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* Fluor Corp. of Aliso Viejo will build temporary housing for hurricane evacuees in Louisiana under a contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency worth as much as $100 million, the company said.

* Babcock & Brown Power Operating Partners, a unit of Australia’s second-largest investment bank, won preliminary California approval for a $300-million transmission line to deliver power to San Francisco.

* Intel Corp. said third-quarter sales would be within previous forecasts amid rising demand for laptops. Revenue will increase to $9.8 billion to $10 billion, compared with a July prediction of $9.6 billion to $10.2 billion, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip maker said.

* Cisco Systems Inc. of San Jose awarded Chief Executive John Chambers a bonus of $1.3 million for the fiscal year ended July 30, a 32% drop from 2004.