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Industry News

Housing Starts Up 0.8% in January
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Builder Confidence Index Moves Up One Point in February
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Lafarge Profit Surges 36% to $546 Million in Fourth Quarter
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NAHB Elects New Leadership for 2008
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KB Home Becomes First Builder to Earn National Housing Quality Certification Nationwide
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ENAP to Endorse and Market Certified Green Dealer™ Program To Its Members
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Building Materials Holding Corporation Names Stanley M. Wilson President and COO
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Jim Walter Homes To Cut 25% of Workforce, To Close Nearly Half of Its Branches
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Builders FirstSource Reports $20 Million Loss in Fourth Quarter
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Call for Entries: 2008 Remodeling Design Awards
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Los Angeles May Impose One of the Toughest Green Building Ordinances in the Nation
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Standard & Poor's Cuts Debt Ratings on Several Homebuilders
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Owens Corning Names Curt A. Barker as VP, Sales - North American Building Materials Distribution
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Podcasts

Video Podcast: The Money Pit's Tom Kraeutler Hosts Room-by-Room Tour Offering Tips for Homeowners

Trade Show News & Events


AWCI's CONVENTION
Intex Construction Expo 2008 in Las Vegas March 23 - 27, 2008


''Building Green'' Seminar
February 28, 2008, North Canton, OH

2008 Iowa Lumber Convention
February 28-29, Des Moines

Texas Home & Garden Show
February 29-March 2, 2008, Austin

JLC Live New England
March 26-29, 2008, Providence, RI
Product News

Free Viewer for VectorWorks 2008 Now Available

New SuperShim Eases Transition from Carpet Edge to Tile, Wood Floors

Kwikset Debuts Residential Lockset Line with Enhanced Security and Re-Keying Features

Georgia-Pacific Wood Products' New Wall Sheathing Eliminates Need to Install Building Wrap

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