The arrangement between Bear and China Construction Bank would eliminate the need for a capital outlay on Bear's part, thus no problems with repatriating earnings in the future.

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Since then Hines has become one of the largest developers in Manhattan, overseeing construction of office towers for Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Goldman Sachs.

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Construction and real estate firms will bear the brunt of the failures, along with manufacturing.

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It would also be a great way to gain access to China Construction Bank's list of commercial banking customers, to which Bear could sell an array of banking, custody and other services, including underwriting stock offerings.

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Sweden's Sandvik (6.6, SDVKY) fell 70% in the bear market as the recession whacked sales of its metal-cutting, mining and construction tools as well as specialty alloys based on titanium and zirconium, used in thousands of applications like boiler tubes and flanges.

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He had made a fortune in construction and other businesses in Saudi Arabia, and brought his money and influence to bear on restoring Lebanon to its former glory as a relaxed and enjoyable centre of commerce and culture in the Arab world.

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