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...Maga Inc, a pro-Trump super Pac, has booked just $6.5mn....
...It’s not something that can be A-B tested,” says David Millstone, co-chief executive of Standard Industries, a private industrial conglomerate....
...If the California legislature gives Diablo Canyon a lifeline, it could apply for those funds....
...The California Independent System Operator (Caiso), which co-ordinates the flow of electricity across most of the state, forecast power use of more than 52,000 megawatts late on Tuesday afternoon, a new...
...The two 42-year-olds with shared tastes in blue suits, brown shoes and open-necked shirts are co-chief executives of Standard Industries — whose roofing materials shield buildings everywhere from the Alamo...
...“There is a tremendous need on campus for refitting, replumbing, rewiring, re-roofing and making energy efficient the buildings that already exist,” he said....
...A courtroom showdown is now set for Monday after US building group Standard Industries obtained an injunction to stop German roofing company Braas Monier from issuing new shares that would force Standard...
...An investor group led by Mr Kotick and Activision’s co-chairman, Brian Kelly, will buy a further 172m shares at the same price for about $2.34bn in cash....
...Activision reported record 2012 earnings, driven by sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, its Diablo III PC game and Skylanders: Giants, a game that combines with physical toys....
...Activision says people took a break from Warcraft to play Diablo III, another successful online game, released in May....
...The Steam download service for PC games has become very popular, as are new titles such as Activision Blizzard’s Diablo III, which sold 3.5m copies in its first 24 hours last month – a record for a PC game...
...Roofing installer SIG rose 10.9 per cent to 101½p after it said year-end earnings would be at the upper end of expectations....
...At Berkshire, Mr Sokol quickly developed a tough reputation for turning round faltering businesses, working his magic at Johns Manville, a roofing company, and then at NetJets, the fractional jet ownership...
...Customers continued to focus spending on items such as plumbing and roofing repairs, or small flooring or bathroom improvements, rather than large discretionary projects....
...items reflected a shift away from customer behaviour during the recession, when spending at both Lowe’s and Home Depot was focused on basic repair and maintenance items, such as plumbing pipe, paint and roofing...
...It recently agreed a deal with co-investors Towerbrook and York Capital to become the biggest shareholders in Monier, the German-based roofing materials group, by swapping their debt for equity....
...It has also asked more than 100 lenders to Monier, the former Lafarge Roofing business, to prepare for negotiations on restructuring its more than €2bn of debt by forming a steering committee....
...One user – a roofer in Chicago – turned a MySpace advert offer costing a few hundred dollars into a $30,000 roofing deal....
...The Paris-based group has also asked more than 100 lenders to Monier, the former Lafarge Roofing business, to prepare for negotiations on restructuring its more than €2bn of debt by forming a steering committee...
...SIG, the specialist insulation and roofing group, was in focus on Wednesday as takeover rumours circulated....
...Solar Integrated Technologies gained 12.1 per cent to 97p as the photovoltaic roofing group won a $70m contract in Italy, its largest to date, and announced a £14m fund raising....
...Building insulation and roofing group SIG slumped 7.2 per cent to 710p as Ireland’s Kingspan cautioned on the outlook for the building materials market....
...The overseas move on the building materials sector began in 1997 when Redland, the roofing tile specialist, was bought by Lafarge of France for £1.8bn....
...Builds stake in roofing and building products maker ElkCorp. Builds 8.8 per cent stake in LSE through derivatives contracts...
...The best performer among the latest recruits was Solar Integrated Technologies, which was boosted in January by a contract to supply its solar power roofing to Tesco in California....
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