "Global Construction Industry Survey 2013 - 2014: Market Trends, Buyer Spend and Procurement Strategies in the Global Construction Industry" to its database - The report provides data and analysis on contractor and developer expenditure, procurement and developments within the global ... (more)

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Fort Morgan Times

Raymond L. Crouse farm machinery art on display in Fort Morgan

Seeding Our Future by R. L. Crouse. Artwork will be on display beginning Friday, June 7 at the CACE Gallery of Fine Art.

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Related Topix: Fashion, Ralph Lauren, Designers, Fort Morgan, CO, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, John Deere

The Globe and Mail

Zale taps rival's ex-CEO as new chairman

Zale Corp. said on Wednesday its new chairman would be the former chief executive of its biggest rival, and shares of the mid-tier jeweler jumped 30 per cent.

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Related Topix: Retail, Zale, Jewelry, Signet Jewelers

Inhabitat

NBBJ Unveils Striking Biosphere Greenhouses for Amazon's Seattle HQ

NBBJ unveiled plans for Amazon's Seattle Headquarters back in the fall of 2012 - but they just announced plans to add three striking biospheres to the heart of the 3-block downtown campus.

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Related Topix: Architecture

Business Journal

Dycom shares jump 10% after revenue surges

Shares of Dycom Industries were up 9.6 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday shortly after its announced its fiscal third quarter results, which included revenue of 47.8 percent.

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Related Topix: Dycom Industries, Telecom, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Council upset at Wharton over $3.5 million for International Paper

Memphis City Council members said Tuesday they were surprised to see a $3.5 million request in Mayor A C Wharton's public works capital improvement budget for upgrades to International Paper's campus and said surprising requests like it were "like a gun to our heads." The budget includes a project that would add a pedestrian overpass and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Paper, International Paper

Tue May 21, 2013

Patch.com

Mayfield Heights Retains URS for Engineer Services

Mayfield Heights will bring URS Corp. back as its engineering services provider for another year at virtually the same cost.

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Related Topix: Architecture, URS Corporation, Mayfield Heights, OH

Canada.com

Quebec political party suspends MNA amid illegal financing allegations

Quebec's Coalition party, which promises a zero-tolerance approach to political corruption, has suddenly suspended one of its own members.

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TheStreet.com

Cramer's 6 Stocks in 60 Seconds: VFC FL MDT PCLN BZH FCX

Cramer noted the company "finally did the blowout quarter that people have been waiting for and people suddenly love it." was downgraded by Sterne Agee.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Beazer Homes USA, Mad Money, Entertainment, Television, TheStreetcom, Media, Computers

ABC News

Construction industry lobbies SA Government for incentives

The Civil Contractors Federation claims key players in the industry are looking for work interstate due to a looming shortage of public and private work in South Australia.

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NBC26

Kohler Ordered to Pay $9.6 Million in Patent Suit

The Kohler Co. has been ordered to pay $9.6 million to a marine engine and generator manufacturer in Massachusetts for infringing on two of its patents.

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Related Topix: Kohler, Kohler, WI, Sheboygan, WI

The Straits Times

Warren Buffett enjoys playing salesman-in-chief

In this image released on Thursday, May 9, 2013, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett dips bonbon's with Victoria Melena , on Saturday May 4, 2013 during a visit to the See's Candies display at the 2013 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Food, See's Candies

Reuters

Monster machines fan out on U.S. farms facing slow sow

With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow start, an increasing number of farmers are counting on powerful tools to catch up: Monster machines that sow 36 rows of corn at once and feature high-tech innovations like computer-guided directional equipment.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, John Deere , CPU, Science / Technology, Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Mon May 20, 2013

AmericanBankingNews.com

Texas Industries Lowered to Neutral at Sidoti

Texas Industries traded down 1.71% on Monday, hitting $73.40. Texas Industries has a 52-week low of $30.10 and a 52-week high of $74.92. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $63.36. The company has a market cap of $2.087 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.61. Texas Industries last released its earnings data on Wednesday, March ... (more)

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