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MARKETS SPECTATOR: What price gold?
The uncertain future of the gold price is being blamed on a wide range of issues by Peter Thompson, who mines the metal in Kazakhstan. Read More | View Original Article
US power utilities regular cyber targets
But utilities maintain their systems are adequately protected through mandatory standards that ensure separation of control systems and consumer-facing or administrative networks. Read More | View Original Article
The 30-Minute Interview: The 30-Minute Interview: Bruce S. Fowle
Mr. Fowle is the founding principal of FXFowle Architects, which is working on the expansion and renovation of the Jacob K. Read More | View Original Article
Van Alen Institute launches Ground/Work Competition
The Van Alen Institute in New York has announced the launch of Ground/Work, an international architecture competition seeking innovative designs for a new street-level venue to house the Institute’s work space and public programs. Read More | View Original Article
Stantec wins WAN Education Award for the University of the Fraser Valley's new campus
The new Canada Education Park campus at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) has risen above the international competition to be named “Best in Class: University Building” by the World Architecture News (WAN) Education Awards.... Read More | View Original Article
Tesla Motors may repay US loan by Wednesday: Musk
To pay off over $450 million for balance of loan and interest. Read More | View Original Article
Intel CEO creates 'new devices' group
Brian Kraznich launches sweeping company reorganisation to make the top chipmaker more responsive to customers. Read More | View Original Article
How Europe is twisting the fate of business
As global businesses lose confidence in Europe, the ripples are shifting requirements for Australian growth and even overhauling traditional management models. Read More | View Original Article
Myer posts modest lift in Q3 sales
Retail giant remains cautious on trading outlook despite slight rise in third-quarter sales. Read More | View Original Article
Hockey's push to end the budget furphies
Lack of federal budget transparency has allowed profligacy on both sides of politics, and while the Coalition has a plan for reform its hopes for a revenue jump are shaky. Read More | View Original Article
Shale gas, energy costs vex EU leaders
Shale gas complicated issue in EU and won't be as cheap as in US. Read More | View Original Article
Microsoft's first gaming console in eight years will come with exclusive video and software content, including a "Halo" series produced by Steven Spielberg. Read More | View Original Article
EU and US not coordinating on China solar dispute
Reps for both regions deny report of talks to end trade disputes. Read More | View Original Article
Coalition questions Treasury independence
Mathias Cormann says Treasury's budget forecasts would be different if department was 'left to its own devices'. Read More | View Original Article
Aviation officials see global emissions deal possible by 2020
EU hopes for road map agreement in autumn. Read More | View Original Article
California carbon permits sell for record high price
Record high of $14 a tonne surpasses expectations. Read More | View Original Article
DSI awarded $460m contract in Saudi Arabia
Dubai-based Drake & Scull International has announced its general contracting unit has won a SR1.73bn ($460m) contract from Lamar Investment and Real Estate Development Co in Saudi Arabia, Zawya Dow Jones has reported. DSC Saudi Arabia will oversee and undertake construction work on the Lamar Towers project in Jeddah, the company said. The project, halted in 2009, was restructured and refinanced in 2013 and is now expected to be completed by the end of 2015, it said. Read More | View Original Article
Arabtec projects unaffected by strike
Dubai-based Arabtec has said the delivery of projects was unaffected by what it called a partial labour stoppage, adding it was working with authorities in the UAE to resolve the issue, Reuters has reported. "Arabtec reiterates that project delivery timelines have and will not be affected," the company said in a bourse filing yesterday. "Arabtec has been working closely with the UAE Ministry of Labour, the Dubai Police and the concerned security authorities to resolve as soon as possible a partial workers stoppage by a limited number of Arabtec labour employees," it said. Read More | View Original Article
Oman warns firms against violating midday break rule
Omans manpower ministry has warned of legal action against private sector companies who are found to be flouting norms regarding the midday break for construction workers during the months of June, July and August, Muscat Daily has reported. Work should be stopped for three hours, from 12.30pm to 3.30pm, during these three months, said the director general of labour welfare at the ministry, Salim bin Said al Badi. The ministry will send inspection teams to work sites, and those found violating the system would be dealt with sternly, al Badi added. Read More | View Original Article
The 2013 CaGBC National Conference and Expo is taking place June 4-6, 2013 in Vancouver, and this year is featuring its first-ever Legacy Project. Interface, the modular carpet tile manufacturer that is looked to globally as a sustainability... Read More | View Original Article
Sustainable.TO's shortlisted entry to the Cambodian Sustainable Housing Competition will be built
Sustainable.TO’s shortlisted entry – the Phase House – to the Cambodian Sustainable Housing Competition responds to the needs of its inhabitants, and the ethos of Cambodian living. It presents a way of understanding the world... Read More | View Original Article
Universal and useless? The 2015 global climate agreement
Tensions exist between participation in a global agreement on the one hand, and ambition and compliance on the other. Regrettably, we are on track for weak laws and low emissions-reduction targets. Read More | View Original Article
Why Abenomics breaks the golden rule
The falling yen underpinning Japan’s sharp stock market and exports uptick is not sustainable for the country and rubs salt into the wounds of its neighbours. Read More | View Original Article
Australia's stocktake reveals a healthy ledger
Recent economic forecasts can leave us optimistic about Australia's growth potential for the next few years. Jobs are being created, inflation is low and a gentle pick-up in activity can be expected. Read More | View Original Article
Tinkler begins property sale: report
Magnate looking to raise cash through sale of Newcastle, Brisbane properties. Read More | View Original Article
Local currency slips slightly ahead of testimony by Ben Bernanke in US. Read More | View Original Article
Global stocks rallied after Fed leaders indicated US easing won't be tapered anytime soon, while commodities trended down. Read More | View Original Article
Costello hits out at states over GST demands
Former treasurer says sates should commit to tax reform in return for revenue. Read More | View Original Article
BREAKFAST DEALS: Discovery disposal
Discovery Metals ruffles Cathay Fortune's feathers as it goes up for sale, while KKR's Seven West stake sale takes advantage of forex moves. Read More | View Original Article
Productive . Urban . Landscapes . Cities . Cultivation . Context
This exhibition by Halifax architecture firm Susan Fitzgerald Architecture runs from May 27 to June 12, 2013 at the Exhibition Room in Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Architecture and Planning, located at 5410 Spring Garden Road in... Read More | View Original Article
