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Eight San Antonio area companies earned spots on the Texas Aggies 100 list -- a ranking of the fastest-growing companies either owned or operated by former Texas A&M University students. Miner Fleet Management Group, an industrial services company founded by local businessman Philip T. Miner III, is the top San Antonio Aggie owned business. .
Smyrna High School students fill the cafeteria. The school was designed to hold about 1,100 students. But, there are about 1,150 students there, and Smyrna district officials support a referendum to ease the overcrowding. (Buy photo) The News Journal/BOB HERBERT .
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina are taking companies in the construction sector to seek new business opportunities in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Stone Control, which sells marbles and granites, for example, wants long-term partnerships.
Marina Sarruf* So Paulo - Representatives of 10 companies and sectorial organizations are going to participate in a trade delegation promoted by the state of Santa Catarina to the Arabian Gulf, to take place between October 26 and November 06. The trip will be organized by the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina (Fiesc) and by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. With the objective of learning about the construction market and seeking new business in the region, the two organizations are going to take the businessmen to Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
With winter closing in, Thomas Hughes knows that the banging hammers soon will be quieted at Habitat for Humanity construction sites. Volunteers won't be needed. Home building will pause until spring. For Mr. Hughes, 73, of Buffalo, Butler County, the break is not particularly welcome. "It gets boring," he said of the slow season. .
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