Andrew Bowden

Namibia's construction industry is "ready for action" with the newly published Construction Industry Federation Annual Directory 2017/2018. The publication showcases the diversity and capacity of the members of CIF of Namibia and features a spectrum of contractors, from small-to-medium-sized contractors with annual turnover of one million Namibian Dollars to businesses with previous annual turnover of well above N$200 million.

International Paper Co. said Monday it will make a $1.25 billion voluntary contribution to its pension plan.

Granite Construnction says it won a $318M contract by New York's Department of Transportation for the construction of phase two of the Kosciuszko Bridge in Brooklyn.

Watsco and Graham Corporation are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitabiliy, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings. Watsco has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BCC is the largest and longest-serving general contracting company in Guam and provides comprehensive construction services throughout the Western Pacific region. Details about these new projects are provided below.

News articles about Weyerhaeuser have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time.

In addition to the ETF promising intraday liquidity while holding illiquid junk bonds, some active junk bond managers are using the ETF as a placeholder for cash to meet redemptions. We elaborate, and describe what could trigger a decline, and then discuss ways of limiting your risk if you own HYG.

A home’s design needs to take into consideration everyone that lives there. While this usually extends to all the human occupants of a house, many homes also have furry residents to consider. Luckily, there are certainly options that can suit a homeowner of discerning taste as well as her precious kitties. The home featured in this post comes from designer PartiDesign & CHT Architect with photos by Hey!Cheese . The home has the clean lines and subtle colors that we have come to expect from modern design, but included with the people furniture is stylish cat furniture , including a custom built climbing wall. Take a look inside and see how many furry friends you can find perched and purring in this lovely space. When choosing indoor house plants for a home with cats, its important to find those that are safe for animals. This home features a Swiss cheese plant as well as a Fiddle Leaf Fig and Boston Fern . The coffee tables provide a nice surface for mischievous cats to leap

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Universal Forest Products from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 20th.

Equities analysts expect that NCI Building Systems, Inc. will report earnings per share of $0.31 for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Two analysts have made estimates for NCI Building Systems' earnings.

Warren Smith, of New Milford, touches a time capsule from the Scovill building which was opened during the Village Fair Days in New Milford, on Saturday. Smith was working for Turner Construction, which built the building, and was present when the time capsule was placed in the building, he later worked for Scovill.

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc declared a monthly dividend on Friday, July 28th, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 21st will be given a dividend of 0.09 per share by the closed-end fund on Thursday, August 31st.

They currently have a $22.00 price target on the construction company's stock. Mizuho's price objective points to a potential downside of 9.65% from the company's previous close.

A BIG R STORE has filled the former Sears space at the Findlay Village Mall. The store sells clothing, sporting goods, groceries, pet supplies, farm and livestock supplies, lawn and garden items.

With a large project completed this spring and another winding down within a week, work on JMU's new dining hall is the main construction effort, he wrote in an email. The structure is being built at 150 Bluestone Drive, the site of the former Gibbons Hall, a dining hall built in the 1960s.

While Elliott Management Corp. tries to cobble together enough money to beat Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s $9 billion bid to buy one of America's largest transmission operators, it has another problem to deal with: the state of Texas. The New York hedge fund run by billionaire Paul Singer is trying to convince Texas stakeholders that its deal to buy their biggest power distributor, Oncor Electric Delivery Co., will be superior to Berkshire's.

What looms over businesses as far flung as car repair, lab equipment and swimming pool gear? In a word, Amazon. Almost 700 U.S. companies have reported quarterly results so far this earnings season, and the e-commerce titan's name has popped up on roughly one of every 10 earnings conference calls so far.

Warren Buffett is arguably the greatest investor of our generation. Since the 1950s, Buffett has managed to turn less than $10,000 into nearly $74 billion.

Toll Brothers Inc. , the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, announced today it has begun to pilot a new tool to allow home buyers to use virtual reality to envision design selections in their homes, and make changes that reflect their preferences. This first-of-its-kind VR application uses Toll Brothers' unmatched selection of options to create millions of combinations for home buyers to find exactly what they're looking for in their perfect kitchen.

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC cut its position in shares of Fluor Corporation by 12.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission . The fund owned 52,870 shares of the construction company's stock after selling 7,850 shares during the period.

One of the greatest characteristics to look for in an investment is that it won't require babysitting. Regularly checking on the stocks in your portfolio can not only be cumbersome, but it could also put you at a greater risk of making unnecessary trades.

UK transport group aims to upgrade stations, track and technology

Sterling Construction and Jacobs Engineering Group are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitabiliy, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations. Sterling Construction has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Tenaris and Natural Gas Services Group are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and profitabiliy. Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.

Shares of Mattioli Woods plc have received a consensus rating of "Hold" from the five research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating on the company.

Equities research analysts expect Caterpillar, Inc. to announce earnings per share of $1.13 for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Five analysts have made estimates for Caterpillar's earnings, with the lowest EPS estimate coming in at $0.75 and the highest estimate coming in at $1.27.

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Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Universal Forest Products from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 20th.

Equities analysts expect that NCI Building Systems, Inc. will report earnings per share of $0.31 for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Two analysts have made estimates for NCI Building Systems' earnings.

Warren Smith, of New Milford, touches a time capsule from the Scovill building which was opened during the Village Fair Days in New Milford, on Saturday. Smith was working for Turner Construction, which built the building, and was present when the time capsule was placed in the building, he later worked for Scovill.

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc declared a monthly dividend on Friday, July 28th, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 21st will be given a dividend of 0.09 per share by the closed-end fund on Thursday, August 31st.

They currently have a $22.00 price target on the construction company's stock. Mizuho's price objective points to a potential downside of 9.65% from the company's previous close.

A BIG R STORE has filled the former Sears space at the Findlay Village Mall. The store sells clothing, sporting goods, groceries, pet supplies, farm and livestock supplies, lawn and garden items.

With a large project completed this spring and another winding down within a week, work on JMU's new dining hall is the main construction effort, he wrote in an email. The structure is being built at 150 Bluestone Drive, the site of the former Gibbons Hall, a dining hall built in the 1960s.

While Elliott Management Corp. tries to cobble together enough money to beat Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s $9 billion bid to buy one of America's largest transmission operators, it has another problem to deal with: the state of Texas. The New York hedge fund run by billionaire Paul Singer is trying to convince Texas stakeholders that its deal to buy their biggest power distributor, Oncor Electric Delivery Co., will be superior to Berkshire's.

What looms over businesses as far flung as car repair, lab equipment and swimming pool gear? In a word, Amazon. Almost 700 U.S. companies have reported quarterly results so far this earnings season, and the e-commerce titan's name has popped up on roughly one of every 10 earnings conference calls so far.

Emcor sales dropped in the second quarter, with "exceptional" performance by its construction segments not enough to offset sharp declines in its business installing and maintaining systems in refineries, petrochemical plants and other industrial sites. From its headquarters in Norwalk, Emcor oversees the work of some 75 subsidiaries that handle complex facility systems on an outsourced basis for commercial property owners, to include electrical, heating and cooling.

SECOND QUARTER 2017 SUMMARY Revenues increased... Old Dominion Freight Line Announces a 21.4% Increase in Second-Quarter Earnings Per Diluted Share to $1.19 on Revenue of $839.9 Million )--Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. today announced financial results for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017, which include the... )--Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. today reported second-quarter results for the period ended June 30, 2017.

D.R. Horton Inc, the largest U.S. homebuilder, reported a quarterly profit that narrowly beat analysts' estimates as home sales rose. Orders, an indicator of future revenue for homebuilders, rose 11.3 percent to 13,040 homes in the third quarter ended June 30. The homebuilder, which mainly sells single-family homes, said it sold 12,497 homes in the quarter, compared with 10,739 a year earlier.

Apogee Enterprises and Foundation Building Materials are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, profitabiliy, earnings and risk. Apogee Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%.

Canadian forestry company West Fraser Timber Co. says it has agreed to buy a U.S. lumber business for about US$430 million.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will walk away from its US$9 billion acquisition of Oncor Electric Delivery Co if the deal is delayed, an attorney for the parent company of Texas' largest utility told a bankruptcy judge on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett visits the BNSF booth before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. May 6, 2017.

High above the Balfour interchange on State Route 4 in Brentwood, a drone buzzes, its sensors keeping a close watch on the volumes of earth being moved to make way for a new highway bypass. In Pittsburg, a camera perched on the dash of car driving through city streets periodically snaps pictures of potholes and cracks in the pavement.

The Fed meets . Markets are pricing in a 0% chance that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates at Wednesday's meeting, according to World Interest Rate Probability data provided by Bloomberg.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the firm run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, is in talks to buy a stake in Latin America's biggest reinsurer, IRB Brasil Resseguros SA, after an initial public offering of stock, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. No deal is likely to be completed before July 27, IRB's IPO pricing date, the people said, asking not to be named because the discussions are private.

Warren Buffett is arguably the greatest investor of our generation. Since the 1950s, Buffett has managed to turn less than $10,000 into nearly $74 billion.

Lindsay Corporation insider Rick Parod sold 77,387 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.47, for a total value of $7,078,588.89.

Potlatch Corporation and Weyerhaeuser are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitabiliy, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk. 83.3% of Potlatch Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors.

Byron I. McCloud was found guilty of committing five sexual offenses in 1979, in which he broke into the homes of four women and raped them. He also was convicted of sexually assaulting a juvenile girl.

Elkhart, Ind.-based supplier Patrick Industries Inc. reported a 29% increase in sales for its second quarter, ended June 25, boosted by strong RV performance. Net sales during the three-month period grew $92 million or 29%, to $407.2 million from $315.2 million in the same quarter of 2016.

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.58-0.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.61.

Every family home should have a little bit of playfulness to it. In this design from Nordico , it is impossible to deny that a little bit of childlike wonder and whimsy have informed the still stylish design. From a pretty pink sofa with a playful design to a modern interpretation of a bean bag chair, this is a living space that’s actually designed with living in mind. Instead of making visitors afraid to touch anything, this fun and quirky home invites you to kick off your shoes and stay for a while. Step inside and get comfortable. Walking into the bright, spacious living room the importance of color is immediately apparent. It is difficult to take your eyes off the molded pink sofa that invites with the eye but looks a bit offputting in terms of comfort at first. The open and spacious floorplan leaves plenty of room for a duo of simple coffee tables . Indoor house plants scattered about add yet another layer of color. The bright blue accent wall is a beautiful co