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January Housing Starts Fall

Washington, DC, Feb. 18--Home construction took its first fall in five months in January, making a larger-than-expected drop that was accompanied by a decrease in building permits.

Jobs Secure at Invista’s Seaford Plant

Seaford, DE, Feb. 18--Jobs at Invista's nylon plant in Seaford are secure, are in fact growing and shouldn't be negatively impacted by plans of prospective new owner Koch Industries.

Housing Market Index Off in February

Washington, DC, Feb. 17--Unusually bad winter weather across much of the country was at least partly to blame for a four-point decline in the National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index (HMI) for February, released today.

Judge: Faneuil's Friends Can Testify

New York, NY, Feb. 18--Friends of the star witness in the Martha Stewart trial will be allowed to tell jurors what he confided to them just after the domesticity maven dumped ImClone Systems stock, a judge has ruled.

Tricycle & Cobble Form Partnership

Chattanooga, TN, Feb. 16--Tricycle, Inc., a leader in surface simulation and design technology, announces a cooperating partnership with Cobble USA and Cobble Blackburn (UK).

Lawmakers Divert Funds for CARE Project, Among Oth

Washington, DC, Feb. 17--Researchers and companies working to prevent future power blackouts are seeing their federal funding slip away to lawmakers' home-district projects, including research on ceramic engines and burning recycled carpets as fuel.

Industrial Production Climbs

Washington, Feb. 17--Industrial production climbed faster than expected in January as auto makers once again revved up assembly lines.