Boeing starts work on second Dreamliner assembly site
NEW YORK (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing broke ground Friday for the second assembly plant for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduled for its first test flight by the end of the year.The...
AFP Finance News -
Saturday November 21, 2009, 6:32 am
China Forestry Signs Letter of Intent With Landscape Engineering and Construction Firm
HARBIN, China, Nov. 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Forestry Inc. (OTCBB:CHFY), a timber investment group in the People's Republic of China, announced today the Company has entered into a letter...
GlobeNewswire -
Saturday November 21, 2009, 12:00 am
Leighton targets solid jump in earnings
Construction giant Leighton Holdings Ltd is targeting a substantial jump in earnings over the next five years and says it is looking to expand geographically.Chief executive Wal King told a business...
AAP -
Friday November 20, 2009, 6:18 pm
Pluto project cost blow-out
Oil and gas producer, Woodside Petroleum says the estimated construction cost of its Pluto liquefied natural gas project will increase.
The company says the final cost of the project is expected...
ABC Business News -
Friday November 20, 2009, 12:16 pm
Singapore Out Of The Red, Sees Growth in 2010
Singapore now sees its economy solidly back in the black in 2010 after confirming that it grew strongly in the third quarter. The country's Trade and Industry Ministry issued a flash third...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday November 20, 2009, 8:14 am
US Still Fragile
Another week for the US economy in which statistics, speeches and interviews, all underlined just how tough it is going to be in the world's biggest economy for the next year or more. In...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday November 20, 2009, 12:13 am
Monadelphous wins $60m Gorgon contract
Engineering firm Monadelphous Group Ltd has won a $60 million contract for work at Chevron's massive Gorgon liquefied natural gas project offshore Western Australia.At 1517 AEDT on Thursday,...
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Thursday November 19, 2009, 3:30 pm
Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) To Raise Further A$25 Million To Commence Construction Of Silver Hill Project
Perth, Australia, Nov 19, 2009 - (ABN Newswire) - Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT)(PINK:CQMLF) wishes to announce that the Shareholder Share Purchase Plan dated 19 October 2009 has now...
Asia Business News -
Thursday November 19, 2009, 9:54 am
Software firms break Wall Street's good run
Shares on Wall Street have broken a three-day winning streak because of weak outlooks from two major software makers and a surprise drop in new home construction.
Australia's Share Price Index...
ABC Business News -
Thursday November 19, 2009, 9:34 am
Resources Boom Bounces Back
The return of the resources boom was again confirmed by the news yesterday that the value of mining and energy projects under development in Australia had jumped 40% from April to October...
Australasian Investment Review -
Thursday November 19, 2009, 8:46 am
Mine infrastructure an 'engineering wonder'
Mining giant Xstrata's Mount Isa Mines has been included in the top 10 engineering projects of Queensland's 150-year history.
The mine, in the state's north-west, will be featured in the...
ABC Business News -
Wednesday November 18, 2009, 9:06 am
Small, Medium Business More Confident
The National Australia Bank's latest quarterly survey of confidence and conditions for small and medium businesses has shown a sharp improvement. The rise echoes the big improvement reported last...
Australasian Investment Review -
Wednesday November 18, 2009, 8:33 am
OneSteel Has No Earnings Guidance For 2010
Our second biggest steel group, OneSteel Ltd, is expecting reasonably strong levels of activity in key sectors of the economy from next year, as a result of government stimulus measures. But before...
Australasian Investment Review -
Tuesday November 17, 2009, 8:06 am
Europe Out Of The Red
Europe staggered out of recession in the September quarter, but left the UK and Spain as the only major economies in the zone still in the red. Figures out Friday night showed that the...
Australasian Investment Review -
Monday November 16, 2009, 8:33 am
Austin sees improvements in H1 2009/10
Austin Engineering Ltd sees improvements in the first half of 2010 and is confident that activity will pick up in the second half of the financial year.Chairman Peter Fitch says the company, which...
AAP -
Friday November 13, 2009, 6:41 pm
