84 Lumber Closes 30 Stores • Steel Prices Rise Again, Unemplyment Rises and so do Construction Wages • Home Depot to cut 970 jobs in HR restructuring • Non-ALS Stamp - CA • Canfor Slashes Production Again • Sienna Homes Acquires Halliday Homes Canada • New Equipment from Pulte Should Boost Productivity • Engineered Wood Wins Outstanding Invention Award • Housing projects Tailored to niches • Building Energy Code Survey • Globally More than 282 Million Cubic Meters of Wood Panel to be Consumed by 2010 • Steel Buyers Face Rrecord-High Prices as Imports Slow to a Halt • North American Average Carbon Steel Prices – Latest Forecasts • Immigration Battle on Capitol Hill • When family businesses go bust  • Homebuilder Wieland pulls back on $5M gift to Emory • More layoffs expected in construction, real estate • KB Home sees big loss in first quarter • HIRI conference speakers say housing recovery will have to wait  • Home builder plans 1,487 solar-powered homes  • Home Depot settles lawsuit with shareholders  • Two more Lowe’s stores announced in Toronto area  • Home Depot plans cuts to store-level HR staff  • American steel prices to raise • Scrap Prices in US Surge in Last Week  • Colorado's Alpine Lumber Buys Five Yards From Nevada's A.C. Houston • Why the Lowest Bid Is Bad Business for All • Wolseley Plc Joins International OTCQX • Four Simple Steps on How to Deal With Abusive Customers • Put Your Calls On Hold While Driving • House Committee Passes Combustible Dust Bill  • ‘No Match’ Rule Reissued While Injunction Remains in Place • U.S. Government To Increase Fines For Employers Who Hire Unauthorized Workers • Immigration And Employment Law In 21st Century America – Parallel Universes Coming Together • NAR Predicts Housing Upturn in Second Half of 2008  • The Fed Is Fighting on Two Fronts  • Policy Help Hopefully Is Coming • Housing Market Indicators Are Flashing Red • Financial Markets Remain Under Stress  • The Labor Market Is Steadily Deteriorating  • NAHB’s Forecast Now Shows Economic Recession in 2008  • ASTM International Award of Merit Recognizes David S. Gromala • Construction Law Briefing Paper - April 2008 • Lumber by the Number - Boise Cascade Family Tree Branches Out • Much of What Was Wheeler's Rises from Ashes as New Company • Unsold Home Inventory Casts Shadow on Apartments • Flurry of Housing Measures Aim at Jump-Starting Economy • Small Business Health Insurance Bill Introduced • Universal Forest Products, Inc. Reports 1st Quarter Sales and Earnings Decline  • Precision Component Buys Scottsdale Property • FPS announces completition of online Interactive Library  • U.S. lumber prices jump as Canfor cuts output • Steel Demand Remains Sturdy Thanks to Emerging Economies • IISI Issues Short Range Global Steel Forecast Strong Demand • Home Builders See an Uptick Despite Cloudy Economy • Prices Surge for Imports - Steel, Oil, Gas; Non Residential Construction; Retail Sales • Wood Products Companies Take on Global Warming • Major Manufacturers Commit to Responsibly Source Forest Products • More Than 70 Organizations Honored by Energy Star • Better building design is best chance to reduce climate change, says report  • Green Roof Trend Brings Big Business for Builders, Growers  • Experts warn of homes' frailties in storms • March Housing Starts • Residential Market May be Stabilizing • CMHC: Canada Housing Starts Brisk in March • Oregon Builder Reloads With New Communities • Lennar to Elect Entire Board Annually • A.M. Best Special Report: Tornado Losses Approach Those of Hurricanes • Senate Passes Housing Relief Bill • South Carolina immigration reform dies • Iowa House Passes Bill to Deter Hiring of Illegal Immigrants  • Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants Spurs Backlash Among Locals • USCIS Extends Work Authorization For Certain Foreign Students And Alleviates The Cap Gap Problem  • Drug And Alcohol Testing By Employers In Canada – A Legal Issues Pulse-Check Focus On Quebec Employment And Labour Law • Department of Homeland Security Issues Supplemental Proposed Rule Regarding No-Match Letters • DHS "No-Match" Rule Puts Employers In "No-Win" Situation • New Jersey´s Paid Family Leave Law: The Hidden Costs To Employers Doing Business In The Garden State • Ten Steps Towards A Successful Document Management Outsourcing • Obesity Costly for Employers • Confined Space Safety and Rescue: Challenges and Lessons Learned • Culture, Leadership Critical to Reducing Workplace Injuries • Surveys Find Consumers More Upbeat About Home Buying • States, Localities Have Options to Stimulate the Economy • Tidewater Builders Paint a Brighter Picture of Their Housing Market • The Good News About This Housing Bust • The Brighter Side of Housing: Amid Downturn, 'Unaffordable' Is Within Reach  • Recession? 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Considers Illegal Immigration Law • R.I. employers face possible mandate on E-Verify  • Arizona's Immigration Two-Step • Job Cuts Expose Employers To Liabilities • Mixed Results For Employers In Latest California Medical Leave Act Ruling • New Employment Law Triples Exposure For Massachusetts Employers • Florida Enacts Law Allowing Employees To Keep Guns In Their Cars At Work • Builders Lead the Way in Energy Efficient Housing, Congress Told • Take Steps to Save Energy on Earth Day, Says NAHB • MA Builder Turns Green to Jump-Start Business  • Preservation seen as ultimate in green building • New LEED Model Tracks Commercial Building Performance Over Life Cycle • Truck Manufacturers Offer Green Solutions • RFP set to make wood pellets • 2008 Tropical Forecast Calls for Active Atlantic Season  • New Study Ranks Best, Worst State Lawsuit Climates • Minister Wants Another $50M to Fight Pine Beetle  • California: `The big one' likely to hit by 2038 • British Columbia’s new in-demand commodity is . . . sawdust • David Weekley Achieves Largest Private Builder Status • Fulton Takes over as CEO at Weyerhaeuser • Beazer Launches New Building Program • Soaring Steel Makes Winners and Losers • Prefabricated Panels Gaining Competitive Edge  • Energy Relief Available At New Johnstown Development • EPA to consider formaldehyde rule • Virtual Construction Site Allows Consumers to 'Look Behind the Walls'  • Forestry forum searches for answers • Nucor, AK Steel Boost Profits as Prices Boom, Fueling Inflation • BFS Reports $15.8 Million Loss • Pulte Reports a Heavy Loss in the First Quarter  • Meritage Homes reports $45 million loss  • Tough First Quarter for Universal Forest Products  • USG Reports First Quarter Loss • HD Supply launches proprietary brands  • March Construction Slides 8 Percent • Employment; Architecture;Hotel Room Construction; Value Added GDP; Consruction Costs • Home prices continue to plunge  • Menards Plans New Southern Ohio Location  • RONA Will Target Commercial, Pro Markets in '08 • Kredich Named USGBC’s New Vice President, Residential Market • Credit Tightening on Builder Loans Threatens to Prolong Housing Downturn  • Latest Bank of Canada Survey Shows Cooler Outlook for Construction • Non-Residential Construction Outlook AIA  • The House That Green Built • SFI Celebrates Collaboration and Growth in Sustainable Forest Management  • Government of Canada Helps Forest Sector Develop International Opportunities • Mountain beetle eats Canada's carbon plan: Corcoran  • Family Banking on Pressure-Treated Products to Grow Lumber Business • Carbon Credits Should be More Inclusive • MEPS Sees Record Hike Steel Prices in US  • Prices: How Low is Low? 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