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...Bettering Humanomics: A New, and Old, Approach to Economic Scienceby Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, University of Chicago Press $30 McCloskey is a unique figure in economics....
...Commercial real estate agents said companies such as Tim Hortons, Greggs and Starbucks were in the market for sites, both for sit-down dining and “drive-through” operations....
...Chairman Donald R. Horton said higher sales prices and rising interest rates have eroded affordability for consumers and slowed demand in the company’s markets, particularly at higher price points....
...“We expect revenue guidance to keep revising higher this year as the big chains like Tim Horton’s transition out of test and into full market distribution....
...Priority diseases are receiving more R&D spending and there are more drugs in the pipeline. Initiatives to help patients obtain treatment in poorer countries are also increasing....
...“With 24,500 homes in inventory at the end of December and a robust supply of lots, we are well-positioned for the upcoming spring selling season and the remainder of fiscal 2017,” said Donald R....
...Unilever acquisition would cap nearly 25 years of ever larger deals, including investments in beverages group Anheuser-Busch InBev and Restaurant Brands International, the owner of Burger King and Tim Hortons...
...Donald R Horton, chairman of the eponymous company, said that the group was “well-positioned to capture demand in the spring selling season” as sales accelerated in January....
...Mark Davyd, who is chairing the task force and heads the Music Venue Trust, said: “It’s the R&D arm of the music industry but we aren’t funding it adequately for it to be sustainable.”...
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...Shares in D.R. Horton, the largest US residential housebuilder, fell 1 per cent to $23.48, and shares in NVR construction fell 0.2 per cent to $1,119.83....
...Shares of D.R. Horton surged 10 per cent to $23 after the builder almost doubled profits last quarter to $123.3m and it issued a bullish outlook for the market....
...Manufacturing racing cars is an activity with a large R&D content....
...Shares in PulteGroup rose 5.2 per cent to $16.73, D.R. Horton climbed 2 per cent to $19.41 and Lennar gained 3.4 per cent to $38.07. Elsewhere, Chesapeake Energy gained 0.7 per cent to $17.60....
...The other group of forerunners were the homebuilders, such as Lennar Corp, D.R. Horton and PulteGroup as the recent positive housing data suggested the bottoming in this sector....
...“The industry has made important steps to clean up its act, but more needs to be done,” says Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, the medical journal....
...Donald R. Horton, chairman, said conditions remained challenging. Rising foreclosures, restricted levels of lending and weak consumer confidence were all taking a toll....
...H&R Block, a leading tax return preparer, was one of the biggest fallers in the S&P 500 index....
...D.R. Horton Inc. was over 8 bp tighter and quoted in the 210-225 bp in early trading before retreating to the 218-228 context at the time of this report....
...Homebuilders; Downgrades 9; Outlook Negative - Fitch Affirms Beazer’s IDR at ‘B-’; Outlook Negative – Fitch Downgrades Centex’s IDR & Senior Unsecured to ‘BB’; Outlook Negative - Fitch Downgrades D.R....
...“Market conditions for new home sales declined in our September quarter as inventory levels of both new and existing homes remained high while pricing remained very competitive,” said Donald R....
...Shares in H&R Block rose 3.3 per cent to $22.56 on Friday....
...R K Selzer, Seattle John Fortier: The Republican race has had so many twists and turns that making predictions is quite risky....
...D.R. Horton, meanwhile, reported a rise in cancellations of new home sales for the third quarter in a row....
...Both Beazer and D R Horton reported 29 per cent increases in quarterly profits with sales rising in every region but the southwest, and specifically California and Nevada, in the case of Beazer....
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