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...NAHB chair Alicia Huey said that some of the slowdown was the result of “a dearth of construction workers”....
...A first wave of US LNG plants has been under construction along the Gulf of Mexico coast....
...For Postal Savings Bank of China, which opened the books on its $8bn deal on Tuesday, the answer is 26 – a global record according to Dealogic, writes Jennifer Hughes, Asia Capital Markets Editor....
...Halliburton and Baker Hughes also plan to fight the DoJ....
...Projects under construction in Manchester include office complexes such as One Spinningfields and Two St Peter’s Square, as well as a rush to build institutionally-funded housing blocks for private rental...
...Shareholders will this Friday vote on the planned takeover of construction company Samsung C&T by affiliate Cheil Industries....
...There are even plans for the construction of new nuclear stations, most of which are reported to have strong local support....
...The seven are HSBC, Citi, Standard Chartered, BNP Paribas, ICBC, Bank of China and China Construction Bank....
...Other major shareholders in Samsung SDS include Samsung Electronics and the construction group Samsung C & T....
...Even now, most of the bustle in the area’s once tourist-thronged cobbled streets comes from construction workers undertaking the slow task of bringing apartments and businesses back to life....
...” … Hold Your Own, by Kate Tempest, Picador Poetry, RRP£9.99 Tempest follows her Ted Hughes Prize-winning Brand New Ancients with a bold retelling of the myth of Tiresias....
...Brazil seems to be heading in the right direction, considering the recent announcement that the Brazilian government will award private firms concession for the construction of needed infrastructure....
...There was net absorption of about 34m sq ft of “grade A” office space across China last year, according to Mr Hughes....
...John McDonough, chief executive, Carillion, the construction and support services group. Kathryn McDowell, MD, London Symphony Orchestra. Christopher Morahan, stage director....
...Hyundai Group’s efforts to regain control of a former construction unit show that old habits die hard....
...coverage universe includes small- and medium-sized companies in the onshore and offshore drilling, well servicing, offshore supply vessel, subsea production, compression, energy infrastructure, marine construction...
...Last week, the group agreed to sell a majority stake in Daewoo Engineering and Construction to KDB’s private equity fund....
...The casualty list spreads beyond the construction sector....
...Few industries were spared, with construction companies, manufacturers, retailers and government agencies culling the highest numbers of workers....
...But Andrew Hughes, analyst at UBS, believes some of the pessimism may be overstated....
...In Germany, the DIHK association of chambers of commerce warned at the weekend that construction and engineering sectors could be hit by events in Dubai at a time when global growth prospects remained fragile...
...European markets edged lower on Tuesday but Irish construction group CRH surged on hopes for the second half....
...There are loose ends to tie up, such as the 25 per cent in Endesa of Spain owned by Acciona, a Spanish construction company, widely expected to be bought by Enel of Italy....
...In the months since, construction has been halted temporarily by India’s Supreme Court, acting in a public interest lawsuit....
...Shares of another major Indian group, Larsen & Toubro, the country’s largest private construction company, were down 5.6 per cent on concern that its 4 per cent stake in Satyam, accumulated before the scam...
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