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Chinese Building Boom and U.S. Optimism Boost Asian Shares
12:00PM 11/25/2010
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A building boom -- and the constrained supply of materials due to mandated energy cuts -- sent Chinese cement, metal and building-equipment stocks up Thursday. Meanwhile, Hong Kong and Japanese exporters benefited from improving consumer sentiment and falling unemployment in the U.S.
Project FROG seeks to make pre-fab school buildings fab -- and green
2:15PM 12/02/2009
There is nothing more depressing than those beat-up, decrepit portable buildings that schools across the country use for classrooms or offices. Most of these trailers on blocks don't meet modern construction standards. That's because many are decades old, in use well beyond their accepted lifespan....
What's most striking about the commercial real estate market is how quiet it is.
"It's like a storm is brewing and it has everyone standing on the sidelines," says Bob Spratt, president of commercial real estate firm Hill Partners Inc.
And that near silence is expected to continue until 2010, when...
When Serious Materials announced $60 million in additional venture capital funding last month, investor Jim Pettit felt more than a little bit vindicated. Pettit and his venture capital firm Navitas Capital led the early funding rounds in Serious, a Sunnyvale, Calif. maker of energy efficient...
Sears Tower generates its own electricity
4:30PM 6/25/2009
While I learned some time back that Chicago's moniker as "The Windy City" refers to its hot-air-blowing politicians and not its actual, well, wind, it's still awesome to see the city's iconic tower making use of its iconic weather; and going green in the process. Saying it's "taking sustainability...
Deals worth the wait: Menards' fit-in-a-bag sale
2:15PM 3/08/2008
Some deals only come around once or twice a year, but offer savings that justify the wait. This post is part of our series on such 'don't miss' sales.
Back when I was doing home remodeling and home repair projects for myself, I enjoyed the routine trips to Menard's home improvement centers to buy...
To Thrift or Not to Thrift: Used construction goods
1:35PM 1/29/2008
I'm not much of a shopper, but there's one place in Columbus that turns me into a kid in a candy store. That place is The Habitat For Humanity Build It Again Center.The Center, a K-Mart-sized building on the north side of town, is jammed with building supplies donated by homeowners, contractors,...
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| 18.92 | -0.22 -1.12% | 23.49M |
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| 10.56 | +1.16 +12.34% | 2.64M |
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