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  • Hyundai Engineering & Construction rose 6.1% after a South Korean court ruled late Tuesday against Hyundai Group's injunction filing to stop the builder's creditors from opening talks with Hyundai Motor Group to sell a 34.88% Hyundai E & C stake.

    Asia Lower; Resources Fall Colin Ng 2011

  • *** Conglomerates A South Korean court rejected Hyundai Group's attempt to salvage its bid for a controlling stake in Hyundai Engineering & Construction, paving the way for rival bidder Hyundai Motor Group to acquire the builder's shares.

    Business Watch 2011

  • Hovnanian Enterprises lost 27 cents, or 12%, to 2.07, after the home builder's second-quarter loss widened amid a fall in revenue and bigger land-related charges.

    S&P Losing Streak Is Longest in Two Years Brendan Conway 2011

  • In most ventures, the builder would own less than 50% so that the risk in the venture could be kept off the builder's balance sheet under accounting rules.

    Builders Face a Desert Reckoning Robbie Whelan 2011

  • The drop in Hochtief's share price presents an opportunity for Actividades de Construcción y Servicios SA to increase its stake in the German construction company, which for months has resisted the Spanish builder's unsolicited, hostile bid to compile a majority holding.

    Hochtief Gives Profit Warning Hilde Messer 2011

  • Landis said homeowners might ask remodelers for references to their banks or suppliers, both of whom would be in a position to know about the builder's financial standing.

    Homeowners again look at remodeling, but landscape has changed after recession Elizabeth Razzi 2011

  • As it fell, the head crushed a builder's foot, leading sceptics to call the accident a sign of God's disapproval.

    Jesus Christ statue in smalltown Poland bids to rival Rio's Redeemer Kate Connolly in Berlin 2010

  • The court went further several years later when it created a "builder's remedy," empowering developers to sue towns to force compliance with the affordable-housing decrees.

    New Jersey's Judicial Road to Fiscal Perdition Steven Malanga 2012

  • Landis said homeowners might ask remodelers for references to their banks or suppliers, both of whom would be in a position to know about the builder's financial standing.

    Homeowners again look at remodeling, but landscape has changed after recession Elizabeth Razzi 2011

  • KB Home fell 51 cents, or 4.2%, to 11.69, as the builder's fiscal first-quarter loss widened sharply and plunging orders led to a bigger revenue drop than analysts had predicted.

    Boeing, GE Weigh on DJIA Brendan Conway 2011

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