Hints and tips:
...In an account of a Brooklyn kitchen remodelling that ballooned out of control, Flyvbjerg shows that such tips apply as much to overambitious homeowners as to megalomaniac bridge-builders....
...business in Russia....
...Millions of Catholics were proud of Archbishop Gregory for doing it.” david.gardner@ft.com...
...Broad had gone into business as a builder in the 1950s, throwing up no-frills houses for young families seeking their first suburban foothold....
...Travis Perkins’ chair Stuart Chambers has told the builders' merchant he wants to step down, while at outsourcer Serco, former Rolls-Royce boss John Rishton will replace Sir Roy Gardner in the chair....
...Less noticed is that Taiwan is also a machine tool powerhouse ranked as the world’s fifth-largest exporter with sales of $3.6bn — behind only Germany, Japan, Italy and China, according to Gardner Intelligence...
...(FT) Titanic-builder in bankruptcy Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, entered administration on Tuesday, drawing to a close a 158-year history....
...He is off with Eléonore (his partner in life as well as in business) to check on the new boat’s progress before leaving with her for a summer in France, in advance of the new season in September....
...Home builders are issuing cautious forecasts. November car sales were very soft, as well....
...(FT) Barriers in the Middle East Israel has become the world’s biggest builder of walls as it surrounds itself with security fences and high-tech barriers, attracting notice from politicians such as Donald...
...It was vital, the general said, that during the bridge period ULA be allowed to use the RD-180, which Congress briefly banned it from doing....
...And that is precisely what policy makers are doing....
...Underpinned by strong tourism, trade and transport sectors, Dubai has seen its importance as a business haven in a divided, violent region grow, boosted by the political unrest of the Arab spring....
...At that time, Hitachi announced a deal to merge its thermal power-plant business with that of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and said it would be open to doing the same for its nuclear power operations....
...That may be coming to an end, as its citizens learn how the tawdry entwinements of Irish politics and business brought the “Celtic Tiger” to its knees in 2010....
...Gardners Warehouse is in Jamaica Street....
...bidding, which can be written off up front or disclosed as an ongoing cost during the life of the contract....
...Religious debate is as likely to be about the sale of church property as the existence of God....
...Almost all the new lending went to a small group of developers furnished with an array of tax-breaks by Fianna Fáil, as builders, bankers and politicians rub shoulders at venues such as the party’s hospitality...
...The belching smoke gives the Pole the feel of a Siberian mining town; and the back of the base could be a builders’ yard in Minneapolis. There is some embarrassment about this....
...Shane Ross, business commentator, shareholder activist and independent senator, in his book, The Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland to its Knees, paints a cosy picture of builders, bankers and cabinet...
...Greater pain for the banks may drain off some of the resentment at what is widely seen as a political class coming to the aid of its business crony allies at the expense of the taxpayer....
...Many of the aggressive business builders of the 1990s blew themselves up and, totally unexpectedly, Barclays clawed its way back....
...But m’lud, Mr Hornby was simply doing his best with the UK-centric business model and management structure he inherited from the notorious escape artist Sir James Crosby....
...Real estate has always been a business full of powerful personalities. But can one person create – or recreate – an entire luxury property market?...
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