HOK Sport Is a Free Agent. Practice responsible for more than 825 sports and event facilities becomes fully autonomous.

ENGlobal Announces Acquisition of Advanced Control Engineering. ACE specializes in the design of distributed control systems, primarily for the downstream processing and specialty chemical sectors.

SF Bay Tidal Power Not Cost-Effective, Study Finds. A consulting company representative advised the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission on Thursday that using an area of water under the Golden Gate Bridge for commercial tidal energy is not..

Several options for Burlingame Safeway parking to be studied Monday. City officials are going to be presented with multiple parking options for the Safeway project at Monday's study session.

Electrograph Emphasizes Line, Services At CEDIA Expo. Electrograph Systems, the national distributor of display technology products, attended CEDIA Expo, here, earlier this month displaying a wide variety of brands and models.

Dallas-based Centex sells insurance unit 7:34 Am CT. Dallas-based homebuilder Centex Corp. said Wednesday that it has sold an insurance subsidiary.

Coos Bay gives LNG project an extra year. A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay has an extra year for development.

Paper mill closes line, cuts 40 positions. The weakening economy dealt the mid-valley another blow on Wednesday; International Paper announced plans to shut down one of the containerboard production lines at its Albany mill.

US shares drop on credit woes. US stocks fell as tight credit markets and bleak economic data kept investors on edge before the Senate votes on a revamped financial sector rescue plan that was initially rejected by lawmakers.

Richelieu Hardware profit rises as expenses drop. The company, which imports and distributes specialty hardware and produces kitchen cabinets and doors, said it earned C$9.6 million, or 42 Canadian cents a share, in its third quarter, compared with a profit..

Credit crisis hits global farming sector. Wall Street woes have washed down Main Street and yesterday plowed their way through farm country, leaving big companies that buy and sell to farmers with plummeting share prices and shaken outlooks.

GE shares slide. BOSTON : General Electric Co shares fell as much as 10 percent on Thursday, touching a new 5-1/2-year low, as its sale of $15 billion in new stock to investors including Warren Buffett failed to soothe Wall..

In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software. Fast computers and sophisticated software give architects unprecedented ability to generate powerful designs.

Foreclosures and Short Sales, Equal Ills. Is there a right way to lose your home? And is there any good reason to pay for "expert" advice on how best to do it?.

All Signs Point to Confusion. Do you ever think about how much we depend on highway signs? They tell us where we are; provide essential direction and destination options; and display critical rules about driving, stopping or parking.

No time to design the ballroom or choose the fountains? $17.5 million gets you a ready-made mansion today.. Have you noticed the empty mansions for sale? Sure, some extravagant new houses are on the market because times turned harder for the original buyers.

Foreclosure Crisis Catching Renters Off Guard. James Austin was stunned when a real estate agent showed up to snap photos of the house he was renting last year and casually informed him the place was in foreclosure.

Sometimes, It's the Agent Who Wants to Break Up. Q In a recent column about listing agreements, you wrote that you never advise sellers to sign an agreement longer than 90 days. This poses a problem for me.

A Throwback To the McLean Before the Bustle. Before Tysons Corner boomed and the CIA's Langley headquarters was built, an ad for Broyhill McLean Estates urged folks to get in on a locale that was sure to escalate in value because of the coming "Chantilly airport" and "Circumferential Highway".

Weak Market Creates Advantages for Lower-Income Buyers. Q: I don't want to continue renting, but I make only $30,000 annually and don't have a lot of money for a down payment. My credit score is over 800, and I'm self-employed.