Economy

Fitch Ratings said the increased costs to complete reactors at Plant Vogtle drove the downgrades.

The transportation package limits bonding to $400 million.

Hawaii's governor signed a bill raising taxes to complete the Honolulu elevated rail project

Investor-owned utilities are recovering quickly from the storm, the rating agency said.

The Georgia pubic power agency will use bonds and loans to complete its share of the project.

New Jersey’s Cooper University Health announced plans to acquire three Catholic hospitals in a deal that would create the state’s fourth largest healthcare chain.

Hahn & Hahn hopes WMBE designation will attract new energy sector clients

Construction spending was down 0.6% in July, with a 0.4% decline in private construction and a larger 1.4% drop in public construction, data released by the Commerce Department Friday morning showed.

The overall economy grew for the ninety-ninth straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday.

Joseph Lhota repeated his call for New York City to contribute to the triage plan.

The Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia voted to finish the two reactors, but cost was not disclosed.

Pending home sales decreased 0.8% to an index reading of 109.1 in July, after a downwardly revised 1.3% gain to a 110.0 reading in June, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business decreased to 55.41 in August from 56.98 in July, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Thursday.

A multimillion dollar financing plan to renovate the Days Inn hotel complex in Vernon Township into independent senior housing for middle income couples and individuals has been approved by the Crawford County Hospital Authority.

The exit from insurance will halt losses the health provider's losses, said Moody's Investors Service.

NYC Ferry launched its Astoria route on Tuesday, with the inaugural trip running from Astoria in Queens to Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.

Adequate funding for transit is a heightened focus, says Nick Sifuentes, the new chief of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “continued to increase in August,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

The first span of a new Tappan Zee Bridge connecting New York’s Rockland and Westchester counties is opening for traffic late Friday, four years after the $4 billion design-build project took flight.

The remaking of 10 miles highway through Denver and its suburbs is the largest project in Colorado Department of Transportation history.