International Business News - TXI http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Shares of Texas Industries Inc. slipped Friday after two Wall Street analysts slashed the cement maker's full-year fiscal 2009 earnings estimate a day after the company reported disappointing quarterly results. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/texas-industries-shares-fall-as-outlook-dims.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:01:21 EDT Texas Industries Inc. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter results fell sharply as cement sales declined in California, where construction levels have dropped off. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/texas-industries-1q-profit-drops-40-percent.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:32:25 EDT Concrete maker Texas Industries Inc. has expanded a previously announced debt offering from $250 million to $300 million. The Dallas-based firm on Thursday also announced the 7.25 percent senior notes due in 2013 are priced at 93.25 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/texas-industries-expands-debt-offering.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:54:49 EDT Among the earnings stories for Thursday, July 10, from AP Financial News: BETHESDA, Md. (AP)--Hotel operator Marriott International Inc. said Thursday that second-quarter earnings dropped 24 percent as the deteriorating economy dragged down demand, a trend the company expects will extend into next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/earnings-roundup-marriott-texas-industries.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:25:48 EDT Concrete maker Texas Industries Inc. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 15 percent as prices decreased and diesel costs increased. Net income for the three months ended May 31 fell to $25.6 million, or 92 cents per share, compared with $30.1 million, or $1.09 per share, in the year-earlier quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/texas-industries-fiscal-4q-profit-falls.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:42:01 EDT A crane hook plummeted to the ground and killed a worker after a cable snapped Wednesday, police said. A crane operator was raising a hook when the cable snapped and the hook fell on the worker, police Sgt. Gil Cerda told The Dallas Morning News. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/texas-crane-cable-snaps-killing-worker-on-ground.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:59:33 EDT