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Housing starts stall in February

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 20, 2013

After a big dip in January, housing starts basically stalled in February, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Commerce ...

U.S. home construction surges in December to highest...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 18, 2013

In December, builders began work on new homes at the fastest rate since the Summer of 2008, according to numbers ...

Construction spending up 7.7 percent in November

Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Jan 02, 2013

Construction spending increased by 7.7 percent in the year between November 2011 and November 2012, to nearly $866 million, according ...

Oil shale boom makes North Dakota...

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Dec 20, 2012

An oil rig is shown on near Williston, North Dakota. Oil extraction discoveries have led to rapid industrial development ...

Housing starts dip in November, remain far ahead of...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Dec 19, 2012

Privately-owned housing starts in the month of November were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 861,000, according to figures released ...

Construction spending hits highest mark in 3 years

Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Dec 03, 2012

Construction spending increased by 9.6 percent in the year between October 2011 and October 2012, to a 37-month high of ...

Now that the economy has opened a lot of ears

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Nov 01, 2012

By Marcia Gruver Doyle Sigh. The U.S. Census Bureau has just released two studies. The first, Field of Degree and Earnings by Selected ...

Government figures ignore “higher learning”...

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Oct 12, 2012

Sigh. The U.S. Census Bureau has just released two studies. The first, Field of Degree and Earnings by Selected Employment Characteristics: 2011, shows ...

Building permits dip, housing starts rise in August

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Sep 19, 2012

August housing report mixed. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development report on August housing statistics show ...

Construction spending declines in July

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Sep 06, 2012

Construction spending decreases 0.9 percent in July, according to the September 4 report by the United States Census Bureau, which ...

Construction spending up 7 percent

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jul 19, 2012

Total residential and nonresidential construction spending in the United States increased 0.9 percent from April to May and is 7 ...

U.S. Census Bureau releases value of construction...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jul 17, 2012

The United States Census Bureau has released an overview of the value of construction in May 2012, with its total ...

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Chevrolet unveils new top-of-the-line 2014 Silverado High...

Replacing the LTZ as the top-of-the-line model in Chevrolet's Silverado ...

Can pickups and heavy trucks in the U.S. make Volkswagen the...

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