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For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 19, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: D.R. Horton (DHI), Plum Creek Timber (PCL), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), USG (USG) and Bob Evans (BOBE). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http...

Industry Rank Analysis 11-18-10 The Construction industry has been demolished over the last few years, and it does not look like it will be rebuilt anytime soon. Housing starts are down about 75% from peak levels and are below year-ago levels, and a year ago things were pretty depressed....

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 18, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: D.R. Horton (DHI), Plum Creek Timber (PCL), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), USG (USG) and Bob Evans (BOBE). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 18, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: D.R. Horton (DHI), Plum Creek Timber (PCL), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), USG (USG) and Bob Evans (BOBE). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http...

Industry Rank Analysis 11-18-10 The Construction industry has been demolished over the last few years, and it does not look like it will be rebuilt anytime soon. Housing starts are down about 75% from peak levels and are below year-ago levels, and a year ago things were pretty depressed....

Housing Starts plunged in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 519,000 from 588,000 in September, a decline of 11.7%. Relative to a year ago, they are down 1.9%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for the homebuilders as well. Most of the month-to-month decline came...

Housing Starts plunged in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 519,000 from 588,000 in September, a decline of 11.7%. Relative to a year ago, they are down 1.9%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for the homebuilders as well. Most of the month-to-month decline came...

Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2010. For 2010, revenue totaled $1.3 billion, increasing 8% in comparison to 2009; revenue growth was driven by strong increases at Telephonics and Plastics, partially offset by...

Insteel Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIN) today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share on the Company's common stock payable on January 7, 2011 to shareholders of record as of December 23, 2010.

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc (ANW) Agilysys Inc (AGYS) AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) Amer Greetings Corp (AM) Apogee Enterprises Inc (APOG) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. AGILYSYS INC (AGYS): Free Stock Analysis...

The Japanese economy grew 3.9% at a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate in Q3 2010 and over 2X the pace in Q2 2010 (data here). According to Bloomberg, the headwinds to Q4 growth are household consumption and the yen: Consumption, accounting for about 60 percent of GDP, led the gain as households...

Below are the top general building material stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ in terms of profit margin. The trailing twelve months profit margin at Owens Corning Inc (NYSE: OC) is 20.48%. OC's PEG ratio is 1.10. The trailing twelve months profit margin at AAON Inc (NASDAQ: AAON) is 10.96%. AAON's ROE...

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) Chairman of the Board, William Foote, reported that he sold 15,000 shares of USG on November 10th for an average price of $14.21. The transaction totaled $213,224. Mr. Foote owns 464,223 direct shares and 11,000 indirect shares of USG. Source...

Just in time for the holiday buying season, Intel Corporation has lowered prices and introduced a new model of its award-winning Intel® Solid-State Drive (SSD) product line. SSDs can replace hard disk drives in a PC and provide a substantial performance boost for a notebook or desktop PC, making...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Alaska Comm Sys Group Inc (ALSK) Albany Molecular Research Inc (AMRI) AllianceBernstein Holding LP (AB) Amdocs Ltd (DOX) Ameron Intl Corp (AMN) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. ALLIANCEBERNSTN (AB): Free Stock Analysis...