Budgeting by the Numbers 2011
A look at where businesses are looking to spend and how the cost of some line items are expected to change next year.
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Nov. 29, 2005 --The red-hot housing market has peaked and will start cooling off in the months ahead, the nation's largest real estate tra... Read more
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New Home Sales Drop Sharply
Dec. 23, 2005 --New home sales plunged in November by the biggest month-to-month decline in over a decade, as rising mortgage rates kept m... Read more
New Home Sales Drop Sharply
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