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"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks." - Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway In 1957 eight engineers teamed up to form Fairchild Semiconductor, a company focusing solely on creating commercial silicon ...

Analyst Report ) said that it completed its previously announced joint-venture, named Carrier Enterprises LLC, with Carrier Corporation.

A federal bill of information and a deferred prosecution agreement relating to Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

British units of companies including Grupo Ferrovial SA , Westfield Group and Deutsche Bahn AG are shifting cash to the Conservative opposition from the Labour Party as Prime Minister Gordon Brown a s popularity ebbs.

CNH Global N.V. has appointed Steven Bierman interim chief financial officer effective June 23, 2009.

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS , the Fool's free investing community, embattled homebuilder Pulte Homes has received the dreaded one-star ranking .

Huttig Building Products, Inc. today announced that Philip W. Keipp will be joining the Company as its Vice President - Chief Financial Officer, effective July 22, 2009.

Visitors have unobstructed views of Chicago 1,353 feet straight down. Photo: EFE/Kamil Krzaczynski.

Federal investigators filed mortgage and accounting fraud charges Wednesday against Beazer Homes USA, but the homebuilder will escape prosecution because it agreed to pay victims $50 million and accepted responsibility.

The full Commuter Rail Interim Study completed by HDR Inc. is available on the Westmoreland County Transit Authority's Web site .

Tacoma Art Museum received 95 design concepts to redesign the museumA's plaza and perimeter and create a landmark civic space that enlivens downtown Tacoma.A© Lara Swimmer/Esto. TACOMA, WA.- Tacoma Art Museum received 95 submissions in response to its recent call for design concepts to redesign the museumA's plaza and perimeter and create a ...

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are Acuity Brands Inc., Illumina Inc., and Beazer Homes USA Inc.

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. , announced today that on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, CEMEX received notice from Strabag SE that it was withdrawing from the Share Purchase Agreement signed between the companies on June 30, 2008.

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies of Springdale was told by Nasdaq last month that the company's request for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market had been denied.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a civil suit against Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc., on behalf of a Tyrone man.

Atlanta-based Beazer Homes will reimburse homeowners nationwide up to $48 million to settle government allegations that from 2000 to 2007, its mortgage division charged buyers interest discount points, then did not lower the interest rates on federally backed loans.

JOBS BOOST: More than 600 jobs are expected to be created during the construction of Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina.

Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Shaw Group Inc. announced Lee Elder has been named senior vice president of business development in the company's Power Group.