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The Mianyang city government in Sichuan province said it honored the government of the Hong Kong SAR's decision to take back its HK$2 million in aid for the construction of a local school.

The discovery of human bones is always newsworthy. But when the bones of at least 84 individuals are found under the main quad of the oldest college of the University of London, UK, it is bound to raise questions. This is what happened in March, 2010, during construction work at University College London. After a visit from the police had ruled out any suspicion of foul play, UCL's forensic ana...

ISLAMABAD - The local administration is conceiving an idea to construct a modern prison for the Capital Territory in Sector H-16 and for this purpose it would study the construction designs of various prisons inside and outside the country having latest design as well as facilities. For this purpose, Chief Commissioner Islamabad Tariq Mahmood Pirzada held a meeting here on Friday that review...

China's transport construction funds still face financial stress, said He Jianzhong, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport.

Pascal Durand (EELV) a estimé vendredi que la crise grecque constituait "une opportunité collective" pour "réorienter" l'Europe, jugeant que François Hollande a une "responsabilité majeure" pour impulser la construction d'une Europe politique plaçant la "solidarité au coeur de son action". Dans un...

The Interior Department announced a plan on Wednesday to allow periodic increases in the flow of Colorado River water through the Grand Canyon, alleviating the environmental disruption caused by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona in the 1960s...from the New York Times (Registration Required)

ONE MORE THING:WITH THE National Asset Management Agency preparing to make €4 billion available out to 2016 in construction funding and vendor financing, Treasury Holdings’ Irish managing director John Bruder is “hopeful and expectant” than the developer will be able to access this funding.

Canadians activists plan to start construction with the Palestinians this summer, aim to break out of the coastal strip.

During its latest meeting on the Middle East peace process, the Council of the European Union repeated its warning that the emergence of a viable Palestinian state living peacefully beside Israel was in jeopardy. Perhaps angered by reports that more than 60 development projects funded by the European Commission and several EU states had been deliberately demolished by Israel, the Council blam...

Good news for sand and surf-loving Angelenos: The beach water is getting cleaner. The water at 82% of L.A. County beaches earned A or B grades from April to October last year, up from 75% the previous year, according to Heal the Bay’s annual Beach Report Card, released Thursday. Last year, the Santa Monica-based environmental group reported a dip in water quality that bucked years of steady im...

Chilean iron ore and steel group CAP (BCS: CAP) will not make a decision on the construction of what would be Chile's fourth LNG regasification terminal until next year, a spokesman for the company to...

L'européen Airbus est devenu maître dans la construction des gros avions,...

A massive 4.8 per cent slump in construction output - up from a 3 per cent drop in the first estimate - was behind the revised gross domestic product figure from the Office for National Statistics.

Britain's recession is deeper than previously thought after the Office for National Statistics unexpectedly revised down its growth estimate for the first quarter because of a weak construction sector.

The British economy shrank more than first thought between January and March, after the deepest fall in construction output in three years, while government spending made the biggest contribution to growth, official data showed today.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Do Quoc Tai is an unlikely pain in the side of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party. Although the construction foreman earns just $150 per month, he and his neighbors have strong-armed the government, blocking a major ring road that's a symbol of the country's push to modernize....

The eThekwini Municipality may have agreed to lease the Vetch's Pier area for 99 years for the construction of a small-craft harbour and a luxury hotel, but it will not be smooth sailing.

Chinese authorities arrested a man and his girlfriend in the death of an elderly woman he knocked down while driving drunk and whose body was later found buried at a construction site.

The world's largest underground laboratory has been a success story for Italian science. But 30 years after construction began, its future is uncertain.

(Phys.org) -- Quantum computers may someday revolutionize the information world. But in order for quantum computers at distant locations to communicate with one another, they have to be linked together in a network. While several building blocks for a quantum computer have already been successfully tested in the laboratory, a network requires one additonal component: a reliable interface betw...

Quantum computers may someday revolutionize the information world. But in order for quantum computers at distant locations to communicate with one another, they have to be linked together in a network. While several building blocks for a quantum computer have already been successfully tested in the laboratory, a network requires one additonal component: A reliable interface between computers an...

May 22 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said that its ratings and outlook on U.S.-based engineering and construction company The Shaw Group Inc. (BBB-/Stable/--) are not affected by the...

In my head, I know that parenthood is just a scaffolding, a temporary support during our children's construction of the actual building of their adult lives. But inwardly, I am beginning the uneasy process of squaring my heart with their growing up and leaving.

Paris-based organisation warns crisis management must go hand in hand with construction of institutions to make monetary union ‘work properly’

LEIGHTON said that buyers were circling Theiss Waste, and unveiled plans to float its Middle Eastern construction JV by 2016.

Engineering major L&T Construction said it has bagged contracts worth Rs.744 crore during the first quarter of current financial year (2012-13) so far.

A public inquiry with wide-ranging powers will begin hearings Tuesday into the inner workings of Quebec’s construction industry, and it may not be pretty

Ofri Cnaani's exhibition "Special Effects" asks, or perhaps dares: "Can you see a trick while it's happening?" If this question sounds simple, you've already underestimated her work. The road to catching a trick in action is filled with unrest, anxiety and eventually failure, and the Israeli artist challenges us to spot the moments we are being beguiled by making cyanotypes that are (literally)...

A look at the Midtown sales office for One57, the still-under construction residential high-rise shows the apartment's deluxe interiors, including a full-sized wine cooler and a television in the bathroom.

EMBATTLED builder St Hilliers Construction Pty will reopen four more work sites on Monday.

Dear Mount St. Helens,Thirty-two years ago, I made you a get-well card. You’d just blown your top that morning, which looked like it must have hurt to my my five year-old eyes. I sat in front of the television with my crayons and construction paper while images of your roiling gray ash clouds filled the screen, and very upset and excited grown-ups said things I didn’t understand about you. All ...

The infamous art collective / brand, LA-GO has a show at Known Gallery in LA opening on May 26. It's called Legolize it, and features marijuana plants made from plastic hobby construction bricks.

Pierre Moscovici à l'Economie veut réorienter la construction européenne vers la croissance. Les priorités de Michel Sapin au Travail sont le Smic et les retraites. Arnaud Montebourg, ministre du Redressement productif, veut reconquérir des emplois.Articles en rapportLaurent Fabius veut une « Europe différente »Logement : Cécile Duflot veut encadrer les loyersBaisse des salaires et charte au me...

North Korea has resumed work on the construction of a reactor that could help it push forward its nuclear weapons program, an academic group said.

We should move our focus from rebuilding infrastructure and construction to people's emotional status when the quake's anniversary brings back sorrowful memories, says an article in Youth Times.

THE building of mines and related infrastructure will continue to underpin the non-home construction sector for the next two years, a survey says.

Those vocals slice through flesh, girl! Nelly Furtado beautifully broke down her newest beat-bumpin' track Big Hoops (Bigger The Better) recently, and lady KILLS it with her signature, sharp sound. The video itself is not the most thrilling of rides, but the raw version of the song sends straight shivers throughout the body! Let Nelly Furtado pierce your [...]

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has resumed construction work on an experimental light water reactor (ELWR) in a move that could extend its capacity to produce more material for nuclear weapons, website 38North reported on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S.-based institute said Wednesday new satellite imagery shows that North Korea has resumed building work on a reactor after months of inactivity....

Taylor Gourmet Washington, D.C. 10:44 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, listen, what I just want to say to the reporters who are here:  You've got three small businesses who are outstanding examples of American entrepreneurship, whether it's food services, retail, construction.  All across the country, you're seeing examples of folks who have confidence in the economy and have confidence in...

HUNDREDS of construction jobs at risk after one of Australia's major building firms collapses.

Un sentiment de victoire et de soulagement a gagné les surveillants de prison de la maison d'arrêt de Dunkerque. À quelques jours de son départ, le garde des Sceaux, Michel Mercier, annonce qu'il laisse sur son bureau le projet de construction d'un établissement pénitentiaire de 190 places dans l'agglomération dunkerquoise pour compenser la fermeture, en 2016, du bâtiment de la rue Terquem, don...

Part of a neglected cemetery may be in the way of store construction in Florence, Ala., but the boundaries have been a challenge to confirm.

An official document shows that the organisation considers the situation "critical", and are afraid that some of the infrastructure may not be ready on time

Articles en rapportDunkerque : le garde des Sceaux valide la construction d´une nouvelle prison dans l´agglomérationSteenwerck : départ des 100 km ce mercredi soirLittoral : un exercice Manchex prévu demain au large de DunkerqueSaint-Omer : Titi Bergèse et Thalie Dumesnil se replongent dans le bloc de dixDunkerque : changement de suppléant pour Christian Hutin, candidat dans la 13e circonscription

New York City has thousands of temporary structures to catch construction debris. Residents worry that one in Harlem will never go away.

McGruber writes "The Rochester (NY) Democrat-Chronicle has the interesting story of the Eastman Kodak Co.'s Californium Neutron Flux Multiplier, which was housed in Building 82 of Kodak Park in Rochester, NY. The multiplier contained 3½ pounds of highly enriched (weapons-grade) uranium. Kodak used it to check chemicals and other materials for impurities, as well as for tests related to neutron ...

Police arrest attacker who stabbed construction site manager with a sword after becoming angry over noise.

OPPONENTS OF a wind farm project have called for a national review of wind farm development which they describe as the “new construction boom”.

Denise Richardson, 52, has been the managing director of General Contractors Association of New York -- an organization of 250 unionized general contractors, heavy civil specialty firms, suppliers and vendors for the heavy construction industry -- since 2008. She lives with her husband and three rescued cats in Jackson Heights, on the 7 subway line.

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is close to imposing a "do or die" rental reform after a quarter of a century of argument, aiming to give the construction and property industries a last chance to avoid collapse.

Boat 1550BC was based on an original uncovered during construction of an underpass in Dover 20 years ago, but when it was lowered into the town’s harbour, it began to take on water.

Monorail, gaydar: Our mayor’s plans for his newly acquired parkland property fall into The Globe and Mail’s hands

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned construction companies working in the 2014 Olympic city of Sochi against inflating prices and lagging behind schedule....

Watch the construction of Britain's largest public sculpture as the Orbit is officially opened in the Olympic park on Friday.

According to a tender project from China Mobile, the telecom operator plans to build two new data centers in Hohhot and Harbin, respectively, covering a total area of 185 hectares. This represents China Mobile's two new major construction projects, following its southern base and international information port construction commencement in Beijing. According to the files, [...]

As construction of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan moves toward completion, the building's owners are sparring with their architects.

Refusing to rule out civil disobedience, band vows to fight construction of pit mine that is key to Christy Clark’s job plan unless water pollution risks are minimized

The debt load of Grupo A.C.S., a giant construction company based in Spain, reflects the country’s fraught financial struggle.

TransCanada said Wednesday it will proceed with the construction of an oil terminal in Hardisty, Alberta, which will serve as the starting point of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Two construction firms are found guilty of health and safety breaches following a crane collapse in Liverpool which left a man paralysed.

Facing a dearth of new-home construction, the U.K. real-estate industry and government are looking at ways to encourage the formation of new real-estate investment trusts that would focus on subsidized housing.

Le producteur de cartes à jouer Cartamundi a lancé la construction d’une usine en Inde, a indiqué la société dont le siège social est situé à Turnhout. Ce...lire la suitehistoires liées14:15 Foot : Franquart restera à Mons jusqu’en 201414:26 Merkel à Hollande : il faut prendre « les décisions nécessaires » pour l’Europe15:01 Nombre record de boursiers Erasmus15:00 ATP Madrid : Olivier Rochus él...

A parliamentary standing committee has criticized the tardy pace of highway construction, noting that work had dwindled to 10.15km in 2011-12 compared to 13.72km in 2009-10.

EUCLID, Ohio – Mitt Romney stood on a factory floor here Monday as a woman asked him what he would do as president to “restore our Constitution in this country.” She asserted that President Obama was operating outside the construction of the nation’s founding document and that “he should be tried for treason.” Read full article >>

FOR ABOUT 31 months, there has been no federal law authorizing aid to surface transportation programs. Money has continued to flow under a series of temporary extension measures, which is not unprecedented — the last law was enacted 22 months after the previous one expired. But it is hardly the ideal way for Congress to do business. State governments, construction contractors and localities nee...

If you want a perfect example of why government has become dysfunctional, look no further than the Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County, Va. A majority of the newly elected, all-Republican board has threatened to derail the extension of Metrorail out to Dulles Airport and beyond because of a requirement that the general contractor for the project negotiate a “project labor agreement” with lo...

Jay-Z is keeping a close eye on his multimillion dollar NBA investment -- showing up to a Brooklyn construction site yesterday to check out the future home of the Nets ... and even trying his hand at some hard labor. The rapper toured the…

Construction has begun in Canada

NEW YORK (AP) -- Duke Energy Corp. says its net income fell 42 percent in the first quarter because of cost overruns at a coal plant under construction in Indiana....

Singapore's Temasek Holdings is seeking to sell $2.4bn (£1.3bn) worth of its shares in Bank of China and China Construction Bank.

Apple's legal team gets a wrist-slap from the judge in the Motorola IP case.

Construction spending posts a 0.1% gain in March after two months of declines.

A time-lapse video recorded over a seven-year period was released on Monday as One World Trade Center was officially recognised as the tallest skyscraper in New York City.

One World Trade Center, under construction at the site of the 9/11 attacks, is set to become the tallest building in New York on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Chinese media mogul Bruno Wu unveiled plans Sunday to build a massive production hub, dubbed Chinawood, in Beitang. Beitang is an area of Tianjin, a metropolis in northeastern China. Wu said his Seven Stars Global Entertainment company is partnering with the government of the Binhai New Area of the city to invest $1.27 billion to finance films and build production fa...

President Obama is talking about infrastructure jobs in a speech today to the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO.

La fermeture probablede l'abattoir d'Hazebrouck aura des répercussions économiques sur celuide Fruges. Elle pourrait aussi faire avancer le projet de construction d'un nouvel outil.

At least seven hotels are under construction or are in the planning stage in Port-au-Prince and its surrounding areas in Haiti.

Cosatu, the DA and Afriforum have all heralded the decision to halt the e-tolls, but engineering firms question the implication on road construction.

THE UK economy has, unexpectedly, slipped back into recession for the second time in recent years. A recession occurs when economic activity declines for two successive quarters, which last happened in 2008 under a Labour government. The Conservative-led coalition had hoped to avoid a “double-dip recession”, where the economy shrinks a second time following a weak initial recovery. But, since O...

Two students in Germany have provoked outrage by threatening to slaughter a sheep in the name of art. "Ein Experiment der Künstler Iman Rezai und Rouven Materne" ('an experiment of the artists Iman Rezai and Rouven Materne') asks the question "should...

Caterpillar (CAT) has been on such a huge run of  in recent quarters — nine straight quarters of earnings growth — that any a hint of weakness can hurt. Despite another earnings beat ($2.37 versus $2.13) and guidance raise by Caterpillar on Wednesday, investors are focused on the company’s statements about slower growth in China [...]

If Ford has his way in the next election, voters will call for subways, but what would that mean for construction underway?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exasperated by the wolf whistles and cat calls that seem to be the universal welcome for women passing construction sites? New York City is creating an app for that.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats closed ranks on Tuesday to block quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline as they begin negotiations with House of Representatives Republicans on a compromise job-creating transportation construction bill.

by Elizabeth Grossman One might assume that when a government agency awards a private company a contract to do construction work - for bridge or sewer work or other public utility repairs, for example - evaluating the company's safety and health record would be a prerequisite. This is, however, not the case. As the government watchdog organization Public Citizen details in a new report, numero...

The prime minister and the governor discussed issues related to the region’s socio-economic development in 2011 and the first quarter of this year, including the situation in the manufacturing and residential construction sectors. Mr Putin inquired about progress in the region’s healthcare modernization programme and asked about the salaries of teachers and doctors. Mr Belykh told the prime min...

A land dispute is threatening construction of the golf course for the 2016 Summer Games. Golf hasn't been played at the Olympics since 1904.

Sterne, Agee likes Chicago Bridge, Fluor, Foster Wheeler and KBR.

Energy resources, a wealth creator for the Nobels and Rothchilds, are fuelling construction

La construction de logements a connu un mois de mars relativement calme aux Etats-Unis, avec une baisse des départs de chantier, mais les perspectives étaient prometteuses avec des délivrances de permis de construire au plus haut depuis 2008. Selon des chiffres du département du Commerce, les mises...

The sweep was part of Operation Hammer, Quebec’s effort to crack down on corruption in the construction industry.

After a strong start to the year, home builders have pared back, according to a report from the Census Bureau.

Letter from Basma Siddiqui from Karachi is most welcome as she has advocated construction of dams. However, when she says that dams will also help to prevent destruction caused by floods every year, it has to be remembered that the flood waters of the five big tributaries of the Indus can be stored only by Kalabagh dam in the south and not by Tarbela or Bhasha dams in the north. Without Kalabag...

Letter from Basma Siddiqui from Karachi is most welcome as she has advocated construction of dams. However, when she says that dams will also help to prevent destruction caused by floods every year, it has to be remembered that the flood waters of the five big tributaries of the Indus can be stored only by Kalabagh dam in the south and not by Tarbela or Bhasha dams in the north. Without Kalabag...

Chris Lehane, a well-known political consultant and executive director of the "Think Big Sacramento" group that Mayor and former NBA point guard Kevin Johnson launched to facilitate construction of a downtown arena, sent the following letter to arena supporters detailing the city's version of recent events. Kings co-owner George Maloof has since responded, deeming it "classless" (see Maloof Q&a...

Le sélectionneur de l'équipe de France, Laurent Blanc s'est exprimé au sujet de son équipe à l'approche de l'entame de l'Euro 2012.

En Afghanistan, les talibans lancent leur "offensive de printemps". Depuis cet immeuble en construction de Kaboul, ils ont attaqué au lance-roquette…

Zac Efron's former lip gloss holder Vanessa Hudgens is looking more fucked up than usual and that could mean only one thing: It's Coachella time again! Vanessa Hudgens normally looks like the L train gargled up the worst fashions from the 90s before barfing all over her, but when April rolls around she really turns up the WTF. This year, Vanessa went hard and really earned a THIS BITCH b...

Thirty-six construction contractors kidnapped for five days by rebels in the Amazon jungle have been freed.

Entamée en 2006, sa construction devait se terminer en octobre. Mais entre la découverte de sites archéologiques et la réduction drastique des moyens, la fin des travaux s'éloigne chaque jour un peu plus.

Consultants say lack of emergency preparation and a failure to adequately build and inspect stage rigging led to the deadly collapse in Ind.

Mikhail D. Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire who owns the Nets, held a wide-ranging news conference Tuesday at Barclays Center, which is under construction in Brooklyn.

by Hardeep Singh Saini For example, if you book a property worth Rs 30 lac, you may find the price up to Rs 40-45 lac at the time of possession. Typically, the cost of construction is 15-20 % of the property price in bigger cities and up to 40 % in smaller ones. This can easily push your cost up by 25-30 %, say real estate experts. With property developers increasingly putting cost escal...

No one was hurt in the attack, understood to have hit a construction site near to a residential area after midnight in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, on the Red Sea.

Global engineering firms including Harsco of United States, EFT of France and the Spanish Assignia are among companies vying for contracts worth Rs 3,000 crore for design and construction of the 343-kilometre Khurja-Kanpur stretch of the eastern wing of the freight corridor. Srinand Jha reports.

QUEENSLAND'S mining-driven construction boom could end in just three years, a new report said.

@ali ich habe mal geschaut was Hasset, Siebert und Wallen an Spielzeug aufgefahren haben: "Thus one set of toys was “wheeled,” most comparable to the masculine vehicle toys and the other was “plush,” most comparable to the feminine doll and stuffed animal toys. The seven plush toys were: Winnie-the-Pooh™, Raggedy-Ann™, a koala bear hand puppet, an armadillo, a teddy bear, Scooby-Doo™, and a tur...

No injuries were reported in the fire in the building, which was still under construction and is to be Europe’s tallest.

(Reuters) - Saudi Electricity Co has signed a $1.4 billion loan agreement with international banks to finance the construction of a new power plant, it said in a statement posted in Arabic on the...

Article Développement durable L'affichage environnemental sur des centaines de produits de consommation courante, l'étiquette polluants volatils sur les produits de construction et de décoration, les écolabels… Des outils d'information sont à la disposition des consommateurs afin qu'ils puissent faire leur choix en toute connaissance de cause, en termes d'impact pour l'environnement et p...

The one thing Australian construction giant Leighton Holdings must build now is investor confidence.

L’édition 2012 des « Fêtes de Wallonie » sera vouée à la Grèce. Le but est de « relancer le débat sur la construction europé...lire la suite

SNC-Lavalin, a Canadian engineering and construction firm, found that its chief, Pierre Duhaime, had authorized improperly documented payments.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress held talks on Monday over an extension of transport construction authority that would avert project shutdowns and give House Speaker John Boehner a shorter window to resolve Republican divisions over a signature jobs initiative.

Deere, maker of heavy equipment for agriculture, forestry and construction, has put up seven straight quarters of record earnings. Underwhelmed investors need to rethink.

FEARLESS construction worker dangles legs 1,000ft above London

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a gift to environmentalists. Newt Gingrich calls Obama "President Algae" for supporting research on biofuels. And Rick Santorum says Obama's environmental views constitute a "phony theology" that prioritizes the earth over people....

PA president: Palestinians would be ready to return to talks if Israel freezes W. Bank construction, recognizes pre-67 lines.

Construction crews are pumping new sand along eroding parts of Oahu's Waikiki and Kailua beaches.

THE Gold Coast Titans' legal battle has intensified with a construction company officially moving to wind-up the club's property arm.

Headline Title:  Azerbaijan: Investigate smear campaign against reporter 15 March 2012 A smear campaign against an Azeri investigative journalist must be investigated after an intimidate video recording appeared online, Amnesty International said.Radio Free Europe reporter Kha...

Former New Jersey construction worker Americo Lopes has been ordered to pay five of his co-workers $4 million each, after a court found he had denied them their share of a $24 million lottery win.

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Five construction workers who claimed a colleague cheated them out of their share of a multimillion-dollar lottery jackpot have been awarded $4 million each by a New Jersey jury, their lawyer said....

A scheme to allow new-build properties to be purchased with low deposits has been dismissed by critics as a headline-grabbing "gimmick" that will help the construction industry and not home buyers.

Fire engulfs giant tent in which the workers were staying at the construction site of a shopping mall

Construction of a soccer stadium for D.C. United on Buzzard Point in Southwest Washington would require assembling properties from five owners, including the District, according to development plans obtained by Capital Business. Read full article >>

London Olympics in danger of exceeding their construction and operating budgets, according to an influential parliamentary committee.

Larsen & Toubro will appoint its present engineering and construction business head K Venkataramanan as chief executive officer and managing director from April 1.

La construction d'un port en eaux profondes près de l'île de Lamupourrait, selon les détracteurs du projet, mettre en péril ce site touristique et historique unique, déjà menacé par l'insécurité générée par la proximité avec la Somalie.Articles en rapportPrésidentielle ou référendum ŸFree Mobile prévoit de mettre le paqueten 2012 pour déployer son réseauLE MONDE À L´ENVERS« C´est la première no...

Federal Ministry of Research and Education funds university program promoting trade in construction sector.

In this week's slate of Rolling Stone reviews David Fricke raves about the "Immersion Edition" of Pink Floyd's landmark album The Wall noting that "immersion" is "a good way to characterize the grip and whirl of construction recounted on the two CDs of demos in this seven-disc box" Also Jon...

Elton John held his annual Oscar viewing and after party to support the Elton John AIDS foundation on Sunday, welcoming guests like Heidi Klum and Kim Kardashian.

A delegation from western Canada is visiting Dublin this week in an effort to recruit thousands of workers for the construction and related trades.

Le Grand stade de Lille devrait ouvrir ses portes aux spectateurs des matches de football « avant la fin de l'été », a assuré ce vendredi Pierre Berger, le directeur général du groupe de BTP Eiffage, chargé de la construction et de l'exploitation de cette enceinte sportive et de spectacles.

The approval drew rebukes from the United Nations and Palestinians, while Israeli officials tried to play down the decisionsaying that construction was years away at best.

Imaginez une petite bourgade, créée de toutes pièces dans un style très "vintage" pour accueillir et rassurer des habitants victimes d'Alzheimer. Situé entre "Good bye, Lenin!" et "The Truman Show", le concept a séduit la maison de retraite de Wiedlisbach, près de Berne, qui va bientôt en démarrer la construction. L'idée vient tout droit de Hollande, comme l'explique 24 Heures.

It’s official. The class war is waging and there’s no denying it – even "30 Rock" says so.On Thursday night’s episode of the award-winning comedy, Jack Donaghy -- the debonair, Reaganite CEO played by Alec Baldwin -- confirmed what some of us have been thinking for a while: “We’re on the verge of a class war.”Since the show’s first episode, Donaghy has embodied a parodic late-capitalist overlor...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Two spacewalking astronauts moved a construction crane outside the International Space Station on Thursday, a cumbersome job that took so long they scrapped hanging shields to protect against space junk....

Au début du XXe siècle, l'industriel américain Henry Ford impose sa vision du monde à la construction automobile, avec l'ambition d'étendre « rationalisation » et « standardisation » à toutes les activités humaines. En créant Fordlandia, au cœur de l'Amazonie, il met son rêve en pratique. / Brésil, (...) / Brésil, États-Unis, Automobile, Capitalisme, Entreprise, Histoire, Industrie, Pauvreté, ...

Denver police confirmed Moreno was pulled over after allegedly driving 70 mph in a construction zone where the speed limit was 45 mph.

ISTANBUL, Feb 3 (Reuters) - French construction group Vinci and a partnership between U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) are leading bidders for a 40...

Der Baukonzern China Communications Construction treibt seinen seit längerem erwarteten Börsengang in Shanghai nun doch voran - der Umfang ist allerdings geringer als anfangs geplant.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Recent decisions by Israel’s high court aim to legitimize clear violations of Israel’s international legal obligations. In one decision, the court disregarded international law prohibiting discrimination, and in another, it ignored international law on the use of resources in an occupied territory. Israel should annul a law preve...

The deal is significant because Putzmeister the Chinese construction equipment maker will quadruple its foreign sales overnight

The droll conceptualist may have played a major part in the construction of California's identity.

An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros, a monument to the “madness” he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust.  

DUBLIN (Reuters) - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust.

China Construction Bank Corp. busca adquirir un banco en Brasil y se encuentra en negociaciones muy preliminares con "dos o tres" bancos brasileños, indicó el lunes una fuente con conocimiento del tema.

The construction of a luxury hotel in Ghana promises to give hundreds of African children the chance of a better life.

A 106kg construction worker died after being tasered during a wild drug-fuelled rampage in a gymnasium. Watch video

Malawi has signed a $1-billion deal with Brazil's Vale for the construction of a rail line to transport 18-million tonnes of coal from Mozambique.

Le gouvernement britannique a donné mardi son feu vert à la construction d'une ligne de train à grande vitesse entre Londres et le nord du pays, un…

Chaz Bono is ready to take the final step in his transformation from woman to man. The former Dancing With the Stars hoofer, who previously had a mastectomy to remove his breasts, is...

Despite security hurdles and stalling construction, tourists from around the world have made the National Sept. 11 Memorial a regular stop on their visits to New York City.

By the end of 2016, China will launch space laboratories, manned spaceship and ship freighters, and make preparations for the construction of space stations.

Kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson is a former artist in residence at MIT and the inventor of the foam construction toy Toobers and Zots. He led the Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction at the MIT Museum in 2008.

Members of the UN Security Council voiced deep concerns today about the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and criticised Israel for pressing ahead with the construction of new settlements.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel’s housing and construction ministry said on Sunday it was to publish tenders for the construction of more than 1,000 housing units in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.According to the ministry’s website, the tenders are for 500 new units in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Har Homa, and more than 500 in two West Bank settlements - 348 in Beitar Ilit near Bethlehem, a...

OUR STAFF REPORTERJHANG - As many as 20 roads linking vegetable and fruit markets have been constructed, renovated and repaired at a cost of Rs64.70 million in different areas of the district to facilitate farmers regarding transportation of crops. The district officer (roads) said that Rs37.70 million had been utilised for the construction and repair of 9 different roads under the CM Developme...

The past decade's worth of American foreign policy debacles has led to some lazy thinking on American empire.  Either the United States is using force to advance rapacious economic interests, or Washington is neglecting economic diplomacy because U.S. foreign policy has become too militarized.  Right, now, neither argument holds up terribly well.  For example, the Financial Times' Li...

Blog post by Gretta SarfatyHighlights from the collection REVIEWHighlights from the Sartorial collectionReview of exhibitionElliott Walker 6/12/11 Upon entering the gallery one is confronted by a range of works, each with a distinct conceptual presence. First I am going to talk about Faldbakken’s piece- Brown Abstract #9. This work gives ‘the banal parcel tape’ physicality and a voice. Tape is ...

CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Bill Graber is not a fan of Roe v. Wade because the Ohio construction worker thinks the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion went too far.

RBC Capital’s Jonathan Atkin this morning cut his rating on shares of Sprint-Nextel (S) to Sector Perform from Outperform, and cut his price target to $3 from $4, writing that the company’s entering its “peak cash burn” phase for several quarters, and there’s unlikely to be a “positive catalyst” during that time. Atkin cut his [...]

NOTHING clarifies your thoughts on the role of government quite so much as visiting a place that isn’t governed.I once visited such a place under construction in Karachi. A developer was building small concrete row houses on land he didn’t own. Electricity came from cables illegally hooked to the nearest power lines. Drinking water came not from plumbing but from delivery trucks. And the childr...

A retail outlet well-placed to become one of the world's busiest and most profitable Photo by Dean Kaufman More than four months after construction began last summer, Apple (AAPL) is finally set to unveil a new store -- its fifth in New York City -- on the upper balcony of Grand Central Terminal at Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street. The company announced Thursday that the space will open to the ...

“I bear not even the most passing resemblance to any of the masculine stereotypes represented by the Village People — construction worker, cowboy, biker — not a one”

Taxpayers are paying out £250,000 a day on security to protect the Olympic venues. With construction already completed on five of the arenas the cost of providing security for them has dramatically increased.

The duo who saved a Malawi construction firm from collapse

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said the United States Grand Prix is on the brink of being axed from next year's calendar. Track developers halted work on construction on Tuesday.

Brussels, November 16 (ots/PRNewswire) - As Europe faces the danger of recession, one industry is planning massive growth. The European offshore wind industry is set to more than triple its annual investments over the next decade - creating jobs, manufacturing and construction ...

Plans for Austin to host Formula One's U.S. Grand Prix next year have been cast into doubt after construction of the racetrack was halted.

HONG KONG (AP) -- A Hollywood-China movie production venture that plans to make big budget films for worldwide audiences has been cleared for an infusion of $220.5 million from an unlikely source - a construction company....

Bank of America’s decision to sell its China Construction Bank stake smacks of desperation, writes David Weidner. CCB already is a significant player in China’s economic rise. It will continue to grow, and has the potential of becoming a global bank.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- The University of Illinois says Seattle-based Cray Inc. will take over construction of the stalled $300 million Blue Waters supercomputer project, three months after IBM pulled out citing cost and technical concerns....

FORTUNE -- It may be the ultimate recycling project: taking retired shipping containers and repurposing them as buildings. It's not uncommon to see these makeshift structures informally in use around ports or construction sites, but now Paul Galvin is trying to bring them into the mainstream with his company SG Blocks.

Attacks on the wisdom of loan guarantees could restrict nuclear reactor construction in most states.

&$ &$This Dec 26, 2008 file photo shows a huge construction site of the expansion project of the two million-kw generating units in the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant in Haiyan, East China's Zhejiang province. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially solve China's uranium supply problem, Chinese te...

Conservative Republicans today lined up together to denounce the Obama administration's offer to support a U.N. statement criticizing Israel's settlement policies. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the Chair of the House Foreign Affair's Committee, issued a statement that read:"Support for this anti-Israel statement is a major concession to enemies of the Jewish State and other free d...