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The contracts are valued in total at approximately $80 million and the scopes of work for all three contracts are expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter 2010.

Toronto - Published on Friday, Nov. 06, 2009 10:36AM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov.

BOISE, Idaho - The former head of the Idaho Transportation Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the agency, saying she was fired in a political power play to help Gov.

Private air service NetJets Inc., unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, says it will lay off up to 495 pilots nationwide because of a drop in demand.

More wind power is coming to Iowa. The Iowa Utilities Board has approved MidAmerican Energy's plans to build wind farms producing 1,001 megawatts of power.

The housing bust left homebuilders with plenty of red ink on their books as they walked away from swaths of land they no longer needed.

Victims and the families of those killed in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 agreed Friday to settle their lawsuits against a construction company that was resurfacing the span at the time.

Warren Buffett is giving arbitrage traders the chance to capture annualized earnings of 22 percent on his bid for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

WASHINGTON - Companies across the economy are finding ways to do more with fewer workers, dimming hopes that hiring will take off anytime soon.

VERMILLION - Twenty-seven University of South Dakota Business School students are scheduled to meet with billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Friday in Omaha.

Billionaire Carl Icahn's investing vehicle Icahn Enterprises LP on Thursday said its third-quarter profit nearly quintupled as revenue shot higher and expenses declined.

Coachmen Industries Inc., modular housing and specialty vehicle maker, will be changing its name to All American Group, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Shares of the Shaw Group jumped Thursday soon after the CEO of the engineering and construction firm bought $6.4 million worth of shares this week.

Warren Buffett didna t just buy a railroad when he announced his purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

Wang Chuanfu, chairman of electric car and battery maker BYD, has become China's richest person, according to an annual rich list released by Forbes Thursday.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc has joined Goldman Sachs Group Inc in a bid to buy $3 billion in tax credits from mortgage giant Fannie Mae, the Wall Street Journal's website reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Montana political and agricultural leaders hope Berkshire Hathaway's planned purchase of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad will lead to lower shipping costs in Montana, but they doubt much will change.

Herbalife Ltd., a seller of vitamins and nutrition supplements, said Wednesday that it has appointed the CEO of Wm.

Drilling and construction services provider Layne Christensen Co. said Tuesday it bought water infrastructure company W.L. Hailey & Co.

Shares of Louisiana-Pacific Corp. climbed Wednesday after an analyst upgraded his rating based on the company's progress in meeting financial challenges and the stock's recent price decline.