Last night I felt like I was on Gilligan’s Island -- that's how long my commute home last night took. The other downer was that I most definitely wasn’t sitting next to Gin

It appears even the embattled homebuilding industry is getting rosy-eyed, finding enough "green shoots" of economic recovery to stick their shovels back into the ground.In May, US buil

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?- Peter SeegerThere's an odd refrain cropping up

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In a recent RealtyTrac report, California, Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Illinois accounted for nearly 60% of all foreclosures in the first quarter of 2009, with 479,516 properties affected.Las Vegas

Is That Recovery We See? This week, the market seemed to like financial stocks, and was buoyed on news that Pulte Homes (PHA) would buy Centex (CTX) to create the largest US homebuilder. And with ban

Putting out the garbage the other night in the rain and freezing weather landed me a cold. Great - just what I needed heading into the long weekend. Serenity now! Asian stocks closed lower. The Hang

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M&A Madness! A surprise M&A announcement this morning: Pulte Homes (PHM) said it will acquire Centex Corp (CTX) in an all-stock deal worth $1.3 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Cent

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