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...Facebook said restructuring the ownership was the “best path forward” to complete construction....
...The company sold off some of its flagship businesses, such as lightbulbs and appliances, to fund a string of acquisitions to get into cable television, military equipment and property....
...The week’s other big takeover came as US cable group Charter agreed to acquire Bright House Networks for $10.4bn in the latest round of consolidation among cable TV and broadband groups....
...In a New York accent so thick you could spread it on a bagel, he explained that the new club was a continuation of a football tradition that existed long before the construction of landmarks such as the...
...Las Bambas in Peru is one of the world’s largest mines under construction, expected to supply about 450,000 tonnes of copper annually....
...(Financial Times) China bans construction of government buildings for five years: China has banned the construction of government offices for the next five years, ratcheting up an austerity campaign that...
...Construction workers at the new World Trade Center site were busy pumping water. Street crews swept up the leaves and debris that clogged gutters and drains....
...“The fear of bad governance” had driven shares down in spite of the company’s growing cable business and strong pricing power, says Mr Hohn....
...There is also Sewedy Cables, with 23 production facilities in 12 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East....
...Preceding AmTech (now Gleacher & Co.), Mr Schreiner was co-founder/portfolio manager at MS Capital Management, LLC, a Phoenix-based hedge fund....
...One main supplier of those: Masonite International, a Canadian company that for 80 years had been in a construction materials business William Mason, its founder, helped develop with his trademarked hardboard...
...Spanish media reports have been suggesting that Sacyr, a Spanish construction group, is on the shortlist to buy London City Airport....
...■ The UK’s seven biggest airports will be burdened with debt of £14bn if there owner BAA, is bought by Ferrovial, the Spanish construction group, which posted its offer document last week....
...CONSTRUCTION Given the speed of consolidation in the building materials and construction sector, there are very few companies in this field which have not been considered possible targets....
...Elsewhere in the construction sector, Carillion rose 6.6 per cent to 719½p and AMEC put on 5.3 per cent to 341p....
...Instead, real estate stocks, warehousing, engineering, securities and the deeply unloved construction sectors all made strong gains in March....
...Cable & Wireless, the telecoms group, was 2.2 per cent higher at 103½p on talk that it was being targeted by venture capitalists....
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