Business news for Mon, 17 Dec 2007 & with word projects. 7 news.

The World Bank says it has decided to double its funding to Bosnia with additional loans worth $200m aimed at priority projects in the war-torn country.

The haggling has already begun on Capitol Hill over the next federal transportation bill — a huge pot of money that gets divvied up every five years to finance highway construction, railroad improvements, bridge repairs and other critical infrastructure projects nationwide. The last time a ...

While shared kitchens are a steal for entrepreneurs starting food businesses, incubators are unwieldy, expensive projects that don't always survive

With so much competition these days for a limited supply of residents, developers are spending an increasing amount of time, energy and money marketing their projects to potential customers. However, ordinary communication campaigns based on expensive print advertising and slick brochure materials are becoming ineffective in reaching an increasingly desensitized and media-savvy consumer.

In the third annual Business Journal panel discussion, representatives of three of Northeast Florida's largest developments of regional impact outlined how their projects started, how they're placed now during a real estate down cycle, and how they're facing the future.

Jacksonville Business Journal Publisher David Sillick took questions from the floor after DRI representatives made presentations about their projects at the Northeast Florida DRI Update event. Here are edited excerpts from the question-and-answer session.

Cemex, among the largest building materials companies in the world, said Sunday it expects its fourth-quarter profit to rise 18 percent from the same period a year ago, and it projects growth of about 13 percent in 2008 despite flat sales in the U.S. market.