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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (MARKET WIRE) FIMA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: FIMA), an emerging diversified land development company, announced today that its construction and design subsidiary Garcia y Garcia Concreto y Diseño Arquitectónico has reached the final phases of construction at its residential development in the prestigious Las Palmas neighborhood of Veracruz, Mexico. The superstructure has been completed, as well as the application of stucco to all exterior surfaces. Prior to that, the electrical and plumbing facilities had been incorporated into the infrastructure. Completion and final walk-through is expected to occur

IRVINE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Stratera, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: STRR) is pleased to announce that Carl Lee Cummings was appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer.

The San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously approved a long-contentious a plan to build a Whole Foods and 62 units of housing at the corner of Haight and Stanyon streets.

XL Health, a health care firm that provides disease management and wellness support services to chronically ill patients and their doctors, will add another office location in Baltimore.

HSW Engineering Inc. received a contract to provide architect-engineer services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a part of the Range and Training Land program for the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Ala.

The Louisville Downtown management District will honor seven downtown businesses and organizations with its Cornerstone Awards at noon Tuesday at the Marriott Louisville Downtown.

Google Inc. improved its quote-search service, allowing searches for direct quotations from a limited number of people as far back as five years. (GOOG)

The prospect of weaker demand for crushed rock in construction projects prompted Moody's Investors Service on Friday to downgrade the senior unsecured debt and commercial paper of Raleigh-based Martin Marietta Materials.