Around 300 indigenous and green activists occupied Friday the construction site of a huge hydro-electric dam across the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon, protest organizers said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
U.S. builders increased their spending on construction projects for a second month in April. A pickup in home construction and commercial projects offset a fifth consecutive decline in government spending. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - British factory gate inflation eased less than expected on the year in April, although companies' input costs rose at the slowest pace since October 2009, official data showed on Friday. While the producer price figures highli... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Many sports fans gasped in awe at Beijing's Olympic stadiums four years ago, wondering how Britain could possibly match those spectacular buildings such as the bird's nest and water cube. But the man in charge of construc... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A labourer works atop a railway viaduct construction site in Zhengzhou, Henan province February 29, 2012. China's annual economic growth is widely expected to slow to just over 8 percent in the first quarter from 8.9 percent in the pr... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Workers climb a scaffolding at a construction site in front of an advertising board in Bangkok March 1, 2012. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A resident displays a placard to protest against the construction of the Lynas earth plant, in Gebeng, during the "Green Gathering 2.0" event in Malaysia's town of Kuantan, 250 km (155 miles) east of Kuala Lumpur, February 2... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A labourer walks on a crane at a construction site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province in this December 14, 2011 file photo. China's policy-induced property slowdown has put the central and local governments on a $320 billion collision cours... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A general view of the construction site of the Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso state February 7, 2012. A total of 25 men are working at the site of one of Brazil's new World Cup soccer stadiums, who, in their previous jo... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Former slave Jose Coelho walks at the construction site of the Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso state February 7, 2012. A total of 25 men are working at the site of one of Brazil's new World Cup soccer stadiums, who, in t... [Full Article]