Industry would also welcome any law that would make it easier to win approval for construction of marine terminals for the import of liquefied natural gas.

FORBES: Gasp

In one of the most-watched architecture developments in the US, California Gov. Jerry Brown fast-tracked construction approval for Apple's massive new disc-shaped Cupertino campus in California.

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New licensing rules will approve reactor designs for construction anywhere, rather than requiring approval for each individual plant.

ECONOMIST: Energy

She has secured approval for two new berths at Port Hedland, finished the deepwater dredging for them, and has started construction on her own two-hundred-and-fourteen-mile railway and high-tech remote operations center near Perth Airport.

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China, with 27 reactors under construction, has already announced a temporary halt to approval for new nuclear plants.

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European competition commissioner Mario Monti has called on Germany to hold off its rescue plan for construction company Philipp Holzmann until it gets European Union approval.

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When Environment Minister Edwin Poots announced planning approval for the incinerator last month, he said it would create up to 400 construction jobs and 30 permanent positions.

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Obama has unsuccessfully sought congressional approval throughout his presidency for a more aggressive national investment in road, rail, bridge and energy infrastructure construction to create jobs and spur economic growth.

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