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Industry News

Builder Confidence Declines Slightly In December
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Housing Starts Up 6.7 Percent In November, Permits Decline
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Hovnanian Reports $117 Million Loss in Latest Quarter
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Roofing Products Company ElkCorp Agrees to Be Acquired in $1 Billion Deal
http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=5687

Toll Brothers CEO Takes Pay Cut in Form of A Reduced Bonus
http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=5688

Lowe's Promotes Larry D. Stone to President and Chief Operating Officer
http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=5689

HomeAid Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=5691

Window & Door Manufacturers Assn. Hires Director of Marketing to ''Build'' Brand
http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=5690

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Podcasts

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Trade Show News & Events

UC Irvine Presents 'Regulatory Permitting and the Development Process' Course
Orange, CA February 28, 2007

Surfaces 2007
February 7-9, 2007, Las Vegas

North American Home Show
Feb. 9-11, 2007, Foxborough, MA

Building for Boomers & Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium
May 30-June 1, 2007, Denver

Product News

ConceptDraw 6.2 Adds Landscape, Garden Tools

Autodesk AliasStudio Now Available Nationally Through INCAT

New and Interesting Sites

Interactive Mapping Site Shows Solar Energy Contractors Across the U.S.

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