REPEAT-BMO Home Renovation Report: Canadians Scale Back Plans for Spending in 2012 - msnbc.com
28 May 2012, 7:54 am
According to the Annual BMO Home Renovation Report, fewer Canadians are planning home renovations this year but are choosing projects with the greatest returns - a sign that consumers are scaling back and becoming more strategic on spending amid rising ...

PolyU Wins Overseas Recognition for Launching Service-Learning projects in Sham Shui Po - YAHOO!
28 May 2012, 7:18 am
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently won the MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship 2012 presented by the US-based Talloires Network for its "PolyU has a Heart – Community Service Learning Programme (CSLP) in Sham Shui Po".

Operational BOT toll road projects to offer 22% return: Crisil - Economic Times
28 May 2012, 4:48 am
MUMBAI: Toll road projects that were awarded on build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis, before 2009, could earn an average equity return of 22%, a report by Crisil said. Generally, developers target a return of 16-18 % while bidding. The 23 BOT toll ...

IFC: No Plan to Cut Back on Funding projects in India - Wall Street Journal
28 May 2012, 12:16 am
New Delhi – International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private-sector lending arm, has no plans to cut its business in India despite a sharp slowdown in the local economy, as it bets on the country’s long-term growth potential to ...

Mega projects to spur cement demand in Saudi Arabia - Zawya.com
27 May 2012, 1:21 am
Saudi Arabia's cement sector benefits immensely from the massive ongoing construction activities in the Kingdom. Cement companies in the Kingdom enjoy significant feedstock advantage, cheap transport and backing from government projects, according to a ...

Duke Energy Teams Up With China's ENN For 'Eco-City' projects - Forbes
25 May 2012, 1:02 am
When Duke Energy’s chief technology officer David Mohler visits China next week, he’ll stop by the city of Langfang to check out a project that aims to show what a city of the future might look like if it incorporates coal-based and ...

Only 5 percent of Brazil WCup projects completed - YAHOO!
24 May 2012, 12:02 pm
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government insisted Wednesday it's not worried with the pace of preparations for the 2014 World Cup even though it announced that only 5 percent of all the planned projects have been completed. With about two years left ...

Overrun in big IT projects leads to one in three failures - Computer Weekly
23 May 2012, 9:54 am
One-third of big technology projects such as the National Programme for IT are likely to get derailed after they have been running for two years, according to research. Contracts that are short are more likely to succeed than low-budget projects that last ...

Tata Power-Exxaro JV Cennergi to develop two wind projects in South Africa - Economic Times
23 May 2012, 6:34 am
NEW DELHI: In a boost to its global ambitions, Tata Power's joint venture company Cennergi has emerged as the preferred bidder to develop in South Africa two wind power projects with a total capacity of 234 MW. Launched in April, South Africa ...

Mining Slump Feeds M&A as projects Overrun Budgets: Commodities - Bloomberg
22 May 2012, 6:17 pm
The world’s largest mining companies led by BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) are struggling with higher costs to complete $200 billion in new projects, prompting them to slow work and turn instead to acquisitions and asset sales. BHP and Rio Tinto ...