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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)