41.   Argentine stocks, led by construction companies, rose to q two-month high as investors took heart from signs the year-long recession is ending.

42.   Arnault grew up in Roubaix, in northern France, where his family owned a construction company.

43.   As relations between South and North Korea improve, South Korean construction companies will continue to be beneficiaries of North Korean growth and development.

44.   As the owner of a local construction company, Lewis depended on a friendly City Hall.

45.   Asbestos litigation, meanwhile, depressed the earnings of a host of home-building and construction companies, including Armstrong World Industries and Owens Corning.

46.   As recently as Wednesday, Hyundai Motor was denying that it would extend any form of assistance to the construction company.

47.   At the same time, an Albany construction company that had performed work on the trailers being used by the school was demanding payment.

48.   At the same time, the lending crunch and declining public spending are driving more construction companies into the red.

49.   Autoways Holdings Bhd., a construction company, was the second-biggest decliner on the exchange in percentage terms.

50.   Banks fell following the collapse of an unlisted construction company, raising the specter of more bankruptcies to come.