They will watch the reports in coming weeks to get a more steady reading on jobless claims, while unemployment is still being reflected in the still subdued consumer spending activity and slow hiring in construction and professional business services.
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My dad emigrated from Spain in the early 1970s and worked in construction.
Revenue and earnings were hammered by the recession, as usage of steel by automakers and in the construction industry plummeted, and competition from China increased.
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The US construction market should start to pick up at least a little in 2011, and construction in Saudi Arabia and other oil exporters may well rise with increasing oil export revenue.
Zinc is used in the formation of galvanized metals and is widely used in construction and automobile production.
The warehouses were said to contain chemicals and material used in construction and salt production.
The cut reflects destocking in some industrial supply chains that has sped up in the current quarter, the company said, pointing out softening demand in consumer electronics and continued weakness in housing and construction markets.
Rochester citizens persuaded Eastman Kodak (still headquartered in that city today) and other local businesses to chip in and fund construction of a modern addition and an endowment.
The existing output supplies not only Nike but insulation used in Chinese refrigerators and in building construction.
Brunelleschi won again, and in 1446 construction on the 10-meter octagonal lantern began.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan work in Kazakhstan and in Russia, especially in construction.
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This is accounted for by increasing raw material costs, currency movements (particularly the pound's fall against the euro), bottlenecks in the supply chain and construction in progressively more challenging sites.
Although states get little revenue from property taxes, the subprime bust has hit sales-tax revenue as fewer people buy durables for new homes, and unemployment in construction cuts into income-tax receipts.
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Finally, since it produces products relating to refining and construction, Grace is poised to benefit from any economic recovery in terms of construction and an increase in the world demand for oil.
Barrick acquired Equinox in 2011 and with it came Jabal Sayid, a project in construction in Saudi Arabia, and Lumwana with a producing mine in Zambia.
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Brokers and developers agree that they are seeing demand in the borough for brownstones or new construction with classic touches, and less interest in shiny modern construction.
Others are active in hotel, road and other big construction, notably in Botswana and South Africa.
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They want their country to rely less on exports and massive investments in construction projects as it does now, and develop instead China's own, domestic economy.
It found "limited signs" of improvement in manufacturing and construction, but not in the service sector.
She said there appeared to be no appetite among developers for such projects and that could lead to delays in construction and uncertainty for businesses on the site.
Mohawk Industries, Inc. is engaged in the production and sale of floor covering products for residential and commercial markets for remodeling and new construction primarily in the United States and Europe.
Three billionaires in Spain fell off the list that way, and the net worths of six other Spaniards involved in construction and real estate got pummeled.
In advance of my 22-years in the technology sector, I qualified as a builder and surveyor in the construction industry, where I pioneered innovative software solutions for supporting customer-facing activities.
He sends Chinese architectural and construction teams abroad to study stadiums in Europe, South America and, with the World Cup construction boom, in South Africa.
This fall Graff will open stores in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Geneva, double the size of his flagship store in London and undertake construction on a new 4, 200-square-foot Manhattan boutique on Madison Avenue.
Tungsten, which is used in metal-working, construction and in the manufacture of electrical equipment and light bulbs, was discovered at Hemerdon in 1867.
For Mintz, a 39-year-old accountant and former chief executive of a cooperage (wine-barrel-making business) and Twelftree, 38, with a background in construction and small-scale wine exporting, the change is music to their ears.
"It is true that the main resources and capital was concentrated in the banking, construction and extractive industries, " said Prime Minister Masimov in the BBC interview, stressing that the nation could develop its IT industry and become a regional IT hub.
New developments in flooring, painting and construction are resulting in longer use of our homes.
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