All Finance articles – Page 263
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Contract wins keep Jarvis profit on track
Rail contractor's £20m of new contracts balance out falling freight volumes
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Minerva shares plummet as Dubai group pulls out of takeover talks
Rescue bid from Limitless falls through, causing developer's shares to plunge 40%
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Funding worries threaten Olympic media centre
Doubts over contractor Carillion Igloo's ability to secure funding in present climate
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Housing slump halves turnover at MJ Gleeson
Regeneration specialist reports loss on back of reduced sales and costs of cutting staff
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Abu Dhabi: The fast show
To kick off our increased coverage of the Middle East, Dan Stewart reports from one of the most frenetic – yet sustainable – construction booms on the planet
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Industry lobbies for tougher regulation of short-selling
Senior figures call for checks on the practice after spectacular falls in housebuilders’ shares
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Flint: We have a plan to help housebuilders through crisis
Housing minister floats land-buying scheme as Labour surveys wreckage of financial system
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Downturn sparks Gulf exodus for UK consultants
Ambitious engineers and QSs join housebuilding specialists in search for Middle Eastern work
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Vinci uses Taywood to boost nuclear plans
Vinci plans to use its £74m acquisition of Taylor Woodrow to become a major player in the UK nuclear market, according to John Stanion, the company’s chief executive, writes Tom Bill.
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Kier: we’re not bailing out of housebuilding
Kier has dismissed reports that it is planning to abandon the private housebuilding market, writes Tom Bill.
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AIM-listed Qatari steel specialist quadruples turnover
Structural steel specialist Panceltica has quadrupled turnover in the six months to 30 June 2008 and said it will become a billion-pound company in three years.
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Profit at Wolseley plunges 77% despite 7,700 job cuts
The credit crunch has pushed pre-tax profit down 77% at building materials group Wolseley.
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Risk mitigation overseas: why a hard hat isn't enough
For contractors active overseas, meeting their duty of care to workers requires a much wider assessment of risk - including natural disasters and insurgent attacks
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How to set up business in China
To establish the personal relations critical for business success in China you need a local base, and should use local expertise to negotiate the country's complex ways
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FBI fraud probe into banking crisis firms
Lehman Bros, AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be investigated for possible fraud, say reports
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August mortgage approvals drop 64% on last year
British Bankers Association says falling prices and tighter lending criteria are dampening demand
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UAE puts up £7.34bn to avoid property crash
Gulf state follows in footsteps of US and Europe in setting up emergency lending facility
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Financial markets fail to rally
Shares keep falling as bailout package for US economy makes little impact
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Pochin profit plunges 80%
Without joint ventures and associates the firm would have made an £1.4m operating loss
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Wolseley job cuts keep it in the black
Cost cutting will continue at materials firm as housebuilding crisis knocks 77% off profit