MINNEAPOLIS-Job openings in the state are down by 10% from one year ago to 58,839 or five job vacancies for every 10 unemployed people. Despite a general decline in openings, a number of industrial sectors in the state are showing strong hiring demand.

DENVER-Two local developers purchase land at West 12th Avenue and Elati Street for $1M and plan to build a 10-story, 63-unit rental apartment tower on the property.

LOS ANGELES-Bill Wenger, regional vice president with Charles Dunn Co., returns from a tour of duty in Iraq, where he oversaw some 2.2 million sf of construction along Iraqi borders.

ROMULUS, MI-The Wayne County Airport Authority approves a Detroit Metro Airport plan to build a new North Terminal, which is expected to be operational by 2008.