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...The hit British reality TV show is known for its drama, toned abs and fast fashion....
...In all, about 70 per cent of his $2.7bn fortune is invested outside Poland, his most significant remaining ventures in the country being a highway construction and management company and Polenergia, a utility...
...Capital Safety produces safety and protection equipment for the construction and oil and gas industry. Its revenues rose by almost a fifth to $246m in the past financial year, which ended in March....
...significant stakes in, among others, Tieto, a northern European IT service company, and Bilfinger Berger, a German industrial services group, and objected to a $1.3bn hostile bid for Demag Cranes from US construction...
...Two reactors are under construction in Europe – the Flamanville 3 plant in France and the Olkiluoto 3 plant in Finland – and Bulgaria is planning to add a new reactor at Belene....
...America’s fought-over pick-up trucks segment in particular is correlated to the housing and construction sector, now near the centre of economic concerns there....
...The only other declared interest so far came this week from Sir Anthony Bamford, chairman of British construction equipment group JCB, who told the Financial Times he would like to buy Jaguar....
...Bilfinger Berger, German’s second largest construction group, dropped 8.3 per cent to €42 after it cut its 2005 net profit forecast due to tough trading for its Australian business....
...Talk of a bid for Amec from Acciona of Spain sent the UK construction group soaring as high as 385½p in early trade. However, a denial from Acciona saw the shares end down 2.3 per cent at 357p....
...French construction company Vinci gained 4.1 per cent to €63.35 after Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of the stock with an “overweight” rating and set a price target of €78.60....
...Elsewhere in the construction sector, Carillion rose 6.6 per cent to 719½p and AMEC put on 5.3 per cent to 341p....
...The stock was sold on behalf of Sacyr Vallehermoso, the Spanish construction group which had built up the stake over the previous 2½ months with a view to becoming the bank’s biggest shareholder....
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