From WORLD Dec 30, 2011

Decline and fall of Greece’s Olympic legacy

Galatsi Table Tennis Olympic Hall in downtown Athens

Facilities for 2004 games now lie neglected

From WORLD Dec 28, 2011

Builders scorn Osborne’s infrastructure plan

Move to stimulate economy will make ‘no discernible difference’

Dec 28, 2011

McCarthy back to profit after housing crash

UK homebuilder’s total unit sales increase 11%

From LEX Dec 22, 2011

Vulcan / Martin Marietta

Building materials company on mission to boldly go where no bidder has gone before

Dec 22, 2011

Vulcan board rejects Marietta’s $4.9bn bid

Executives say offer is illegal, inadequate and risky

Dec 21, 2011

Orascom Construction Industries to demerge

Building and fertiliser sides to be separated

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Dec 21, 2011

Crossrail development work hurts Foyles

Century-old booksellers sees sales slide at its flagship London store

From LEX Dec 20, 2011

Repsol/Sacyr: reversal of fortunes

A five-year standoff that is a classic tale of boom-era Spain turned bust

From ENERGY Dec 20, 2011

Repsol rescues Sacyr with stake purchase

Five-year battle ends for control over oil group

Dec 19, 2011

Miller Group takes plunge with private equity

Blackstone’s credit arm to lead £160m refinancing of Edinburgh group

From ENERGY Dec 18, 2011

Sinopec eyes €2.7bn Repsol stake

Chinese oil group approached by advisers to builder Sacyr

Dec 12, 2011

Martin Marietta launches $4.7bn bid for Vulcan

Bid to create a global leader in construction aggregates

From WORLD Dec 11, 2011

SEC offers Middle East trading insight

Light shed on Syria and Iran trade sanctions

Dec 11, 2011

Construction groups race for Doha contracts

Qatar to spend $275bn on 2022 World Cup projects

From MARKETS Dec 9, 2011

Small caps: Air Partner loses altitude amid gloom

Aviation company faces “very difficult” trading environment

From ENERGY Dec 7, 2011

Buffett utility makes solar power move

Berkshire Hathaway arm set to acquire Topaz farm

From LEX Dec 7, 2011

Sany Heavy: going global

China’s biggest maker of construction machinery is expanding overseas

From BASIC RESOURCES Dec 6, 2011

Icahn raises stakes in battle to buy CMC

Raider plans $1.73bn bid for steelmaker

Dec 6, 2011

Wolseley warns customers on asbestos gaskets

Mislabelled plumbing seals expected to lead to legal action

From WORLD Dec 1, 2011

Balfour Beatty forces Unite strike reballot

Union to resubmit vote to more than 1,000 workers

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