Building Products

New Home Sales in October fell by 8.1% from September to a dismal rate of 283,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 28.5. It's not like September was a strong month for new home sales, either -- the six lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales, have all been in the last six...

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New Home Sales in October fell by 8.1% from September to a dismal rate of 283,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 28.5. It's not like September was a strong month for new home sales, either -- the six lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales, have all been in the last six...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Alere Inc (ALR) Amdocs Ltd (DOX) Apogee Enterprises (APOG) ATP Oil & Gas Corp (ATPG) Barnes Group (B) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. ALERE INC (ALR): Free Stock Analysis Report APOGEE ENTRPRS (APOG): Free Stock...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Alere Inc (ALR) Amdocs Ltd (DOX) Apogee Enterprises (APOG) ATP Oil & Gas Corp (ATPG) Barnes Group (B) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. ALERE INC (ALR): Free Stock Analysis Report APOGEE ENTRPRS (APOG): Free Stock...

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AWI) announced today that it has closed on a new $1.050 billion senior secured credit facility and that its board of directors has declared a special cash dividend of $13.74 per share (approximately $800 million in the aggregate). Armstrong's new credit...

China Architectural Engineering Inc. (CAEI) reported yet another quarter of loss with a net loss of $8.7 million or 13 cents per share for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010. In the year-ago quarter the company had recorded a loss of $8.4 million or 16 cents per share. A decline in...

In October, existing home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.43 million. That pace is 2.2% lower than in September, and 25.9% below the year-ago rate. The year-ago rate of 5.98 million was inflated as everyone was rushing to get the deals done before they thought the first-time...

China Architectural Engineering Inc. (CAEI) reported yet another quarter of loss with a net loss of $8.7 million or 13 cents per share for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010. In the year-ago quarter the company had recorded a loss of $8.4 million or 16 cents per share. A decline in...

In October, existing home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.43 million. That pace is 2.2% lower than in September, and 25.9% below the year-ago rate. The year-ago rate of 5.98 million was inflated as everyone was rushing to get the deals done before they thought the first-time...

Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF), announced today that its Radar Systems Division has received a contract from The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) to supply APS-143C(V)3 Multi-Mode Radar for India's P-8i aircraft. The contract includes systems to...

American Woodmark Corporation (Nasdaq: AMWD) today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share to be paid on December 20, 2010, to shareholders of record on December 6, 2010.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOG) today announced that it has acquired 100 percent of the stock of Glassec Vidros de Segurança Ltda., for approximately $22 million U.S. plus assumption of approximately $2 million in debt. The business will be called Glassec Viracon and operate as part of...

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