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3 hrs ago | COLDFUSION Developer's Journal

Masco Names David F. Brown Chief Procurement Officer and Vice President - Supply Chain

Masco Corporation announced today that David F. Brown has joined Masco as Chief Procurement Officer and Vice President - Supply Chain, effective December 1. In his new position, Mr.

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Related Topix: Masco Corporation, Furniture

7 hrs ago | IcWales

Foundera s granddaughter joins Jones Bros of Ruthin

THE granddaughter of the founder of a Ruthin civil engineering company has joined the family business.

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Related Topix: Denbighshire County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom,

11 hrs ago | Reuters

Berkshire sets January 20 vote tied to BNSF takeover

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday set a January 20 shareholder vote on a stock split related to the company's planned $26.4 billion takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Warren Buffett, Investment Services, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Omaha, NE Metro

Fri Dec 04, 2009

The Weekly

Governor Perdue Announces Executive Appointments

Levis A. 'Al' McConnell, III, 44, Milton - McConnell is a pharmacy district supervisor for CVS/Caremark. He is a three-time recipient of the Area 8 Pharmacy Triple S Award, member of the Georgia Pharmacy Association and a mentor for the Emerging Leader Program.

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Related Topix: University of Georgia, LaGrange, GA, West Point, GA

Concordia Sentinel

Christmas lights in Vidalia

The Vidalia Christmas Display, featuring the old International Paper Company displays, may draw a record number of visitors this year.

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Related Topix: Vidalia, LA, Life, Holidays, Christmas, International Paper, Paper, Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro, Natchez, LA

Auburn Journal

Roseville jail construction starts

Breaking ground on the countya s new South Placer Adult Correctional Facility are District 2 Supervisor Robert Weygandt; District 3 Supervisor Jim Holmes; Assistant District Attorney Scott Owens; Richard Henry, President, North Pacific Division, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.; Board of Supervisors Chairman F. C. a oeRockya Rockholm; District 4 ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Roseville, CA, Placer County, CA, Auburn, CA

Hotels

Kohler Acquires Former Hotel At St. Andrews, Scotland

Herb Kohler, Chairman and CEO of Kohler Co., today announced that the company, through its subsidiary, The Old Course Limited, has purchased Hamilton Hall of St Andrews, Scotland, one of the most photographed buildings in the world of golf.

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Related Topix: Kohler, WI, Fife County, Scotland, World News, United Kingdom, Travel/Tourism

CBC News

Lumber could be the new oil

Shares of several of Canadaa s largest lumber exporters have skyrocketed in the past two months as new building codes in China allowing wood in construction have cracked open a previously inaccessible market for Canadaa s long-suffering forestry industry.

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ABC News

Analyst Sees Fluor, Dyncorp Gains on Afghan Surge

Engineering and construction firm Fluor Corp. and contractor DynCorp International Inc.

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Related Topix: Fluor, Irving, TX

Thu Dec 03, 2009

WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Toll Bros. loses $111 million in Q4

Toll Brothers Inc. lost $111.4 million in the fiscal fourth quarter, but the luxury homebuilder is seeing signs of a turnaround in the housing market.

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ClipSyndicate

Toll Brothers' Q4 Loss Deepens, But Company is Optimistic

Homebuilder Toll Brothers said today its fiscal fourth quarter loss grew 30 percent, as revenue declined.

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Related Topix: Toll Brothers, Video, Real Estate

ABC News - Brian Ross

Shares up at Matrix Service on Analyst's Upgrade

Shares of Matrix Service Co. jumped Thursday as an analyst upgraded the industrial construction, repair and maintenance services company on expectations that more projects are in the works.

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Related Topix: Matrix Service, Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK

WIFR

Deere Board Elects CEO Allen as Chairman

Deere & Co., the largest U.S. maker of farm equipment, says its board of directors has elected CEO Samuel R. Allen as chairman of the board.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Deere

MarketWatch

Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Thursday

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are those of Marvell Technology Group Ltd., Toll Brothers Inc., Del Monte Foods Co.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Semiconductors, Marvell Technology Group, Electronics, Startups, Toll Brothers, Del Monte Foods, Food, Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services

Clover Herald

URS joint venture gets $950M contract for TVA work

URS Corp. said on Wednesday that the Tennessee Valley Authority has awarded a contract worth up to $950 million to a joint venture, for work on its hydroelectric facilities and seven coal-fired power plants.

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Related Topix: Architecture, URS Corporation, Energy

Wed Dec 02, 2009

PR-inside.com

Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Northwest Pipe Company

The Complaint charges that Northwest Pipe and certain of its officers and directors violated federal securities laws.

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Related Topix: Steel, Northwest Pipe, Mining

Chicago Tribune

GM board faces pay, autonomy challenges as it looks outside company for fresh CEO

In the search for a new executive to run General Motors , outsiders are in. The troubled company's new government-appointed board wants GM to change faster than it did under fallen CEO Fritz Henderson, and it will look for a replacement from outside the automaker's bureaucratic culture.

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Related Topix: Automakers, General Motors, Ford Motor, Michigan, Manufacturing, Auto Dealers, Industrial Machines, Retail, Autonation, Deere , Business News

Journal News

Jail for ex-electric co. owner in NYC union bribery case

NEW YORK - A former New York City electrical contractor will spend three months behind bars for paying tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to a corrupt union official.

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Newsday

Earnings Preview: Toll Brothers

The following is a summary of key developments for the period. OVERVIEW: The Horsham, Pa.-based company has operations in 21 states and was ranked the 14th largest homebuilder in the U.S. last year by Builder magazine.

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Related Topix: Toll Brothers, Mortgage, Home, Housing, Foreclosures

The Globe and Mail

Warren Buffett sings a different tune in his advice to investors

DIY Investing Warren Buffett sings a different tune in his advice to investors Following Buffett's stock choices can be tough, but the master stock-picker has a kernel of advice that's meant for the average investor: index funds Larry MacDonald Published on Tuesday, Dec.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Financial Markets, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

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