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  • The five-day gathering, whose roots go back to 1909, is held every three years and includes a vast array of equipment and parts used in construction and road building, from cranes to rock crushers and giant earth-moving machines.

    Construction-Equipment Makers to Stress Fuel Economy James R. Hagerty 2011

  • Industry-wide retail sales of earth-moving equipment in the U.S. and Canada rose 18% last year from 2009.

    Construction-Equipment Makers to Stress Fuel Economy James R. Hagerty 2011

  • SHANGHAI Reuters - Forbes' latest ranking of China's richest people pits stolid industrial muscle against high-tech, with the head of an earth-moving company pipping the co-founder of the nation's biggest Internet search engine for the top spot.

    Earth-moving magnate tops yet another China rich list The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • The engineer tells the supervisor, “You know you could have this done in a few days, instead of a few weeks, if you give the men earth-moving equipment.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Where is the Jobs Strategy? 2010

  • SHANGHAI Reuters - Forbes' latest ranking of China's richest people pits stolid industrial muscle against high-tech, with the head of an earth-moving company pipping the co-founder of the nation's biggest Internet search engine for the top spot.

    Earth-moving magnate tops yet another China rich list Reuters 2011

  • SHANGHAI Reuters - Forbes' latest ranking of China's richest people pits stolid industrial muscle against high-tech, with the head of an earth-moving company pipping the co-founder of the nation's biggest Internet search engine for the top spot.

    Earth-moving magnate tops yet another China rich list The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • SHANGHAI Reuters - Forbes' latest ranking of China's richest people pits stolid industrial muscle against high-tech, with the head of an earth-moving company pipping the co-founder of the nation's biggest Internet search engine for the top spot.

    Earth-moving magnate tops yet another China rich list Reuters 2011

  • Despite the gritty image of earth-moving equipment, the company also says it channels at least 5 percent of that revenue into research and development and has production plants in the United States, Germany, India and Brazil.

    Earth-moving magnate tops yet another China rich list Reuters 2011

  • Despite the gritty image of earth-moving equipment, the company also says it channels at least 5 percent of that revenue into research and development and has production plants in the United States, Germany, India and Brazil.

    Earth-moving magnate tops yet another China rich list Reuters 2011

  • "The obvious thing would be to look at companies or sectors that may benefit from increased demand in their services or capital equipment," said Peter Andersen , portfolio manager at Congress Asset Management Co. The likely candidates, he said, include companies involved with "earth-moving equipment, and heavy infrastructure companies."

    Stocks Rally Despite Temblor Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2011

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