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Industry News

April New Homes Sales Up 3.3 Percent
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April Housing Starts Jump 8.2 Percent on Strong Multifamily Activity
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Consumer Confidence Declines to 16-Year Low
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Builder Confidence Edges Downward In May
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Investment Group Injects $530 Million in Homebuilder Standard Pacific Corp.
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GE May Sell Appliance Unit
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Realtors Agree to Share Listings Data with Internet-based Brokers as Part of Antitrust Settlement
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Home Depot Earnings Hammered By Housing, Charges for Store Closures
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Building Industry Assn. of Southern CA Launches Regional Ad Campaign to Encourage New Home Buyers
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Professional Builder Releases Giant 400 Rankings
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Levitt Corporation Changes Name to Woodbridge Holdings Corporation
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Lowe's Profit Down 18% in First Quarter
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NAHB Headquarters Earns Fourth Energy Star
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Cox Industries A Sponsor Of Southern Living's First Green Showcase Home
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Building Materials Holding Corp. Closing 2 California Facilities, Pulls Out of Tucson Area
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Alaska Revives Energy Efficiency Improvement Program With Rebates up to $10,000
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See The Best of 50+ Housing Award Winners
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HGTV Special Features Products Highlights from 2008 International Builders Show
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Survey: 69 Percent of Renters Plan to Continue Renting for up to 5 More Years
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Senate Committee Approves Compromise Housing Bill
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Treasury Chief Paulson Says Economy Turning Around, But Housing Biggest Risk to Economy
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Orange County, California Postpones Collecting Building Fees from Developers
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FBI Says Mortgage Fraud up 31% in 2007, 200 Agents Working on Cases
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Werner Co. Purchases Selected Assets of Green Bull Inc.
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Podcasts

Podcast Discusses New ''Craigslist-style'' Website for Contractors

Podcast: Andy Rooney Shares His Thoughts About Memorial Day

Trade Show News & Events

Dwell on Design Conference
June 5-6, 2008, Los Angeles

Home Remodeling & Decorating Show
August 15-17, 2008, Layton, UT

Tulsa House Beautiful Show
September 5-7, 2008, Tulsa

JLC Live Midwest
October 9-10, 2008, Minneapolis

Built Green Expo
June 13-14, 2008, Santa Barbara, CA

Miami Home Design & Remodeling Show
Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2008, Miami

Fall Home Remodeling and Log Home Show Sept.
Sept. 5-7, 2008, Knoxville, TN

Remodeling Show 2008
September 9-12, 2008, Baltimore

Product News

Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Construction 2009 Now Available

280,000 FireX Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide/Smoke Combo Alarms Recalled

American Classics Cabinets Expands Product Line

Solatube International Extends the Day with New Daylighting System

Tomboy Tools Debuts World's First Pink Impact Drill

CertainTeed Introduces CertaSpray Foam Insulation

JELD-WEN Debuts Line of Juniper Doors

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Company Launches ''America's First Website Exclusively for New Homes and Land''

Polyseamseal launches newly redesigned website

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