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		<title>(AVY) Avery Dennison Selling Office Business</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/avy-avery-dennison-selling-office-business/89694</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) is divesting its underperforming Office and Consumer Products to its competitor 3M Co. (MMM), the maker of Post-it notes and Scotch Tape, for $550 million in cash. The Office and Consumer Products segment contributed approximately 13% to Avery’s total revenue in fiscal 2010 and in the most recently reported third quarter of 2011. The segment manufactures and sells a wide range of office and printable media products under the Avery brand name for office, school and home uses. The segment also offers an array of stationery products, including writing instruments, markers, adhesives and specialty products under popular brand names such as Avery, Marks-A-Lot and HI-LITER. This is a long-struggling segment of Avery with weak end market demand, facing cutthroat competition in the label category. Margins have ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Down &#8211; Permits Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/21/dhi-u-s-housing-starts-down-permits-up/83681</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts fell in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 571,000 from 601,000 in July, a decrease of 5.0%. However, the July numbers were revised lower from 604,000, so it is possible to see the decrease as 34,000, or 5.5%. The number was also slightly below the expected level of 575,000. Relative to a year ago, housing starts are down 5.8%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for the homebuilders, so the drop is off a pretty easy comp. Given the extremely depressed state of the housing industry, the decline is not good news. It does, however, mean less inventory is the pipeline, so there is sort of a silver lining in the dark cloud. That is helpful for the longer-term health of ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Home Sales Still Awful</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/31/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-still-awful/79926</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in May fell by 1.0% from May, to a rate of 312,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are up 1.6%. While the rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of New Home sales. Also, there was a downward revision to the May numbers of 4,000 to 315,000. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 2.2% decrease. The June level was worse than the expected rate of 320,000. The fourteen lowest months on record (back to 1963) for New Home Sales have all been in the last fourteen months. New Home sales have only exceeded the 400,000 level three times since September of 2008, when the financial markets collapsed. The most recent time was in ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/20/dhi-u-s-housing-starts-and-building-permits-rise/79395</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts rose in June to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 629,000 from 549,000 in May, an increase of 14.6%. However, the May numbers were revised lower from 560,000, so it is possible to see the increase as 69,000, or 12.3%. Relative to a year ago they are up 11.8%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for the home builders, so the rise is off a pretty easy comp. Still, any increase is very welcome given the extremely depressed state of the housing industry. Provided, of course, that the homebuilders can actually sell the new houses they are building. We will find out about new home sales next week. If one looks at only single family houses, the picture was also encouraging. Single family starts ]]></description>
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		<title>(FO) Fortune Brands Splits in Two</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/05/fo-fortune-brands-splits-in-two/78273</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leading consumer brands company Fortune Brands Inc. (FO) announced that following the spin-off of its Home &#38; Security business, the separated companies will trade under two different symbols as independent entities on the New York Stock Exchange. Post spin-off, the Fortune Brands Home &#38; Security business is proposed to be traded under the symbol ‘FBHS’ while the spirit business will be rechristened Beam Inc. and will replace the current “FO” symbol with “BEAM”. The company believes that the ticker symbol “BEAM” is the most appropriate, and will surely strike a resonant chord with investors and consumers alike, as it reflects the company’s name, its flagship brand, and a legacy of premium spirits that is internationally renowned. Recently, Fortune Brands announced its intention to split the company into three standalone ]]></description>
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		<title>(DEO) Diageo Gets Permit to Enter China</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/deo-diageo-gets-permit-to-enter-china/77784</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world’s largest spirits group, Diageo Plc. (DEO), got approval of the Chinese authorities to increase its stake in the Quanxing Group, a Chinese white spirits group based in Sichuan Province, taking its share to 53 per cent. On being the majority shareholder of Quanxing Group (which is 40% holder of Sichuan Swellfun Co.) Diageo gets the indirect control of Shuijingfang, the signature brand of Sichuan Swellfun. Shuijingfang is a famous brand of baijiu, a fiery spirit, which boasts being China’s oldest and uses distilling techniques that dates back to the 14th century. Baijiu that accounts for 32% of China&#8217;s alcoholic drinks market, reported 13% higher sales from the previous year, is about 45 times bigger than the Chinese market for whisky. Upon completion of the deal, Diageo would be ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) New Homes Sales Down Less than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/dhi-new-homes-sales-down-less-than-expected/77288</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in May fell by 2.1% from April, to a rate of 319,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are up 13.5%. While the rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of New Home sales. Offsetting the decline was an upward revision to the April numbers of 3,000 to 326,000. Thus relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 1.2% decrease. The May level was, however, substantially better than the expected rate of 305,000. Still, the 12 lowest months on record (back to 1963) for New Home Sales, have all been in the last year. We are up nicely from a year ago, but that was against an “easy comp,” as sales were inflated by the rush to ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) New Home Sales Report Up But Still Ugly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/01/dhi-new-home-sales-report-up-but-still-ugly/74813</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in April rose by 7.3% from April, to a rate of 323,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 23.1%. While the rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of New Home sales. In additional good news about the direction of new home sales, the March sales levels were revised up to an annual rate of 301,000 from 300,000. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 7.7% increase. The April level was substantially better than the expected rate of 300,000. Still, the 12 lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales have all been in the last year. We are down sharply from a year ago, but that was against a ]]></description>
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		<title>(AVY) Avery Dennison Earnings Beat Consensus</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/03/avy-avery-dennison-earnings-beat-consensus/72590</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 19:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 51 cents in its first quarter 2011, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 47 cents. EPS in the quarter however posted a decline of 16% from the adjusted EPS of 61 cents in the prior-year quarter. Both the adjusted EPS in the reported as well as year-ago quarter excluded the net effect of restructuring charges, asset impairment and lease cancellation charges, and gain/loss from legal settlements, of 9 cents and 10 cents respectively. Including these items, EPS in the quarter was 42 cents compared with 51 cents a year ago. Total revenue of Avery was $1,659.3 million in the quarter, up 6.7% from $1,554.7 million in the prior-year quarter. Results outperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,657 billion. Increase ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Home Sales Better &#8211; Levels Are Still Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/26/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-better-levels-are-still-bad/72349</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in March rose by 11.1% from March, to a rate of 300,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 21.9%. While the rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of new home sales. In additional good news about the direction of new home sales, the February sales levels were revised up to an annual rate of 270,000 from 250,000. That is still the worst month on record, but not by as big a margin. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 20.0% increase. The March level was substantially better than the expected rate of 280,000. The eleven lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales have all been in the last ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Housing Starts and Permits Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/23/dhi-u-s-new-housing-starts-and-permits-rise/71884</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts rose in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 549,000 from 512,000 in February, an increase of 7.2%. Also, the February numbers were revised sharply higher from 479,000, so it is possible to see the increase as 70,000, or 14.6%. Relative to a year ago they are down 13.4%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for homebuilders, so the fall is off a pretty easy comp. If one looks at only single-family houses, the picture was more or less the same, rising to 422,000 from 392,000 in February, a rise of 7.7%, and down 21.1% from a year ago. February starts were revised up from 375,000, so single-family starts are up 12.5% from where we thought they were last month.  The volatile ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Reports Record Low New Home Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/29/dhi-u-s-reports-record-low-new-home-sales/69576</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in February fell by 16.9% from January to a dismal rate of 250,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 28.0%. In a very faint silver lining to an otherwise dismal report, the January rate was revised up to 301,000 from 284,000. Thus relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 12.0% decline. The level was substantially worse than the expected rate of 288,000. The ten lowest months on record (back to 1963) for New Home Sales have all been in the last ten months. February is a new all-time record low. We are down sharply from a year ago, and it is not like a year ago was a great time in the homebuilding industry either. Relative to the peak ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. January 2010 New Home Sales Dismal</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/28/dhi-u-s-january-2010-new-home-sales-dismal/67566</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in January fell by 12.6% from December, to a dismal rate of 284,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 18.6%. The December rate was revised down to 325,000 from 329,000. Thus relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 13.7% decline. The level was substantially worse than the expected rate of 310,000. The nine lowest months on record (back to 1963) for New Home Sales, have all been in the last nine months. We are still down from a year ago, and it is not like a year ago was a great time in the homebuilding industry, either. Relative to the peak of the housing bubble (7/05) new home sales are down 79.5%. The very low May sales rate (282,000) ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) U.S. Housing Market Index Unchanged in February &#8211; It is Still Awful</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/16/len-u-s-housing-market-index-unchanged-in-february-it-is-still-awful/67023</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index (HMI) was unchanged in February, holding at 16 for the fourth month in a row. The index is a “magic 50” index, where 50 is the dividing line between homebuilders seeing the conditions as been good and being poor. As such, 16 is an extremely weak reading. The index is made up of three sub-indexes. The index tracking current sales improved by 2 points, but that only brought it up to a level of 17. The index that tracks sales expectations over the next six months rose by one point, to 25, while the index that tracks the traffic of potential homebuyers in the model homes was unchanged at 12. If you want to hunt real hard for a silver ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) October U.S. New Home Sales Still Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/27/dhi-october-u-s-new-home-sales-still-falling/60658</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in October fell by 8.1% from September to a dismal rate of 283,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 28.5. It&#8217;s not like September was a strong month for new home sales, either &#8212; the six lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales, have all been in the last six months. About the only good thing you can say about this report is that it was not the absolutely worst month on record. That dubious honor is still held by August 2010, with a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 275,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 28.9%. It is not like a year ago was a great time in the homebuilding industry, either. Relative to the peak of the ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. November New Home Sales Disappoint</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/27/dhi-u-s-november-new-home-sales-disappoint/63545</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New home sales in November rose by 5.5% from October, but that puts them at a dismal rate of 290,000. The percentage increase is a bit exaggerated as well, since the October numbers were revised down to 275,000 from 283,000. Thus relative to where we thought we were, the increase is more like 2.5%. The seven lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales have all been in the last seven months. About the only good thing you can say about this report is that it was not the absolutely worst month on record. That dubious honor is still held by August 2010, with a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 274,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 21.2%. It&#8217;s not like a year ago was ]]></description>
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		<title>(LGF) Activist Investors Are Ready to Fight in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marc Lichtenfeld, Investment U’s Senior Analyst Wednesday, December 15, 2010: Issue #1408 The Chinese Zodiac says 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit. According to tradition, it’s supposed to be a period of relative calm and diplomacy, where people should opt for negotiation, rather than forcing an issue. It would be nice if that happened. But don’t expect it to occur in the stock market. I believe confrontation between executives and shareholders will take center stage in 2011, as activist investors increasingly get in the faces of underperforming management teams. But a little rumble here and there is good news for investors, as history has shown that this tactic ultimately drives the shares of those companies higher. And here’s where the scraps will occur in 2011… The Activist Investor ]]></description>
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		<title>(JCP) Activist Investors: Follow the Smart Money And Grab an Extra 21% Per Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marc Lichtenfeld, Investment U’s Senior Analyst Wednesday, October 20, 2010: Issue #1370 Every year, a tiny group of investors quietly outperform the stock market by more than 20 percentage points. They’re tough, direct, no-nonsense guys – and are arguably the best people to have fighting for everyday investors like you and me. They’re called activist investors. So who are these guys? What do they do? And more importantly, what can they do for you? “Activists” by Name… And by Nature An activist investor is someone who owns a stake of 5% or more in a certain company and wants to make changes. They’re required to file a 13D document with the SEC, outlining the demands they’re making from management. Those demands often include… The sale of the company or ]]></description>
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		<title>(NWL) Newell Rubbermaid Third Quarter 2010 Earnings Preview</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL) is scheduled to release its third-quarter 2010 results on Friday, October 29. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter is pegged at 41 cents a share. Second Quarter Performance Newell Rubbermaid logged a strong 23.4% growth in second-quarter 2010 GAAP earnings, reaching $130.4 million from $105.7 million in the year-ago quarter. Excluding special items, adjusted earnings per share came in at 51 cents, which easily surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 44 cents as well as the year-ago earnings of 47 cents. The strong quarterly performance was mainly attributable to increased core sales, improved productivity and better working capital management. During the quarter, Newell recorded a modest 0.5% year-over-year decline in net sales, slipping to $1,496.2 million, falling short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,523.0 ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) Housing Starts Surge &#8211; Analyst Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts surged in August, but the good news is probably better toasted with Miller than with Moet. Total housing starts rose 10.5% to an annualized rate of 598,000, well ahead of consensus expectations of just 550,000. However, that was from July starts that were revised down to a rate of just 541,000 rather than the original 546,000. Also, almost all of the increase can be traced to the extremely volatile apartment and condo part of the housing market. Single family starts, which is what most people think of as homebuilding, rose just 4.3% from July to an annual rate of 438,000. Relative to a year ago, total starts are up 2.2%, and single family starts are actually down 9.1%. It is not as if the housing market was exactly ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) National Association of Realtor’s Pending Homes Sales Index Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/05/wmt-national-association-of-realtor%e2%80%99s-pending-homes-sales-index-up/36177</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 21:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Realtor’s (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index rose 5.3 percent in March to 102.9 from 97.7 in February, and is 21.15 above March 2009 when it was 85.0. This is on top of a  8.3% increase in February. The data reflects contracts and not closings, which usually occur with a lag time of one or two months. The increase was slightly above consensus expectations of a 5.3% increase. However, the rise is most likely due to the homebuyer tax credit that was granted only for homes under contract by the end of April, and which have until the end of June to close. Last fall, it was widely expected that the tax credit would expire, but it was unexpectedly renewed at the last minute. The result was a ]]></description>
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		<title>(FO) Fortune Brands Beats Expectations on Higher Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/29/fo-fortune-brands-beats-expectations-on-higher-sales/35672</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumer products maker Fortune Brands (FO) reported first-quarter 2010 results with adjusted (excluding restructuring and other charges) earnings per share of 49 cents, comfortably beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 31 cents. The results were driven by healthy performance across all business segments. The company posted a net income of $72.2 million (or 47 cents a share) compared to a net income of $7.4 million (or 5 cents a share) a year ago, representing a nearly ten-fold increase. Revenue grew 12.9% to $1.6 billion, boosted by healthy growth across Spirits and Home Products businesses. Sales benefited by market share gains for major brands across the key markets, inventory rebuilding by channel partners and favorable foreign exchange movements. Results by Division Revenues from Home Products division grew 15.3% to $698.4 million, ]]></description>
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		<title>(PCL) U.S. Existing Home Sales Rise in March</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/22/pcl-u-s-existing-home-sales-rise-in-march/34743</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Existing Home Sales rose 6.8% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million. That rate is 16.1% higher than the 4.61 million rate of a year ago. The number was slightly better than the consensus expectations of a 5.29 million annual rate. Existing homes sales are recorded at the time of closing, not when the contract is signed. Thus while there is some impact from the tax credit that expires for houses where the contract is signed after April 30, they still have until the end of June to close. Therefore, most of the surge due to the end of the tax credit will probably come in May and June. In tomorrow’s New Home Sales data, the effect should be more pronounced for March, since new home ]]></description>
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		<title>(LPX) U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/18/lpx-u-s-housing-starts-and-building-permits-rise/34095</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got some good news and some bad news today. The good news is that both Housing Starts and Building Permits rose in March. The bad news is that both housing starts and building permits rose in March. It is good news, since residential investment is historically one of the most important locomotives pulling the U.S. economy out of recessions, and thus far this time around that locomotive has been derailed. It is bad news because we still have an excess inventory of houses, both new and used, particularly if you factor in the massive shadow inventory of used homes where the owners are deeply delinquent on their mortgages or where the banks have already started the foreclosure process. The real answer to the question of if this is good news or bad ]]></description>
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		<title>(FO) Fortune Brands Wins Lawsuit Against Jose Cuervo International</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/07/fo-fortune-brands-wins-lawsuit-against-jose-cuervo-international/32974</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc. (FO), a leading consumer brands company, recently received a favorable jury verdict against Jose Cuervo International, Inc. and its affiliates, relating to a trademark infringement of Maker’s Mark, one of its premium spirits brands. In its verdict, the jury has upheld that the red wax seal coating on Makers’ Mark bottles and its unique design are valid trademark symbols and proprietary to Fortune Brands. Consequently, the jury asked Cuervo and its U.S. distributor, Diageo North America, to avoid using the dripping red wax seal on its products to prevent consumers from being misled. The jury further pointed out that using similar red wax seal would confuse the consumers about the origin of the products. While Fortune Brands use the trademark for a Bourbon whisky, Cuervo use it ]]></description>
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		<title>(FO) Fortune Brands Wins Patent Dispute Against Callaway Golf</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/30/fo-fortune-brands-wins-patent-dispute-against-callaway-golf/32330</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc. (FO), a leading consumer brands company, has recently received a favorable verdict against Callaway Golf Co. (ELY) relating to a patent dispute involving Titleist Pro V1 golf balls, bringing to an end a long-standing legal battle spanning over four years. In its legal suit, Callaway had alleged that Titleist Pro V1 golf balls infringed on four patent rights that were originally owned by Spalding, a sporting goods company, and subsequently bought by Callaway. However, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware corroborated with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and ruled that the disputed patents were invalid. Fortune Brands’ golf equipment business is managed by Acushnet Co. Acushnet has an extensive Research and Development department that combines advanced technology with innovative design, and currently holds ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Report on New U.S. Home Sales is Just Plain Ugly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/27/dhi-report-on-new-u-s-home-sales-is-just-plain-ugly/31692</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales dropped to an all time record low in February, down 2.2% on the month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 308,000. The one saving grace to the report was that the January numbers, which previously were the all-time record low, were revised to a 315,000 rate from the originally reported 309,000 rate. Thus, relative to where we thought we were on home sales last night, sales were just down 0.3%. That, however, kind of misses the overall point. The point is that new home sales remain at record-low levels for the second straight month. We are talking about data that goes all the way back to 1963, when the population was far smaller, and we are well below the level of new home sales way back ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) National Association Of Homebuilder&#8217;s Index Drops</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/18/dhi-national-association-of-homebuilders-index-drops/30714</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association Of Homebuilders sentiment index fell to 15 in March from 17 in February. While the index is well off its record low of 8 set back in January 2009, it remains very depressed. The index is set up so any reading below 50 indicates contraction, and the current rate is well below anything seen prior to the Great Recession (although the history only goes back to 1983). The builders index is a pretty good leading indicator of housing starts. The graph below (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) shows the history of the index plotted against single family home starts. Historically residential investment, with new home construction being the largest part of that, has been the principal locomotive that pulls the economy out of recessions. The dip in the home building ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Slow</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/16/dhi-housing-starts-slow/30767</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, Housing Starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 575,000, a decline of 5.9% from the revised January level and just 0.2% above a year ago. While on first blush the data looks quite negative, there are many caveats. First, while the data is seasonally adjusted, the weather was much worse this year than last, and that might have had an effect, especially when looking at the regional breakdown. Starts were down by 9.6% in the Northeast on the month, but up 6.5% year over year in the region, while they were down 15.5% in the South for the month and off 12.4% year over year there. The big blizzard mostly affected the East Coast, both above and below the Mason-Dixon line. Starts in the Midwest rose ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) New Home Sales Report Shows Plunge</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/24/dhi-new-home-sales-report-shows-plunge/28923</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got some very bad news today on the Housing front. New Home Sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 309,000 from 348,000 in December. That is a drop of 11.2%. The only real silver lining is that the December number was revised upwards from 342,000. The rate was even 6.1% below the extraordinarily depressed level of a year ago when New Home Sales were running at an annual rate of 329,000. How low was it? The lowest of all time, or at least as far back as records are kept (1963). Keep in mind that the U.S. population is far larger now than it was in 1963, growing at about 1% per year. More people should mean more need for places for people to live. Even worse, ]]></description>
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		<title>(FO) Fortune Brands Beats the Street &#8211; Guidance Falls</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/30/fo-fortune-brands-beats-the-street-guidance-falls/26470</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc. (FO) reported fourth quarter results before the opening bell today. The company swung to a net income of $11.5 million from a net loss of $281.3 million in the year-ago quarter. Excluding special items, earnings per share came in at 66 cents, which topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 51 cents derived from 9 covering analysts. However, the company offered a conservative outlook for 2010 and said that it expects EPS of $2.30 to $2.80 per share, which is below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.89 per share derived from 12 covering analysts. Fortune Brands also stated that earnings for the first quarter of 2010 is expected to be lower compared to the year-ago period due to higher brand investment in the Spirits business and incremental costs ]]></description>
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		<title>(FO) Tough Third Quarter for Fortune Brands</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/27/fo-tough-third-quarter-for-fortune-brands/18700</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc. (FO) reported third quarter earnings of 82 cents per share. Although earnings were well above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 63 cents, they were down 59.8% year-over-year. Net sales for the quarter declined 10.6% year-over-year to $1.72 billion, primarily due to flat sales for the company’s spirits business and comparatively moderate revenue declines in the golf and home products brands. The Spirits segment revenues were flat during the quarter, as higher sales of Jim Beam bourbon and Canadian Club whisky, the Cruzan acquisition and strong growth in emerging markets was almost fully offset by soft results in other international markets. In addition, a benefit from the company’s route-to-market initiatives was largely offset by unfavorable foreign exchange. There are signs that the U.S. housing downturn is decelerating, which ]]></description>
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