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In the biblical story, Jacob dreams of a ladder connecting heaven and earth. Ever since, boys named Jacob have gravitated toward careers in engineering (anecdotally of course).

That is certainly true in the case of Joseph Jacobs, who founded Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) in 1947. This Jacob did indeed excel in building things.

Now, with the economy in shambles, his engineering firm is poised to benefit from the soon-to-be-approved stimulus spending targeted toward infrastructure and energy projects.

With the goal of creating 2.5 milli

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Now that Senator Obama is President-elect Obama, what will he do with the economy and how can you profit from it? One way is to look for stocks that will benefit from a part of his proposed economic stimulus plan -- the creation of a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that would spend $60 billion over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports, airports and rail lines.

One company that could benefit from this investment would be Jacobs Engineering (NYSE: JEC), which engineers municipal infrastructure. The stock is down 57% in the last year due to concern

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Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) provides technical, professional, and construction services to industrial, commercial, and governmental customers worldwide. The company designs and engineers process plants, buildings, infrastructure projects and manufacturing facilities. It also provides operations and maintenance services. Clients include Ford Motor (NYSE: F), GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and the US Department of Defense. Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) and Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT) are competitors.

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