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Washington, DC, December 6, 2005--The National Association of Realtors today launched an advertising campaign warning that home values could drop significantly if the recommendations of a federal tax reform panel were implemented.
San Francisco, December 8, 2005--Amid all the talk about rising keyword prices, the Fathom Online Keyword Price Index indicates that November averages were virtually flat.
Washington, DC, December 6, 2005--Orders for factory goods increased 2.2% in October, more than reversing a decline in September, the Commerce Department estimated Tuesday.
Atlanta, GA, December 6, 2005--BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of the GreenSpec Product Directory and Environmental Building News, has announced its 2005 selections of the Top-10 Green Building Products.
St. Helens, OR, December 6, 2005--Ross Bennett watched from a safe distance as his three-man crew prepared to harvest the rarest kind of wood, old-growth timber, according to the Columbian.
Kenilworth, NJ, December 6, 2005--Innovision Flooring Corp., the U.S. distributor for LG Floors, announces its appointments of Building Plastic, Inc., of Texas, Wynco, New England, and the Patton Group of Northern California.
Hoffman Estates, Il, December 6, 2005--Sears Holdings said fiscal third-quarter profit slid as the costs of Kmart's combination with the Sears, Roebuck and Co., offset a sharp increase in sales.
Atlanta, GA, December 6, 2005--Haverty Furniture in November reported record sales that increased 7.5% to $77.9 million, compared with $72.4 million in November 2004.
New York, NY, December 6, 2005--Retail vacancies will inch down to an average of 8.8 percent in 2006, and rent growth will gain momentum to 3.5 percent (from 2.5 percent this year), according to Marcus & Millichap's retail group.
Hoffman Estates, IL, December 5, 2005--Sears Holdings has offered to buy the remaining stake in Sears Canada for about $718.5 million.