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...One in six residents is foreign-born, and its housing market has been among the fastest growing in the country....
.... ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Considering how derivatives have caused havoc in the housing market here in the US, will regulation correct this problem and do you see unintended consequences...
...Figures showing US housing starts fell by 10.8 per cent in March, more than analysts had predicted, also weighed on financials....
...In the housing sector, homebuilder Lennar reported a wider loss than had been expected, at $0.98 per share for the first quarter....
...“I want to see what he thinks the economy’s going to do,” said Gary Beetem, of Lincoln, Nebraska, whose company, BNSF Railway is partially owned by Berkshire....
...Hartford Financial Services leapt 26.1 per cent to $6.24, while Genworth Financial climbed 88.9 per cent to $1.70 and Lincoln National was up 10.5 per cent to $7.03....
...John Stropki, chief executive of Lincoln Electric, a US company that is one of the world’s biggest makers of welding equipment, is particularly upbeat....
...The cities’ housing and art markets, and animal spirits, rise and fall together....
...“The economy is one of the top issues we’re hearing on the doorstep – what with the housing market the way it is – and we’re using it as a campaign tool....
...But with US consumers rocked by a liquidity squeeze, the bursting of the housing bubble and higher petrol prices, Ford is finding US car buyers slow to pick up on its message that it is now making better...
...And, for the second consecutive year, Libyans could wander through a US exhibition area featuring companies such as Pfizer, Briggs & Stratton and Lincoln Electric....
...■ Charles Keating was convicted for his role in the collapse of the Lincoln Savings and Loan association....
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