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Jodi Rell and Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children® , joined EMCOR Group, Inc. Chairman and CEO Frank T.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1486599774</guid><pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 13:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pike Electric Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2008 Results (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080508/clth108.html?.v=52</link><description>Pike Electric Corporation today announced the results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4274658050</guid><pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 20:01:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quanta Services, Inc. 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Subsidiary Receives Mechanical Contract for San Francisco&apos;s Historic Museum of Modern Art (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080507/20080507005127.html?.v=1</link><description>NORWALK, Conn.----EMCOR Group, Inc. , a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its Marelich Mechanical subsidiary has received a contract to provide mechanical construction services for an expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2521329114</guid><pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 11:30:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quanta Services Reports First Quarter Results (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080507/law074.html?.v=101</link><description>Quanta Services, Inc. today announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2008. On August 30, 2007, Quanta completed the acquisition of InfraSource Services, Inc. through an all-stock merger.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3695286467</guid><pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 10:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Closing Glance: Construction, engineering shares mostly rise (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080506/construction_closing_glance.html?.v=1</link><description>Shares of construction and engineering companies rose Tuesday as a BMO Capital Markets analyst raised his outlook on Granite Construction Inc. and a Stifel Nicolaus analyst predicted Quanta Services Inc. would meet estimates ahead of its first-quarter results expected Wednesday.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2369865190</guid><pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 20:26:52 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Apogee Enterprises to Open NASDAQ Stock Market May 7 (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080506/20080506006039.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2333607053</guid><pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 14:06:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 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