Site plan for waste services company approved (The Argus-Press)
OWOSSO - Construction will begin shortly on a new facility for a waste service company after its site plan was approved at Monday's City Council meeting.
Layne Christensen Company Announces Acquisition of Meadors Construction Company (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MISSION WOODS, Kan., Nov. 18, 2008 -- Layne Christensen Company today announced the acquisition of Meadors Construction Company. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Meadors expands the geographic coverage of Layne Christensen's water infrastructure business.
Symmetry Continues Partnership with Plan USA (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MILPITAS, Calif.----The season of giving is underway for Symmetry, the direct selling business that focuses on improving the health and wellness of individuals. Symmetry's business partners are collectively continuing the company's mission in "changing people's lives for the better" – which includes helping disadvantaged people worldwide.
CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard)
• Agency awards grants for company improvements, job retention Staff reports Directors of Empire State Development, the state's economic development arm, Thursday approved grants to companies in central and northern New York.
BASF owns 94.59% of the Swiss company Ciba (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The German chemical group BASF now owns 94.59 percent of Ciba, a Swiss specialty chemicals company, at the end of a public offer for Ciba shares, BASF said on Thursday.
Flint Announces New Construction Contract for StatoilHydro's Leismere Oilsands Project (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Flint Energy Services Ltd. announced today the Company has been awarded a $50 million construction contract by StatoilHydro Canada Limited, the Canadian business unit of StatoilHydro, for work on the Leismer Oilsands Demonstration Project located near Fort MacMurray, Alberta.