Building materials

Warwick OKs development next to intermodal station
Providence Journal (R.I.), The | 5 minutes ago
WARWICK An ambitious plan to build a hotel, parking garage and complex of buildings that will combine office and retail space on Jefferson Boulevard received final approval from the city Wednesday night.

13 charged in $19M Central Oregon bank fraud
Sun (Baltimore), The | 23 minutes ago
The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what prosecutors say is the largest Oregon fraud case to emerge from the national real estate boom and bust.

Porter: the little airline that could
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 39 minutes ago
Porter Airlines was supposed to flop. But owner Robert Deluce has beaten back cutthroat competition, hostile locals and political foes to pose a serious threat to the big airlines in his market niche.

Wire Business News
Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 1 hour 20 minutes ago
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what prosecutors say is the largest Oregon fraud case to emerge from the national real estate boom and bust.

Peru cement company eyes $300 mln phosphate mine
Reuters | 1 hour 20 minutes ago
AREQUIPA, Peru, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Cementos Pacasmayo, Peru's second-largest cement company, said on Friday it is planning to invest at least $300 million to develop a phosphate mine and processing plant.

In India, a Factory Model for Hospitals Is Cutting Costs and Yielding Profits
Wall Street Journal, The | 1 hour 22 minutes ago
BANGALORE -- Hair tucked into a surgical cap, eyes hidden behind thick-framed magnifying glasses, Devi Shetty leans over the sawed open chest of an 11-year-old boy, using bright blue thread to sew an artificial aorta onto his stopped heart.

13 charged in $19M Central Oregon bank fraud -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 1 hour 33 minutes ago
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what prosecutors say is the largest Oregon fraud case to emerge from the national real estate boom and bust.

NOVEMBER 21, 2009 The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery In India, a Factory Model for Hospitals Is Cutting Costs and Yielding Profits
Barron's (subscription required) | 1 hour 33 minutes ago
BANGALORE -- Hair tucked into a surgical cap, eyes hidden behind thick-framed magnifying glasses, Devi Shetty leans over the sawed open chest of an 11-year-old boy, using bright blue thread to sew an artificial aorta onto his stopped heart.

2009 Showroom of the Year Winners ?? Part Two
Supply House Times magazine | 1 hour 40 minutes ago
The story starts with Jason Craig, owner and president of Sierra Plumbing Supply, being asked by his dad to move from the San Francisco Bay area to the Sierra Foothills to run a small wholesale surplus building supply business. This was in 1997. The company bought surplus, overstocked, obsolete building materials and resold them to builders, remodelers and homeowners. Over the next couple of years Jason gravitated toward the plumbing products side of the business. In 1994 he bought the plumb...

Steel of West Virginia to lay off 53 by Nov.'s end
Kansas City Star (Mo.), The | 1 hour 46 minutes ago
More than 50 Steel of West Virginia Inc. workers will be out of work by the end of November.

A way to get around Karzai in Afghanistan
Seattle Times, The | 2 hours 9 minutes ago
There is a way to circumvent the Karzai problem in Afghanistan, writes Trudy Rubin. It's a bottom-up strategy that deals more directly with effective governors and ministry officials in troubled provinces. Smarter diplomacy might even bring President Haqmid Karzai on board.

Blackiston Mill Road rises from flood damage | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 2 hours 39 minutes ago
An important thoroughfare between Floyd and Clark counties reopened Friday after being shut down since part of it was washed out by flash flooding Aug. 4.