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Industry News

Housing Starts Sink 11 Percent in July
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Builder Confidence Virtually Unchanged in August, But Expectations Gauge Rises
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Construction Fatalities Declined in 2007
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Survey Suggests Contractors More Loyal to Brand Than Dealers When Buying Wood Windows
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Home Depot, Lowes Profits Fall on Economic Slump
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Barbeques Galore Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Indianapolis Once Again Nation's Most Affordable Housing Market
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Weyerhaeuser Slashing 1,500 Corporate Jobs Over Next 18 Months
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Uponor Building New 285,000-square-foot Distribution Center in Minnesota
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HGTV Dream Home Giveaway 2009 House Under Construction in Sonoma
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See Results of the 2008 Remodeler's Choice Product Use Survey
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Green Home Design Contest Shapes The New American Home
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Podcasts

Podcast Series Goes In-Depth on Finishing a Basement

Trade Show News & Events

IKEA's Southern California Home & Garden Show
August 20-24, 2008, Anaheim

''Wood Design For Non-Residential Structures'' Workshop
Starting September 9, 2008, 5-City Tour

AIA Webcast: Strategies and Tactics for Design Firms in A Down Market
September 24, 2008, Online

Ecobuild and AEC-ST Fall Conference/Exhibit
December 8-11, 2008, Washington, D.C.

Product News

UFLOOR Systems Partners with Vega World Supply

CaesarStone Earns GREENGUARD Certification

U.S. Home Improvement Announces New Line of Replacement Windows

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