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People on the Move 11/17/08

Zalma day care gets highest accreditation ZALMA, Mo. — Simmers Daycare in Zalma was awarded Missouri Accreditation, the highest achievement for a child-care provider. Regions Bank appoints branch sales manager Dom Mastropierro...

European economy falls into first recession in 15 years

E urope's economy fell into its first recession in 15 years in the third quarter, paving the way for deeper cuts to interest rates and taxes amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The two quarters of...

Michigan business news in brief: Dow earnings projected

CHEMICALS: Dow earnings projected Dow Chemical Co. will earn at least $2 a share next year as the global economy enters a recession, CEO Andrew Liveris said. Factory closings and other cost-cutting efforts will help keep...

A Decent Quarter and a Whipping (at Motley Fool)

KHD Humboldt Wedag (NYSE: KHD) let discretion be the better part of valor and came out the loser for it yesterday. The Hong Kong-based company provides engineering and equipment, mostly for cement manufacturers, but also for...

Few concrete solutions in slump

Nov 13, 2008

They may trail banks, insurers and carmakers for unpopularity among investors, but the world's leading cement companies are not far behind. Classically cyclical stocks, groups such as Lafarge, Holcim, Cemex and...

Holcim 3Q profits down, plans to shut 2 US plants

Swiss cement maker Holcim Ltd. reported a drop of 23 percent in third-quarter profit Wednesday and announced it will close plants in the U.S. and Spain. Holcim said it will close sites in Dundee, Michigan; Clarksville,...

European shares add to losses; banks and oils fall (AFX)

By Brian Gorman LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - European shares fell in early trade on Wednesday, adding to the previous session's sharp losses and tracking global equity weakness as banks and energy shares fell on continuing...

Asian Session Moves Slow, After A Volatile Day Of Trading

Overall, the market moved slow in the Asian session. It looked like the dollar gave back a small percentage of the gains made earlier during the day, but this may be temporary, as the recent pattern of trading has shown. Today,...

WRAPUP 3-Holcim, Wienerberger give bleak construction outlook

previously forecast (Adds analyst comment, details from Holcim press conference) By Katie Reid and Sylvia Westall ZURICH/VIENNA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Slowing construction activity has hit two of Europe's leading building...

Need to Know | Tata Motors will take a year to vacate Singur

Kolkata: Tata Motors Ltd will take about a year to vacate the 645-acre plot leased out to it in Singur by the West Bengal government, according to the state’s commerce and industries secretary Sabyasachi Sen, and this in turn...

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