International Business News - URS 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 Investors continued to buy up engineering and construction firm stocks Tuesday as President-elect Barack Obama's economic rescue package appeared likely to boost spending in public works projects. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/sector-snap-engineering-and-construction.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:44:37 EST Engineering and construction company URS Corp. said Monday that a team led by its Washington division has signed an agreement to become the parent organization managing and operating nuclear waste sites in northwest England. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/urs-corp-to-run-uk-nuclear-sites.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:52:09 EST The design flaw that brought down a highway bridge in Minneapolis went undetected for 40 years. Federal safety officials say that, even today, government design reviews might not detect similar problems. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/ntsb-to-issue-final-cause-in-2007-bridge-collapse.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:36:49 EST Among the premarket stories for Tuesday, Nov. 11, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--An analyst reiterated his "Underperform" rating on America Express Co. Tuesday morning, a day after the credit card lender received regulatory approval to change its structure to a bank holding company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/premarket-roundup-amex-las-vegas-sands.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:29:21 EST Engineering and construction firms could benefit significantly if Congress approves infrastructure funding to jump start the economy, an analyst said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/ahead-of-the-bell-boost-seen-in-public-spending.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:10:28 EST URS Corp. shares rose Thursday after engineering and construction company reported its third-quarter profit surged 70 percent on higher performance-based fees and incentives and issued a more robust earnings forecast for the entire year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/urs-shares-rise-on-strong-3q-raised-guidance.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:41:47 EST The federal government is switching the main contractor for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project. The Energy Department announced Thursday in Washington that a firm headed by USA Repository Services will take over April 1 from Bechtel-SAIC under a $2.5 billion management contract. DOE is giving no reason for the change. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/feds-switches-general-contractor-at-yucca-mountain.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:21:20 EDT URS Corp., an engineering and construction company, said Friday that Entergy Operations Inc. gave a joint venture in which URS holds a 50 percent stake a $120 million contract for work on an electric station at a Louisiana nuclear plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/sgt-gets-120m-contract-from-entergy-operations.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:41:36 EDT Construction and engineering company URS Corp.'s EG&G division received a Navy contract worth up to $40.8 million to repair and reuse the Pentagon's legacy electronic equipment like computer systems and video tape recorders, the Pentagon said late Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/urs-eg-g-unit-gets-40-8m-navy-contract.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:47 EDT Construction and engineering company URS Corp. received a contract worth up to $879 million to replace and upgrade the power and cooling infrastructure across an intelligence community agency. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/urs-gets-879m-engineering-contract.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:14:10 EDT URS Corp. said Thursday it received a $600 million contract from We Energies to upgrade the air quality control system of a Wisconsin power plant. Under terms of the four-year deal, URS will also be responsible for management, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/urs-gets-600-million-contract-from-we-energies.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:31:57 EDT URS Corp. said Monday it will provide construction and engineering services for Tennessee Valley Authority power generating plants under a $3.7 billion, 10-year alliance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/urs-strikes-3-7b-alliance-to-improve-tva-plants.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:01:32 EDT Construction and engineering company URS Corp. said Tuesday it has been awarded a contract worth up to $80 million to build waste disposal facilities in Andrews County, Texas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/urs-corp-gets-waste-disposal-facilities-contract.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:05:47 EDT Construction and engineering company URS Corp. said Monday it has acquired most of the assets of Tryck Nyman Hayes Inc., an engineering firm based in Anchorage, Alaska. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/urs-corp-buys-alaska-based-tryck-nyman-hayes.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:09:09 EDT Construction and engineering firm URS Corp. said Monday it is among 11 companies that has been awarded a lucrative Defense Department contract to provide depot and organizational level inspection, maintenance and repair at government locations worldwide. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/urs-corp-awarded-defense-department-contract.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:27:39 EDT Engineering and construction company URS Corp. on Wednesday raised its full-year income forecast after posting sharply higher second-quarter results on strong demand from the oil and gas sector and contributions from a recent acquisition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/urs-raises-2008-outlook-for-earnings-per-share.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:58:34 EDT Engineering and construction company URS Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit jumped 61 percent on strong demand from the oil and gas sector and contributions from a recent acquisition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/urs-posts-strong-2nd-qtr-results-hikes-outlook.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:55:01 EDT Engineering and construction services company URS Corp. said Thursday it received a contract worth $125 million from power and natural gas provider Williams Cos. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/urs-gets-125-million-contract-from-williams.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:01:50 EDT Standard & Poor's Inc. included 15 U.S. industrial companies among 73 companies based in the United States that made its annual Global Challengers, a list released Wednesday of mid-sized companies that show the "highest growth characteristics." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/s-p-names-15-us-industrials-as-likely-to-grow.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:29:50 EDT Eight defense contractors including Northrop Grumman Corp. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. received a bundled $10.1 billion contract from the Air Force, the Pentagon said late Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/defense-firms-get-bundled-10-1b-air-force-deal.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:58:10 EDT