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• A city of cranes waits and wonders: Will we be able to get financing?
The new building slated for 1000 Connecticut Ave. NW is at the “Intersection of Influence and Power,” as the developer’s marketing materials proclaim. Nestled between K Street’s lobbying shops and Connecticut Avenue’s bustling retail, the ...
• Unexpectedly, Las Vegas hit by downturn
The U.S. credit crisis has begun to dampen construction, a big economic driver since the 1990s. Cranes have stalled at Boyd Gaming Corp's $4.8 billion partially built Echelon project as the company awaits financing agreements for two joint venture ...
• This Crane Maker Could Lift Your Performance
This bit of information could begin with the immortal lines, "'Twas the night before Christmas …" As the market closed last December 24, Wisconsin-based Manitowoc (NYSE: MTW), a manufacturer of cranes and other equipment, closed above $50 a share ...
• Plans change as elderly woman won't sell home
Construction cranes hang over her roof. “When she digs her heels in, there is no changing her mind. She is set in her ways,” said Charlie Peck, a friend for more than 20 years. Macefield has lived in the two-story, two-bedroom house since 1966. It ...
• Wind farms a threat to whooping cranes? - Environment- msnbc.com
Whooping cranes have waged a valiant fight against extinction, but federal officials warn of a new potential threat to the endangered birds: wind farms.