Shaw Group News

Despite the complexities of the nation's worst economic downturn in decades, some Louisiana-based companies are showing surprising growth.

Despite the complexities of the nation's worst economic downturn in decades, some Louisiana-based companies are showing surprising growth.

Sales tax collections in East Baton Rouge Parish were down for the sixth consecutive month in September.

The Shaw Group Inc. has been awarded a five-year contract for construction services at U.S. Navy installations in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

The Shaw Group Inc. has been awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Department of Defense for construction services at Naval Facilities Engineering Command installations throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

November 16, 2009 -- "New Deals" news last week included Cerner Corp. , Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

The Shaw Group has awarded Pike Electric Corp. an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a new switchyardn and offsite power system at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in South Carolina.

Mount Airy, NC, November 10, 2009 - Pike Electric Corporation , a leading national energy solutions provider, announced that The Shaw Group Inc.

The seventh annual IMPACT Awards recognize excellence within the Microsoft technology partner community in Canada as well as the innovative solutions and value they deliver to customers.

Congress took further steps to right the staggering economy by expanding a popular tax credit for homebuyers and extending unemployment checks for the growing legions of people running out of benefits with few job prospects.

Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commerical use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool on any article or visit www.djreprints.com THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of the Shaw Group made two lucrative stock purchases this week.

Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear and The Shaw Group will host several supplier information meetings to familiarize local vendors with the procurement process for the new construction at Plant Vogtle.

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.

The Shaw Group has been awarded a contract by Petkim Petrochemical Holding AS to provide engineering and procurement services for an ethylene plant capacity expansion in Turkey.

MetLife, Inc third quarter revenues fell 1.6% to $12.4 billion and net loss was $650 million or 79 cents a share.

MORGAN CITY - The owner of Evangeline Downs race track casino has closed a $106.8 million deal to buy the Amelia Belle riverboat casino near Morgan City.

The Shaw Group Inc., a construction and engineering company, took an 87 percent drop in fiscal fourth-quarter profit, primarily because of a non-cash foreign exchange loss for its nuclear power segment, the company reported Thursday.

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Jim Bernhard, the chairman and chief executive officer of The Shaw Group Inc., has parted with a small portion of his stake in the multibillion-dollar company he founded more than two decades ago.

Shaw Group By RW Baird WE ARE DOWNGRADING Shaw Group from Outperform to Neutral as the stock is near our $32 price target and the timing of the nuclear outlook has become increasingly uncertain following yesterday's Nuclear Regulatory Commission announcement that Westinghouse, which Shaw has a stake in, has thus far failed to demonstrate that the ...