Housing starts in October fell 14.6% in vs. September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,486,000. This is 27.4% below the October 2005 rate of 2,046,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This is the lowest level of housing construction in more than six years, driven by a 26.4% decline in the South, 11.7% fall in the Midwest and 2.1% decline in the West.

Single-family housing starts in October were at a rate of 1,177,000, a fall of 15.9% from the September figure of 1,400,000. 

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November 17, 2006 1:43 PM | Permalink

Currently, more than one-third  (102.5 million) of all Americans access the Internet via a broadband connection. JupiterResearch predicts that 79 million US  households will have broadband access by 2011. 

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November 17, 2006 12:24 PM | Permalink

November 17, 2006 11:37 AM | Permalink

Morningstar surveyed the U.S.-based information technology services firms landscape and sorted the key players into the good, the bad, and the hairy. 

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November 17, 2006 10:57 AM | Permalink

A compendium of revealing stats and the key leading economic indicators and business metrics based on today's Wall Street Journal article and reports:

How Milton Friedman Changed Economics, Policy and Markets: Milton Friedman was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 1976. He was best known for explaining the role of money supply in economic and inflation fluctuations. A half century ago, Milton Friedman's advocacy of free markets over government intervention and his prescription for inflation-fighting by central banks were treated as fringe notions by many economists.

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November 17, 2006 10:09 AM | Permalink