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18 min ago | KSL-TV

Tesoro to buy Chevron pipeline near Willard Bay for $355M

Tesoro Logistics announced Monday it is buying the Chevron pipeline system that leaked diesel fuel at the north section of Willard Bay State Park, which remains closed more than two months after the spill.

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Related Topix: Chevron Corporation, Energy, Oil & Gas, Tesoro, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT

4 hrs ago | Patch.com

Toll Brothers Earnings Up, More Houses Sold

If Toll Brothers' double-digit profit increases and even pricier homes are any indication, the luxury homebuilding market appears to have bounced back.

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Related Topix: Toll Brothers, Housing

8 hrs ago | WTVC

Tractor supply store to open, hire 25 in south Ga.

A tractor supply company is set to build a retail store in Dodge County and expects to add 25 full-time jobs.

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Related Topix: Retail, Tractor Supply, The Chew, Entertainment, Television

12 hrs ago | Gretna Breeze

Mother, daughter to run Omaha women's boutique

Find the latest in local business and development, from who's saying what to what's going in at that corner, in the Money Talks blog.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Blog News, Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Warren Buffett

Fri May 24, 2013

The Epoch Times

Attempting to Follow Warren Buffett's Strategy

Investment gurus, pundits, and especially the media watch Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, like a hawk in the hopes of learning his strategies and perhaps achieving a similar stature.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Business Wire, Berkshire Hathaway , Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services

The Globe and Mail

The opportunity in crisis-mauled stocks

Fairfax Financial chairman and CEO Prem Watsa. While the shares of many companies mauled during the financial crisis are showing some zip, they remain dream stocks for deep value investors because they are still bargain-priced. Investment greats who've selectively been taking positions in some of these unloved companies include Canada's Mr.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Fairfax Financial Holdings, Business Wire, Berkshire Hathaway , Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Empire Group, Warren Buffett, Investment Services

Business Journal

Colonial Properties Trust sells Atlanta office tower for $144M

Colonial Properties Trust sold its Three Ravinia office tower in Atlanta for $144.3 million as it continues to shift its focus to the multifamily sector.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Colonial Properties Trust, Colonial, Financial Services, Investment Services, Birmingham, AL

Business Journal

Q&A: John Danis, Danis Building Construction

Despite facing a slow year in the construction industry, Danis Building Construction Company has already hit some highs this year with some national recognition.

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AmericanBankingNews.com

SIG Downgraded by Deutsche Bank to "Hold"

They currently have a GBX 4,850 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of GBX 3,950 . SIG opened at 4646.00 on Friday.

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Related Topix: Signet Jewelers

The Campbell Reporter

Amazon planning futuristic, greenhouse-like domes for new Seattle headquarters

This artist's rendering provided by architecture firm NBBJ on May 21, 2013 shows Amazon's plans for a futuristic greenhouse-style headquarters "where employees can work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting." This artist's rendering provided by architecture firm NBBJ on May 21, 2013 shows US online giant Amazon's plans for a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Amazon, Architecture, Getty Images, Media

Thu May 23, 2013

Construction Equipment Guide

Global construction industry optimistic about growth in 2014

Growing optimism among a number of surveyed executives in the global construction industry suggests that 2014 will be a better year for construction than 2012.

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AmericanBankingNews.com

Weyerhaeuser Receives "Buy" Rating from TheStreet

's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by equities research analysts at TheStreet in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, Analyst Ratings.Net reports.

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The Globe and Mail

Ottawa threatens 'retaliatory measures' over U.S. meat label rules

A Canada-U.S. trade war is apparently looming as Ottawa threatens "retaliatory measures" against the United States in a continuing dispute over meat labelling.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Tom Vilsack, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science

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

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

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

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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