Construction & Engineering

The Global Engineering and Construction Group of  Foster Wheeler AG (FWLT) received a contract from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for basic engineering design and front-end engineering design (FEED) for two grassroots refineries in Brazil. The contract value is undisclosed. One of the...

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide detailed design and construction support services to MPact for the construction of extensions to the light rail Metrolink system in and around Manchester, United Kingdom. Officials did not disclose...

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract to provide construction management services (CMS) for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development and preservation of the United States Capitol...

A subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC), Jacobs Engineering SA (JESA), a joint venture with OCP S.A (OCP), agreed to provide services for OCP's Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Monoammonium Phosphate (MAP) production plant, to be built in Jorf Lasfar, Morocco. According to the...

A subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC), Jacobs Engineering SA (JESA), a joint venture with OCP S.A (OCP), agreed to provide services for OCP's Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Monoammonium Phosphate (MAP) production plant, to be built in Jorf Lasfar, Morocco. According to the...

Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a basic engineering design and front-end engineering design contract for two grassroots refineries in Brazil for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.,. The Premium I Refinery will be a dual...

Argan, Inc. (NYSE: AGX) today announced financial results for the three months ended October 31, 2010. For the three months ended October 31, 2010, net revenues were $48.2 million compared to $60.7 million in the previous year. Gemma contributed $42.7 million, or 89% of net revenues for the third...

Credit Suisse releases its coverage and price target changes on the following companies: SXC Health Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: SXCI)- Initiating coverage with a Neutral rating and $51 price target. Jinko Solar (NYSE: JKS)- Reinstating coverage with an Outperform rating and $28 price target. Fluor (...

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC) has received contracts from Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and CPC Corporation (CPC). Jacobs is supposed to provide architecture and engineering design services to GAL till 2013, which can be extended for a year.  The...

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC) has received contracts from Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and CPC Corporation (CPC). Jacobs is supposed to provide architecture and engineering design services to GAL till 2013, which can be extended for a year.  The...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) 4,407 puts, 76 calls 2. JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU) 15,607 puts, 365 calls 3. D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) 11,471 puts, 277 calls 4. Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) 12,635...

• Costco (NASDAQ: COST) posted fiscal first quarter earnings $0.02 higher than estimated at $0.71, as revenues jumped 11.2% to $19.24 billion, up from estimate of $18.81 billion • H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) posted a fiscal second quarter loss of $0.35 a share, versus an expectation of a $0.37 loss,...

• Costco (NASDAQ: COST) posted fiscal first quarter earnings $0.02 higher than estimated at $0.71, as revenues jumped 11.2% to $19.24 billion, up from estimate of $18.81 billion • H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) posted a fiscal second quarter loss of $0.35 a share, versus an expectation of a $0.37 loss,...

KBR (NYSE: KBR) is upgraded from Neutral to Buy at Goldman Sachs.