Strong earthquake hits central Peru - International Herald Tribune

LIMA, Peru : A strong earthquake has shaken central Peru, causing people to run out of buildings in the jungle city of Pucallpa but inflicting no major damages. The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that Tuesday's quake had a magnitude of 6.3 and ...

Patriotism flagging at public buildings - Jamaica Gleaner

Left: A man walks past a flagpole at the Supreme Court building, one of several bare structures in the Kingston Metropolitan Area. Right: An empty flagpole rises towards the sky at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on North Street in ...

2 Norwich mill buildings sold to N.J. company - Record-Journal

A New Jersey company has purchased two buildings at the site of the former Ponemah Mill in Norwich’s Taftville section. The O’Neill Group of Hackensack purchased the 283,000-square-foot building at 555 Norwich Ave., and the mill’s 3,768-square ...

A visitor's praise - Chicago Tribune

My wife and I just returned from a three-day visit to Chicago. We found the people to be wonderful, the city to be lovely and the food great. You've maintained your lovely old buildings and kept your waterfront accessible. Everyone we encountered was ...

Bureau Veritas First-Half Profit Advances 28% on Acquisitions - Bloomberg

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Bureau Veritas SA, the world's second-largest goods-inspection company, said first-half profit rose 28 percent, helped by acquisitions. Net income was 106.5 million euros ($158 million), compared with 83.1 million euros a year ...

An urban plan that rises high above failed promises - Globe and Mail

Mayor David Miller often notes that Toronto is a world centre of mining finance. He could also say it is a world centre of city planning, but that would only raise the question of why so much local expertise is exported to foreign cities - places ...

Ocean Breeze Park may add buildings, homes to 57 acres - Fort Pierce Tribune

OCEAN BREEZE PARK — Four-story buildings and more homes and business space could be coming to 57 acres south of Jensen Beach Boulevard and west of the Florida East Coast Railroad. The Ocean Breeze Park Town Council unanimously approved Wednesday a ...