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3 hrs ago | Texas Gigs

Irving-based Fluor wins new Iraq contracts from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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.

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Related Topix: Fluor, US News, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

7 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

Brookfield beats analyst expectations

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

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Related Topix: Brookfield Homes

11 hrs ago | KAAL-TV Austin

Former Idaho transportation head sues over firing

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.

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Related Topix: Idaho Government, Idaho, Boise, ID, URS Corporation, Architecture

16 hrs ago | Clover Herald

NetJets Inc. to lay off 495 pilots nationwide

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.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

20 hrs ago | WHO-TV

Approval has been given by the Iowa...

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.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Alternative Energy, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services, Omaha, NE Metro

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Looking for land in all the right places

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.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, Irvine, CA, Pulte

FOX6Now.com - WITI

Construction co. settles 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse litigation; other suits pending

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.

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Related Topix: Minneapolis Metro, Architecture, URS Corporation

Bloomberg

Buffett Offers Possible 22% Profit to Arbitrage Traders on Burlington Deal

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

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services, Westborough, MA, US News

Desert Sun

Productivity gains may be bad news for jobless

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

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ArgusLeader.com

USD students to meet billionaire Warren Buffett

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

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Vermillion, SD, University of South Dakota, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Clover Herald

Icahn Enterprises 3rd-quarter profit quintuples

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.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, American Real Estate Partners lp

RV Business

Coachmen Industries to Become All American Group

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.

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Related Topix: Coachmen Industries, Mobile Homes

Star Tribune

Shares of Shaw Group jump after large buys by CEO

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.

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Related Topix: Shaw Group

Bloomberg

Buffett's Burlington Buy Includes CEO Who Engineered Top Railroad in U.S.

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

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Related Topix: Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Warren Buffett, Dallas Metro, Transportation, Union Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

Tajikistan News.Net

Car battery tycoon tops China's rich list

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.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

The Post Chronicle

Warren Buffett Joins Goldman Sachs Bid For Fannie Mae Tax Credits

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.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Home, Mortgage

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Flathead Beacon

Political, Agriculture Leaders React to Buffett's BNSF Purchase

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.

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Related Topix: Montana, Agriculture, Science, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Warren Buffett

Myrtle Beach Online

Herbalife appoints Wm. Bolthouse CEO to board

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

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Hovnanian Enterprises, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro, Cigna, Insurance, Transportation, Alexander and Baldwin

Miami Herald

Layne Christensen buys W.L. Hailey for $15 million

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

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News Chief

Louisiana-Pacific climbs after analyst upgrade

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.

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Related Topix: Louisiana Pacific, Nashville, TN, Nashville Metro, Financial Markets

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