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Washington, DC, July 19, 2006—Housing starts were off 5.3% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.85 million, according to the Commerce Department. Economists were anticipating June starts to come in at a 1.89 million pace.
Washington, DC, July 18, 2006--Producer prices rose by a larger-than-expected 0.5% in June, but core inflation increased 0.2% as expected, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.
New York, NY, July 13, 2006--The Chief Executives' Confidence Measure, which had edged up to 57 in the first quarter of 2006, declined to 50 in the second quarter, The Conference Board reports in its latest survey of CEOs.
St. Paul, MN, July 13, 2006--H.B. Fuller said Thursday that its board approved a two-for-one stock split and declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12.5 cents.
Hoffman Estates, IL, July 11, 2006--Sears said that Alan Lacy will step down as vice chairman, effective July 29, and also resign from the boards of Sears Holdings and Sears Canada at that time.
Washington, DC, July 11, 2006--Consumers credit outstanding rose by an unexpected 2.4%, or $4.4 billion in May to $2.173 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve.
Greenville, SC, July 10, 2006--828 International has named Matt Tollison to the post of sales manager for North Carolina and South Carolina, effective immediately.
the fifth annual national survey of female homeowners and females considering homeownership commissioned by Lowe's, today's woman is more independent than ever when it comes to the home.
Dalton, GA, July 3, 2006--The 5th Annual CARE Conference will be held at the Francis Marion Hotel located in the heart of historic Charleston, South Carolina.
St. Louis, June 30, 2006--Solutia Inc., announced that its subsidiary, Solutia Europe SA/NV, has received a fully underwritten commitment from Citigroup Global Markets Limited for a EUR200 million loan.