Articles tagged with construction
Tue, May 08, 2012
Construction fumes at Portage Northern result in suit settlement
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage Public Schools will pay out 432-thousand dollars to four teachers who claimed that fumes from the new construction taking place at ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
S&P 500 flirts with two-month low before rebound
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell for the fifth day in six on Wednesday as investors kept their focus on the turmoil ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
VIDEO: USDA Rural Development tours construction sites across Michigan
PLAINWELL (WKZO) -- Representatives from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development toured construction sites throughout Michigan Wednesday where USDA funded projects are underway ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
February construction spending drop largest in 7 months
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Construction spending in February recorded its largest drop in seven months as investment in private and government projects fell, which could cause ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
February construction spending drop largest in 7 months
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending in February recorded its largest drop in seven months as investment in private and government projects fell, which ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
Wall Street ends worst two weeks since November
By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed their worst two-week slide since November with a selloff on Friday as disappointing China ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Manufacturing up, construction spending falls
By Leah Schnurr
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in manufacturing picked up last month, even as measures of new orders and exports ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
London 2012 venues showcase UK construction
By Avril Ormsby
LONDON (Reuters) - Many sports fans gasped in awe at Beijing's Olympic stadiums four years ago, wondering how Britain could possibly ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Kalamazoo plans road construction as winter season comes to a close
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- As the winter season transitions into road construction season in Michigan, the City of Kalamazoo has some traffic disruptions planned that you ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
Watch Live: Construction at the 2012 Kalamazoo Home Expo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) Construction and move-in began this morning at the 2012 Kalamazoo Home Expo. The show, located at 665 Mall Drive in Portage is ...
Tue, January 03, 2012
Construction spending near 1-1/2 high in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Construction spending surged to a near 1-1/2 year high in November as investment in public and private projects rose solidly, cementing ...
Sun, December 11, 2011
Analysis: As U.S. leaves, Iraqi forces still under construction
By Jim Loney
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nearly nine years after the United States threw out Saddam Hussein and dissolved his feared security machine, Iraq's ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
NYC still plagued by stalled construction sites
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many stalled construction sites plague New York City's economy, a legacy of the credit crunch, though the latest data for ...
Fri, November 25, 2011
Dow and S&P 500 post best week since Christmas
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks posted their best week since Christmas, even with a mixed finish on Friday after strong earnings from ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
Houston area added most construction jobs in last year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Houston area has added the most construction jobs in the last year while Southern California is the biggest loser in a ...
Sat, August 27, 2011
Portage Central Opens New High School Following 2 Years of Construction
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The new Portage Central High School has opened its doors and is ready for the new school year.
Construction has been ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
FAA Woes Halt Tower Construction in Kalamazoo
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO) -- Congress’s failure to pass an extension of the FAA budget has now hit close to home. It's put ...
Fri, July 22, 2011
Spending dispute halts airport construction
By Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airport projects across the United States will shut down this weekend and thousands of federal workers will be furloughed ...
Fri, July 22, 2011
Solid Volvo Q2 report lifts shares 5 percent
By Patrick Lannin
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Good demand for Volvo's
Wed, July 20, 2011
Construction begins at new Texas-Mexico border crossing
By Patricia Giovine
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Construction began Wednesday on a new six-lane, $100-million border crossing east of El Paso, which aims to ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
Ambassador Bridge Company to Comply with Construction Deadline
DETROIT, MI (Metro Source) - Detroit International Bridge Company officials say they will comply with a January, 2012 deadline to finish construction on the Gateway ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
New U.S. nuclear reactors close to construction: S&P
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the first time in more than 30 years, the construction of new nuclear plants is underway in the United States ...
Mon, April 18, 2011
First offshore U.S. wind farm construction starts soon
BOSTON (Reuters) - After years of delay, construction of what is expected to be the first U.S. offshore wind farm, located off Massachusetts' picturesque ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Construction spending falls in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending fell more than expected in January to its lowest level in five months, a government report showed on ...
Mon, January 03, 2011
Construction spending at 5-month high in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Construction spending rose more than expected in November to touch its highest level in five months, a government report showed on Monday ...
Wed, December 22, 2010
Sturgis Police Investigate Construction Site Theft
Mon, October 18, 2010
Netanyahu plays down new construction in settlements
By Jeffrey Heller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played down on Monday new Israeli construction on land Palestinians seek for a state, urging ...
Fri, October 01, 2010
Construction spending rises unexpectedly in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Construction spending rose unexpectedly in August as public construction rebounded, but investment in private projects fell to its lowest in more than ...
Sun, September 12, 2010
Netanyahu hints at settlement construction limits
By Jeffrey Heller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel could not extend a moratorium on housing construction in West Bank ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Grenier sued by construction worker
Albeiro Nunez claims he was hurt last October (09) while renovating a house in Brooklyn owned by the actor and his mother Karesse, and ...
Tue, August 03, 2010
Detroit To Begin Light Rail Construction In 2011
(Detroit, MI) -- Shovels are expected in the ground next year on the Woodward Light Rail project in Detroit from the city's downtown out ...
Mon, July 12, 2010
Road Construction Season
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Crews used huge cranes to lift the first two support beams in place that will carry I-94 traffic over Westnedge before Christmas ...
Mon, June 28, 2010
Road Construction Week
CALHOUN COUNTY (WKZO) -- MDOT will squeeze in some road repairs before the Fourth of July Holiday, but unless you are out and about at ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Construction At Rose And Michigan
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) - It is one of the busier intersections in downtown Kalamazoo, and getting through there may be a hassle for the next few ...
Mon, May 17, 2010
Dog Park Construction Bid Awarded
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- There’s a pot of gold to be awarded to the firm that turns the Fairmont Property into a dog park this ...
Thu, April 29, 2010
Stick to the construction timetable, IOC urges Sochi
By Karolos Grohmann
DUBAI (Reuters) - Organizers of the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics were urged on Thursday to keep up their construction pace as Europe ...
Fri, April 09, 2010
More Construction On I-94
UNDATED (WKZO) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation is installing more of those cable guardrails in the median of I-94 this summer. MDOT's Nick ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
Road Construction Begins
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- At least 74-thousand motorists will have some adjustments to make beginning today. That’s the number who use the I-94/Westnedge Avenue ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
Construction spending falls for fourth straight month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending fell for a fourth straight month in February to the slowest rate in nearly 7-1/2 years as ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
The Construction Season
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Just before the construction season begins, it’s the pothole season in Michigan , but this one has been exceptionally brief. MDOT is ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
The Spring Construction Season Set To Begin In Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- As west Michigan transitions from the winter season to the pothole season, and then on to construction season, M-DOT crews will be ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant
By Ari Rabinovitch and Crispian Balmer
JERUSALEM/PARIS (Reuters) - Israel will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electricity, officials said on Monday, a ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
China tees up for golf explosion despite construction ban
By Nick Mulvenney
BEIJING (Reuters) - Golf participation in China is set to explode despite a development ban on new courses and the extortionate cost ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
New Construction May Be Causing Health Issues At Portage Northern
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A mystery illness has struck at Portage Northern High, or has it? The Portage Public Schools have scheduled a meeting to give ...
Mon, February 01, 2010
Construction spending falls sharply in Dec
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Construction spending fell more steeply than expected in December to its lowest level since 2003, dragged down by a sharp drop in ...
Thu, January 28, 2010
Kent County Construction Plans Unveiled
(Grand Rapids, MI) -- Renovation plans for the Kent County jail were unveiled last night. A 2008 millage will pay for plumbing updates and electrical ...
Mon, January 11, 2010
New clinic scheduled for construction in Wisconsin Rapids
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) – Aspirus Clinics will soon be expanding into a new facility in Wisconsin Rapids.
The company finished making the last land ...
Mon, December 28, 2009
White House opposes new Jerusalem-area construction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House called on Monday for Israel to halt construction of new homes for Jews in East Jerusalem and urged Israel ...
Thu, December 10, 2009
Recession stalls construction in New York City
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 500 construction projects in New York City have stalled during the recession, the majority of them in the borough ...
Mon, October 26, 2009
Madonna launches Malawi school construction
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Madonna launched the construction of a multi-million dollar girls' school she is building in Malawi on Monday and pledged to build similar ...
Fri, October 16, 2009
U.S. construction to see 11 percent rise in 2010: report
(Reuters) - The U.S. construction industry should see modest gains in 2010, with the building of single-family houses, apartment buildings, highways and bridges on ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
Marshfield Clinic starts construction on new data center
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Work has begun on a brand new data center to house and store patient records for Marshfield Clinic.
Marshfield Clinic’s ...
Wed, September 02, 2009
Stimulus saves construction jobs: House panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of jobs created or saved by infrastructure projects funded by the U.S. economic stimulus plan increased by more than ...
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