July new home sales and durables orders rise
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Sales of new single-family U.S. homes unexpectedly rose in July and new orders for durable goods posted strong gains that underlined the economy's strength just before a credit crisis socked financial markets.
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Housing starts rebounded sharply in  July, making up almost all the ground lost in a June slump by  posting their largest monthly percentage gain since September  2002, a report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday showed.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A robust housing market and higher prices for building materials, labour and land pushed up prices for new houses across the country in August, says Statistics Canada.
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Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly   rose in August after July sales came in much weaker than first   thought, while new orders for durable goods fell, according to   government reports on Wednesday that signaled continued   economic softness.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Construction of new homes recovered in July, as US homebuilders started homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.978 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
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Sales of new homes dropped in July by the largest amount since February while the inventory of unsold homes climbed to a record high.
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Factory orders for costly manufactured goods in July recorded the biggest gain in four months. New-homes sales, meanwhile, slid, according to a pair of reports that offered a mixed picture of economic activity.
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New orders for U.S.-made durable  goods rose much more than expected in June and the number of  workers filing for unemployment benefits fell last week,  according to government reports on Thursday that showed strong  business activity.
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Investor's Business Daily - July&#39;s increase was higher than expected and follows a 0.4% June gain, the Commerce Dept. said. Sales rose 1.1% in the month, more than reversing a 0.3% decline in June. The inventory-to-sales ratio, a gauge of how long existing stocks will last at the current sales pace, fell slightly to 1.26 months from 1.27 months. Retail inventories rose 1%. Motor vehicles and parts climbed 2.9%. Both increases were the largest since May &#39;06.
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Sales of new homes unexpectedly rose  2.8 percent to an 870,000 annual sales pace in July, reversing  two months of declines, and inventories eased, a Commerce  Department report showed on Friday.
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New orders for long-lasting U.S.-made manufactured goods surged a much bigger-than-expected 5.9 percent in July, the biggest gain since September.
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Stocks went from flat to higher after a stronger-than-expected reading on new homes sales for July. That followed a better-than-expected durable goods report.
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U.S. business inventories grew by  more than expected in July and the previous month was revised  higher, government data showed on Wednesday, delivering the  strongest two-month performance in nearly five years.
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A hot summer and new products helps AG Barr profits climb 8.2% in the six months to the end of July.
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Standard Pacific Corp , which builds homes in the once-hottest U.S. markets, said on Monday net new orders in July and August rose 20 percent, with those in California nearly doubling.
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The number of new mortgage approvals in the UK held up in July, the Bank of England reports.
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Home sales slowed in the Untied States in July, but experts say they still moved at a healthy pace. Tuesday&#39;s report from a business group (the National Association of Realtors) says sales of previously-owned homes dropped 2.9 percent in July.