The owner of a specialty infield-dirt supplier for the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves and other baseball and softball fields needed a custom pug mill to insure a consistent product.

HeidelbergCement is turning its eyes to Washington in anticipation of an antitrust ruling, perhaps in as soon as two weeks, which is the German-based building materials giant’s next big hurdle in its ongoing effort to acquire Italcementi.

With a self-imposed deadline looming, Terex Corp. has called off talks with Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. for the China-based equipment maker to acquire the U.S.-based company. Terex had announced on May 16 that it would be selling its material-handling and port-solutions [MHPS] business to Finland-based Konecranes for $1.3 billion, and that deal is expected to close in January 2017. 

A  Tennessee road and bridge builder has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit that accused the firm of fraud by putting its own employees on the payroll of a dis­advantaged business enterprise it used to get contracts for 12 projects in Tennessee.

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