finance & business news archive (2004)

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12/13/2004 Top 500 Executives Focus on Deepest Industry Challenges

12/09/2004 OSHA Chief Henshaw Resigns

12/06/2004 Integrated Electrical Plans Unit Sales Amid Surety Woes

12/06/2004 Emergency Housing Rises In Storm Season's Wake

12/06/2004 Hite Expected To Succeed Maddaloni as Plumbers's President

12/03/2004 KBR Chief Promoted to No. 2 Spot at Halliburton

12/03/2004 Former NYPD Official Nominated by Bush for Homeland Security Chief

11/30/2004 Ridge Announces Resignation as Homeland Security Secretary

11/29/2004 Plastic Water Pipe Gets California Test

11/29/2004 Congress Unzips Purse For Industry Programs

11/24/2004 Senate Deal Clears Scores of Nominees, Including Several at EPA

11/22/2004 Coalition Moving Forward On Work Force Initiative

11/22/2004 Kerry Defeat Smolders For AFL-CIO’s Sweeney

11/18/2004 Senate and House Negotiators Eye $388-Billion Spending Package

11/17/2004 Reid, New Senate Democratic Leader, Seen as Infrastructure Backer

11/15/2004 Voter Pain Translates to Industry Gain in Ballot Initiatives

11/15/2004 Fear of Spending Cuts Mutes Industry Cheer

11/15/2004 Powell, DOE's Abraham, Education's Paige, Agriculture's Veneman to Leave Cabinet

11/15/2004 Structural Engineers Join To Tackle Insurance Threat

11/11/2004 Nearly 15,000 Off-Road Work Buggies Recalled

11/08/2004 Plumbers’ Chief in Hot Water Over Finances

11/04/2004 Stung by Republican Gains, Unions Face Uphill Regulatory, Legislative Fights

11/04/2004 Construction Industry Fares Pretty Well on State Ballot Initiatives

11/03/2004 Second Bush Term, New Congress Seen as Pro-Business, But Tough on Domestic Spending

11/01/2004 Construction Leaders Scan Ahead for Rising Issues

11/01/2004 Engineers See Better Times But Business Risks Still Loom

10/25/2004 Fluor's J.A. Jones Unit Wins Two Embassy Contracts

10/25/2004 Voters Will Determine Construction Initiatives

10/21/2004 States' Capital Spending Rises 9% in 2004, to $72 Billion

10/20/2004 Engineers Begin Sculpting From Cans

10/18/2004 Eby’s Big Unpaid Job Claims Drive Away Surety and Bank

10/18/2004 Lawmakers Leave Construction Dangling

10/11/2004 Lawmakers Clear $57.6 Billion for Hurricane Relief, DOD Construction, Homeland Security

10/11/2004 Kansas City Arena Contest Strained Civility of Competitors

10/11/2004 Congress Approves $130-Billion Corporate Tax-Cut Bill

10/07/2004 Australia’s Worley Group Will Acquire Parsons E&C for $245 Million

10/07/2004 Conferees Approve Big Tax Bill With A/E Break, Ethanol 'Fix'

10/07/2004 House Approves $11-Billion Hurricane Relief Bill

10/04/2004 Halliburton Expected To Shed Troubled KBR

10/04/2004 New Cement Substitute May Stand Up to Hurricane Winds

10/04/2004 Tomasso Faces Federal Charges

10/01/2004 HOK, Leader of the 'Home Team,' Selected to Design Kansas City Arena

09/29/2004 House Panel Approves Two-Year Terrorism Insurance Extension

09/29/2004 Panel to Pick Kansas City Arena Designer Following a Rancorous Competition

09/28/2004 Bush Seeks $7 Billion More in Disaster Aid

09/27/2004 CM/PM Firms Find More Opportunities-and Roadblocks, Too

09/27/2004 Concrete Pavement Association CEO Riva Dies at 50

09/24/2004 Corps of Engineers Flexes Emergency Response Muscle

09/24/2004 Modern Continental Merges with Jay Cashman

09/22/2004 Ivan's Winds Didn't Pack the Punch Suggested by Media Reports

09/20/2004 U.S. Filter Corp. Finds New Life In Its New Home with Siemens

09/20/2004 Ohio Case May End Era of Unlimited Incentives

09/14/2004 Bush Requests Added $3.1 Billion for Hurricane Relief

09/13/2004 Hurricane Doubleheader Gives Floridians Much to Ponder

09/08/2004 Congress Approves, Bush Signs $2 Billion in Aid for Florida Hurricane Recovery

08/31/2004 Terrorism Insurance Coverage Purchases Edge Up, Survey Says

08/30/2004 Parent Firm's New Strategy May Impact Bovis CEO

08/27/2004 Peter Zuk takes UK position

08/26/2004 Sheet Metal Workers, Painters, Plasterers Re-elect General Presidents

08/16/2004 Halliburton Accounting Switch Significantly Boosted Earnings

08/16/2004 County and Pipeline Contractor Fight Over Environmental Risks

08/09/2004 Big Owners Balance Triple Bottom Line

08/09/2004 Contractors Battle Big Insurer Over Oregon Privatization Push

08/09/2004 San Francisco Program Clipped

08/04/2004 Labor Dept. Settlement Ousts Plumbers' Officials As Pension Fund Trustees

08/02/2004 Shrinking Modern Continental Seeks New Financial Options

07/26/2004 Painters Keep Wall Work But Blast ‘Raid’ Tactics

07/23/2004 World Bank Bars Acres Over Lesotho Project Bribes

07/23/2004 Halliburton Picks Lane as KBR Chief Executive

07/19/2004 Committee Seeks Hike in 2005 Aid

07/12/2004 Questions Raised Over Steel Roof Struts

07/12/2004 Panel Reaches Consensus on New OSHA Crane Standard

07/12/2004 Public Firms Lack ‘Quality’ Earnings

07/08/2004 Unions Praise, Business Criticizes, Edwards Selection for Democratic Ticket

07/05/2004 Study Concludes Productivity Is Up, Just Not Enough

07/05/2004 Connecticut Scandal Targets Tomasso's 'No-Bid' Contracts

07/01/2004 Strock Assumes Command of Corps of Engineers

06/30/2004 Riley Named Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Director

06/28/2004 Big Change Ahead At DOE Idaho Site

06/28/2004 A Fresh Approach To Union Projects

06/25/2004 Strock Confirmed as New Chief of Corps

06/21/2004 Los Angeles Warns Tutor-Saliba on Job

06/21/2004 Privatized Dulles Rail Wins DOT Go-Ahead

06/18/2004 Halliburton Terminates Relations with Former CEO A. Jack Stanley

06/18/2004 Treasury Dept. Extends Terrorism Insurance Availability

06/18/2004 Corps, DOE Cleanup, Rail, Port Security Gaining Increases in 2005 Spending Bills

06/14/2004 AMEC Is Selling Off Its U.S. CM Offices

06/14/2004 Homeland Protection Industry Foresees Numbers in Safety

06/10/2004 House Panel Hikes Corps, DOE Cleanup Spending for 2005

06/07/2004 Equipment Firms Get Spring Boost

06/03/2004 House Panel Hikes Homeland Security Funds for 2005

05/31/2004 New Leaders Stabilize ULLICO And Try to Put Scandal in Past

05/31/2004 LNG Tussle Could Speed Approvals

05/31/2004 URS Stock Sale Allows Firm To Trim Past Acquisition Debt

05/24/2004 Audit of Federal Highway Job Overruns Worries Engineers

05/24/2004 Cement Shortages Pressure Prices

05/24/2004 Large Manufacturing and Powerplant Jobs Boost First-Quarter Starts

05/24/2004 Massachusetts Bars CA/T Veteran From Highway Work

05/17/2004 Engineering Firms Claim Artery Plan Has Missing Links

05/17/2004 Strong Demand Starts To Hit Gypsum Wallboard Prices

05/12/2004 Senate Passes Tax Bill With Breaks for Design Firms

05/10/2004 Building Trades Seek Formal Changes to Apprenticeships

05/10/2004 Bechtel-Washington Group Rail Plan Wins Some Support

05/03/2004 Fuels Tax Is Under Assault, New Alternatives Are Sought

05/03/2004 Labor Dept. Looks For More Students

04/26/2004 Mineta Exploring Steel-Price Options, Including Legislation

04/26/2004 Survey Shows Higher Demand, Lower Prices for Terrorism Insurance

04/26/2004 New Rules Threaten Global Firms In China

04/26/2004 Senate To Consider Tax Break for A-E Firms

04/26/2004 Corps Favors $7.7-Billion Mississippi Plan

04/19/2004 Report on Caltrans Operations Set for More Political Debate

04/12/2004 Gasoline, Diesel Prices Keep Climbing Higher

04/12/2004 A General Strike by Labor Threatens New Athens Stadium

04/12/2004 Feds Search Two Central Artery Subs In National Probe of Sham DBEs

04/09/2004 Senate Passes Pension Relief Bill; Bush Expected to Sign

04/05/2004 Havens Steel Scrambles To Survive

04/05/2004 Higher Steel Prices Could Push Overall Building Costs Up 8%

04/01/2004 GOP Conferees Clear Pension Bill, Over Democrats' Objections

03/29/2004 Building Israel’s Huge ‘Fence’ Is a Hard Lesson in Politics

03/29/2004 Jacobs and Prosecutors Differ On Data Provided by Lobbyist

03/29/2004 Strock Will Become Next Chief of Corps of Engineers

03/25/2004 Bureau of Reclamation Slammed for 50% Animas-La Plata Project Overrun

03/22/2004 Deal Shows How Jacobs Used Chicago Lobbyist To Get Job

03/22/2004 AGC Urges Contract Escalation for Steel

03/22/2004 Builders of Athens Olympics Struggle to the Finish Line

03/15/2004 Jacobs Officials Plead Guilty

03/11/2004 Army Official Says Selection Process Progressing for New Corps Chief

03/08/2004 Contractors Stocks Are Up But Some Sale Values Lag

03/08/2004 EMCOR Seeks New President After Levy Leaves the Firm

03/03/2004 California Voters Pass Most Ballot Finance Issues

03/01/2004 Californians To Weigh State's Financial Future

02/23/2004 Industry Veteran Reconnects As New Earth Tech President

02/23/2004 Chicago Tries "e-Permits" To Unclog Traffic in City Halls

02/16/2004 Bush, Congress Battle Over Transport Bill

02/11/2004 Design-Build Method Gaining Ground in Water-Sewer Arena, But Hurdles Remains

02/09/2004 GE and MWH Link Up To Offer Industrial Water Outsourcing

02/09/2004 Siemens Sues Puerto Rico DOT Over Tren Urbano Completion

02/09/2004 Industry Sounds Warnings Over Corrosive Effect on Steel

02/06/2004 Building Trades' President Wants Unions to Back Kerry

02/02/2004 Bush's FY2005 Budget Freezes Highways, Transit; Cuts Corps,
EPA Water Aid

01/29/2004 Senate Passes Pension Reform, with Multi-Employer Relief

01/26/2004 Court Rules That DOE’s Easing Of AC Standards Was Illegal

01/22/2004 Senate Finally Clears Omnibus 2004 Spending Bill

01/21/2004 NSPE Board Opposes Raising Limit on H-1B Visas

01/19/2004 Unemployment Rose in 2003

01/19/2004 Pentagon Priming the Pump for the Flow of Cash to Iraq

01/19/2004 ‘Illegal’ Worker Plan Debated

01/08/2004 Fluor Corp. Adds Prieto, Promotes Hopkins to Replace Oakley

01/08/2004 Bush Immigration Plan Draws Mixed Reviews