London shares end firmer
Leading shares closed higher, with gains in Hilton and further strength across the mining sector helping the FTSE 100 reach fresh 4-1/2 year highs in the last full trading session of 2005, dealers said.
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Sports Resorts, Masco decline Stock Spotlight Masco Corp. Masco Corp. manufactures and sells home improvement and building products.via
Economist defends impact of new homes Construction of new homes is vital for the economy. That's the message from Elliot Eisenberg, senior economist with the National Association of Home Builders in Washington, D.C. Eisenberg spoke
Dominion Homes has new president, COO Dominion Homes Inc. has tapped one of the country's biggest home builders for its new president and chief operating officer.read more...
Housing market may be cooling WASHINGTON Construction of new homes and apartments showed no change in June following a decline the month before, with weakness in every part of the country except the South.read more...
Customers of 'Extreme Makeover' builder upset over delays ABC television's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition later this month will feature a Royal Palm Beach builder's speedy construction of a cancer-stricken man's home for free, but the builders' customers say
Columbus-based mortgage company to hire 75-100 people in third quarter (The Columbus Dispatch) Columbus-based mortgage broker Residential Finance Corp. will hire between 75 and 100 people during the third quarter, the company announced today. Most will be mortgage-banking positions at its Columbus headquarters