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Top Mutual Funds of 2012 Rebound From Poor 2011
percent and was the top stock in the S&P 500 last year. A couple other homebuilders in the fund's top 10 holdings, KB Home and Lennar, jumped 135 percent and 97 percent, respectively. Those strong gains reflect what Miller and McLemore call
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Big Holiday Hiring Plans for U.S. Retailers
show a rise. Homebuilder optimism is at its highest point this year. Share prices of several big firms are soaring. KB Home shares have more than doubled this year. At last! Some price relief at the pumps. Gas prices are falling. New numbers
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Stocks end mixed as profit outlook dims
Lobster, ended up 4.5% after reporting a higher quarterly profit. Gaining even more -- 16.4% -- was homebuilder KB Home . Apple, which just released the iPhone 5, also ended up, gaining 0.2%. Losing ground Friday were the Dow Jones
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Home Sales Jump 3.4 Percent in April
confident since last fall, in part because more people have expressed an interest in buying a home. Shares in PulteGroup, KB Home and other big homebuilding firms rallied today on the stock market. Richard Davies Business Correspondent ABC NEWS Radio
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Subdivisions go urban as housing market changes
are looking for something different." In California, KB Home built Primera Terra at Playa Vista, near Marina Del Rey number of people," says Steve Ruffner, president of KB Home Southern California. "People are very interested in technology
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U.S. stocks decline; euro dives on Greece turmoil
S. builders hit a five-year high, giving home builder stocks a strong boost. Home builders rallied, including KB Home kbh , Lennar Corp. len and Hovnanian Enterprises hov . In early trading, stocks were helped by a report of growth in retail
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U.S. wavers; euro dives on Greece turmoil
rose to a five-year high in May. The index has risen for seven of the past eight months. Home builders rallied. KB Home kbh and Lennar Corp. rose 4%, Hovnanian Enterprises hov 5%. Stocks were also helped by a report of growth in retail sales
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Shareholders don't often vote against huge CEO pay
Citigroup's plan is more the exception than the rule. Just three other companies, International Game Technology, Actuant and KB Home , have had executive pay plans voted down this year, Borges says. By Wall Street standards, $15 million isn't
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Shareholder uprisings on executive pay limited, so far
Citigroup's plan is more the exception than the rule. Just three other companies, International Game Technology, Actuant and KB Home , have had executive pay plans voted down this year, Borges says. By Wall Street standards, $15 million isn't
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Go Green When You Buy Your Next Homeemployment and record foreclosures, KB Home , one of America's premier home environmentally-friendly. On May 17, KB Home unveiled the Primera Terra, the largest and a "living" wall. According to KB Home CEO Jeffrey Mezger, the goal of this
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Lindsay Lohan Faces House Arrest; How Bad Can It Be?arrest instead of jail time. But celebrities seem to get more of a break by virtue of their wealth. Last year, former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz, who was convicted of mail fraud and providing false statements, was sentenced to eight months of
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Builders offer green tract homes with nearly zero utility bills
Meritage’s effort reflects an industrywide push to build homes that cost less to operate. Last month, Los Angeles-based KB Home announced that it will include as a standard feature in 10 Southern California communities a small, six-panel rooftop
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Home builder index posts third straight monthly rise
Some have rolled back incentives and even raised some of their home prices. Others are buying land again. On Wednesday, KB Home said it has started building homes again in the Mid-Atlantic region, notably in Washington, D.C. The Los Angeles-based
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Alcoa Kicks Off Earnings Seasondue to cost cutting efforts and now the focus is on those sales figures and weather reports We heard this morning from KB home . One at the apparently the fifth biggest home builder but based in LA they operate in eleven states saying that profit
figures -- and weather reports -- We heard this morning from KB home . One at the -- apparently the fifth biggest home builder but based in LA they operate in eleven states saying that profit -
Death of the McMansionthe days of high marble counter tops the best light fixtures kitchen cabinets. And it's not just mentions the average KB home in developments across the country used to be about 2400. Square feet. Now they're shaving two or 300 square feet off
light fixtures kitchen cabinets. And it's not just -- mentions the average KB home in developments across the country used to be about 2400. Square feet. Now they're shaving two or 300 square feet off their
