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FRANKFURT, May 7- Shares in Hochtief AG rise 3 percent at open on news of Hochtief airports deal.
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Shares in Hochtief are seen rising 2.6 percent according to pre-market indications, after the German builder announces a deal to sell its airports business for 1.1 billion euros.
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FRANKFURT, May 7- German builder Hochtief. The unit has holdings in airports in Athens, Budapest, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Sydney and Tirana, said Hochtief, which is controlled by Spain's ACS. Hochtief halted the sale early last year when it was unable to fetch a price of 1.5 billion euros, but revived its efforts later.
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HONG KONG, May 6- About 500 striking workers at a Hong Kong port operated by billionaire Li Ka- shing agreed to a 9.8 percent pay rise on Monday, ending one of the city's longest-running industrial disputes.
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HONG KONG, May 6- About 500 striking workers at a Hong Kong port operated by billionaire Li Ka- shing agreed to a 9.8 percent pay rise on Monday, ending one of the city's longest-running industrial disputes.
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HONG KONG, May 6- About 500 striking workers at a port operated by billionaire Li Ka- shing agreed to a 9.8 percent pay rise on Monday, ending one of the city's longest-running industrial disputes that has diverted traffic from the world's No 3 container port. The strike was costing around HK $5 million per day at the start of the industrial action, according to HIT.
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ISTANBUL, May 6- Shares in Turkish airports operator TAV Holding dropped 7.2 percent to 10.95 lira on Monday, its lower limit for the session, in the wake of its withdrawal from Friday's tender to build and operate Istanbul's planned third airport.
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Houston police described Moore's strange behavior leading up to the shooting, beginning on Tuesday when he made romantic advances toward a woman at the apartment complex were he worked as a janitor in Beaumont, Texas. "He, in effect, kidnapped her at gunpoint and wanted her to take him to Houston," said Phil Waters, a Houston homicide detective.
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*Congress may find it difficult to say no to cancer patients. Congress was worried about a toxic public backlash when it moved quickly to allow the Federal Aviation Administration to use some airport improvement funds to pay salaries of air traffic controllers, ending furloughs that had delayed thousands of flights across the country.
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*Congress may find it difficult to say no to cancer patients. Congress was worried about a toxic public backlash when it moved quickly to allow the Federal Aviation Administration to use some airport improvement funds to pay salaries of air traffic controllers, ending furloughs that had delayed thousands of flights across the country.
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ANKARA, May 3- A consortium of Turkish construction firms won a tender on Friday to build and operate a planned third airport in Istanbul which Turkey says could eventually be the world's largest, bidding 22 billion euros for the project.
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ISTANBUL, May 3- The initial investment to build Istanbul's third airport will be 10 billion euros, Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters after a tender on Friday to build and operate Istanbul's planned third airport was completed.
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ANKARA, May 3- A consortium of Turkish construction firms won a tender on Friday to build and operate Istanbul's planned third airport, outbidding rivals including Turkey's TAV Holding and Germany's Fraport.
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ISTANBUL, May 3- Turkish airports operator TAV Holding withdrew from the bidding process to build and operate Istanbul's planned third airport on Friday, sending its shares down close to 8 percent. TAV was earlier outbid in the initial round of the process by a consortium of Turkish firm IC Ictas and Germany's Fraport. Shares in TAV fell 7.81 percent to 11.80 lira.
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ISTANBUL, May 3- Shares in Turkey's TAV Holding. Shares were down by 6.25 percent at 12 lira by 1211 GMT, but the company has the right to increase its bid in the second round.
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ANKARA, May 3- A consortium of Turkish firm IC Ictas and Germany's Fraport placed the highest initial bid on Friday in a tender for Istanbul's planned third airport, which Turkey says could eventually be the world's largest.
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*Turkey hopes airport will become world's biggest. ANKARA, May 3- A consortium of Turkish construction firms made the winning 22 billion euro bid on Friday to build and operate a third airport in Istanbul, which Turkey hopes will become one of the world's largest by passenger numbers.
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HOUSTON, May 2- A man sparked a panic at a busy Houston airport terminal on Thursday when he pulled out a gun and shot at the ceiling, then either shot himself or was killed by a security officer who confronted him. Houston police spokesman Kese Smith said the man who died was 30 years old, but did not identify him.
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HOUSTON, May 2- A man died after shots were fired on Thursday in a terminal at the Houston Intercontinental Airport, sending panicking passengers diving for cover and prompting a security lockdown and the suspension of some flights.
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HOUSTON, May 2- A man died after shots were fired on Thursday in a terminal at Houston airport, police said. There were no other injuries or suspects involved in the shooting at Houston Intercontinental Airport, Houston Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said.