Construction firm set to sign $8 billion housing deal in Iraq Hanwha Group has secured new growth potential in the overseas market as its construction unit has won the order for a new town supply in Iraq. The Iraqi government recently endorsed the business deal under which Hanwha Engineering & Construction will build 100,000 houses in Bismayah, which is scheduled to be a satellite city of Baghd...

Soundwill Holdings Ltd. was forced to sell many of its properties as it battled to survive Hong Kong’s real estate crash in the late 1990s. Even after its stock plunged 99 percent and debt obligations loomed, it held on to a 40-story tower on a tucked-away street that today is the second- most expensive retail strip in the world. Russell Street in the Causeway Bay district trails only New York’s...

More than 55 percent of U.S. adults lose or break their sunglasses each year, putting their eyes at risk of sunburn or eye disease, eye experts say. The Vision Council found for those who lost their sunglasses, and the 27 percent of adults who do not wear sunglasses, exposure to ultraviolet radiation could result in result in short-term damage from bloodshot or sensitive eyes, or painful conditi...