1.   Bacnotan Consolidated is the parent company of several cement producers, including Bacnotan Cement Corp. and Davao Union Cement Corp.

2.   Beverage company Fomento Economico Mexicano SA and cement producer Cemex SA led the decline.

3.   Beverage company Fomento Economico Mexicano SA and cement producer Cemex SA led the declines.

4.   Cemex is the third-largest cement producer in the world.

5.   He said Soquimich is likely to become the lowest cost cement producer in Chile, undercutting the competition.

6.   Higher interest rates might discourage companies from resuming their building schedules, which will hurt sales and earnings at cement producers and construction companies.

7.   Industrial group Grupo Carso SA, bottler, packaging and retailing company Fomento Economico Mexicano SA and cement producer Apasco SA led the advances.

8.   Investors are often attracted to developing-country cement producers because those nations typically spend heavily on infrastructure projects requiring large volumes of cement.

9.   It was the largest acquisition ever by a Mexican company of a U.S. company, and it made Cemex the largest cement producer in the United States.

10.   It recommended cement producer Cemex SA and construction companies Empresas ICA SA and Corporacion Geo SA.