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Campbell Soup , which some have speculated could be a takeover candidate for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway , is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal 2013 results Monday, May 20, before the markets open.

Turner Construction Co.'s Ohio region led the company nationally in 2012 in partnering with minority- and women-owned business enterprises.

The foundation awarded 16 new four-year $2,000 per year scholarships and one four-year $3,000 per year science and technology scholarship to students.

The new rail line will ultimately connect Washington Dulles International Airport and downtown Washington, D.C., by way of Tysons Corner, Reston and Herndon.

Minot Public School Board members approved on Friday bids for a range of improvements to the grounds, including an expansion of the parking lot, curb improvements, the addition of drainage tiles, and a chain link fence around the playground area.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC School Resources Officers are a must in New Hanover County Schools, according to a recent security assessment.

Just days after announcing his run for governor, Lt. Gov. Anothony G. Brown addressed more than 300 construction industry leaders at a forum about upcoming state transportation projects - including the Purple Line - and the state's new Public-Private Partnership law.

Caterpillar Inc. has reached a deal to cut $135 million from the price owed for a Chinese mining equipment maker, after accounting irregularities were discovered at the acquired company that forced Caterpillar to take a $580 million impairment charge.

Terry Hogle, left, president of Local 158 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, talks with Mayor Stephanie Miner today as striking members of Local 158 picket outside the Milton CAT heavy equipment dealership in Syracuse.

Granite Construction Incorporated reported a first quarter loss of 53 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a wide margin.

Work to repair ocean beaches and dunes in three Long Beach Island communities will begin before the end of May, officials have confirmed.

The commercial construction industry should get a boost from a Florida House of Representatives bill expected to gain the backing of Gov.

A new report from the parliamentary budget officer shows Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.

** U.S.-insurer New York Life is in exclusive negotiations with Yuanta Financial to sell its Taiwan assets, two sources with close knowledge of the deal told Reuters on Friday.

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Capital Rail Constructors has been awarded the contract for the largest design-build portion of Phase Two of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project that will extend 11 miles of Metro's Silver Line to the Dulles International Airport and into eastern Loudoun County.

The old Nebraska Crossing outlet mall is no more. Taking its place is a new, larger $112 million outlet shopping center.

Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. headed south on Thursday after Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered the company's credit rating by one notch to 'AA' with a negative outlook.

Last month Taylor Morrison Home Corp. began trading publicly. The IPOs of William Lyon and Taylor Morrison follow homebuilder TRI Pointe Homes Inc.

Senior Minister of State for National Development, Lee Yi Shyan said there is an urgent need for the construction industry in Singapore to raise productivity.