MIAMI-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to issue a draft

LOS ANGELES-Beverly Hills-based Hilton Hotels Corp. has opened the 120-room hotel in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. It is the third property that the company has opened in Mexico.

LONDON-House prices will continue to rise until the end of 2002 according to Persimmon, Britain's largest housebuilder, as it reported big increases in first half sales and profits. Despite fears of higher interest rates, demand for new homes remained strong.

MIAMI-A new South Florida market survey projects an overall increase in asking rents for industrial-warehouse space through the end of the year, though the average vacancy rate also is expected to rise.