Balfour Net Rises 77% on U.S. Military, Dubai Orders
Bloomberg.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 0:41 AM PDT
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Balfour Beatty Plc , Britain's biggest builder, said first-half profit rose 77 percent as a U.S. acquisition boosted military housing orders and it won civil engineering and maintenance contracts in Dubai. ...Balfour plans to tap rising demand for public infrastructure and maintenance work to offset a possible commercial construction slowdown in the U.S. and Europe... Balfour said today that its joint venture companies in Dubai were awarded civil engineering and building services contracts valued at 1.7 billion dirhams ($462.8 million). ...
Bloomberg.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 0:41 AM PDT
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Balfour Beatty Plc , Britain's biggest builder, said first-half profit rose 77 percent as a U.S. acquisition boosted military housing orders and it won civil engineering and maintenance contracts in Dubai. ...Balfour plans to tap rising demand for public infrastructure and maintenance work to offset a possible commercial construction slowdown in the U.S. and Europe... Balfour said today that its joint venture companies in Dubai were awarded civil engineering and building services contracts valued at 1.7 billion dirhams ($462.8 million). ...
LONDON (AP) - Balfour Beatty PLC, the London-based construction company with operations in Britain, the United States, the Middle East and Asia, said Wednesday that profits for the first half of the year rose 77 percent, on the back of booming international business. ...Balfour shares gained 2 percent to 419 pence (US$7.97) on the London Stock Exchange.
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