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*Consumer costs up by 180 mln pounds 2007-2011- Competition Commission. LONDON/ FRANKFURT, May 21- Britain's dominant cement makers could be forced to sell off plants to tackle a lack of competition which regulators say has cost customers hundreds of millions of pounds.
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CNBC real estate reporter Diana Olick with what to expect in the housing sector this spring.
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The U.S. housing market will see no surge at the start of spring, as fewer buyers signed contracts to purchase existing homes in February.
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Business is brisk, but the new-home market won't be back to normal for a while, Meritage CEO Steven Hilton said.
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In October 2007, the housing market was in the direct path of a massive foreclosure storm. Today, it is still picking up the pieces.
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*Vanke, Poly Real Estate down maximum 10 pct. HONG KONG, March 4- Hong Kong and China shares slumped on Monday, with the CSI300 suffering its heaviest single day loss in 28 months after Beijing hit property developers with more tightening measures to contain housing costs that were harsher than expected.
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HONG KONG, March 4- Hong Kong and China shares fell sharply on Monday, with the CSI300 set for its worst day in two years after Beijing hit property developers with more tightening measures to contain housing costs that were harsher than expected. The announcement came ahead of the start of China's annual parliamentary meetings.
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Swiss citizens voted on Sunday to impose some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, forcing public companies to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation, result projections showed.
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*Big payout for outgoing Novartis chairman sparked new outrage. ZURICH, March 3- Swiss citizens voted on Sunday to impose some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, forcing public companies to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation, result projections showed.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli has the latest data on construction. What it indicates about the economy and its impact on the markets, with CNBC's Steve Liesman.
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Calls for ending the mortgage interest deduction are circling through Washington. Proponents of the deduction say they're prepared to fight to the bitter end.
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*Swiss to vote on limits to executive pay on March 3. ZURICH, Feb 21- The year is 2026. Switzerland is in a state of anarchy. Economiesuisse has cancelled the film's release, worried it could alienate voters ahead of a March 3 referendum asking the Swiss whether shareholders in public companies should have a binding vote on pay.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb 18- Mexico's growth picked up in the final months of last year as strength in consumer spending buoyed Latin America's no. 2 economy but a fall in industrial activity backed bets on lower interest rates ahead.
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MEXICO CITY/ MONTERREY, Feb 7- Mexico's Cemex, the giant cement company that has been struggling to turn around its debt-laden business since the U.S. housing crisis, said weak sales in Europe offset a pickup in its U.S. business and led it to report a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss.
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MEXICO CITY/ MONTERREY, Feb 7- Mexico's Cemex, the giant cement company that has been struggling to turn around its debt-laden business since the U.S. housing crisis, said weak sales in Europe offset a pickup in its U.S. business and led it to report a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss.
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The housing recovery continues. Residential construction is strong, but the commercial business is still spotty.
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The divide between new and existing home prices is wider than ever and as one analyst notes, "The only people who can buy are people who are very well off, so that's created a positive mix shift."
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Wood products maker, Boise Cascade, is scheduled to make it's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday at an expected price of between $18 to $20 per share.
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U.S. home prices are suddenly soaring again and raising some serious red flags.
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After improving in 2011, foreclosures ramped up again in 2012, and will likely continue to rise as banks clear out backlogs of distressed loans. More than half of the top 200 U.S. housing markets saw foreclosure numbers rise, according to a new report from RealtyTrac, reports CNBC's Diana Olick.
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Pfizer fourth-quarter profit more than quadrupled because of a $4.8 billion gain from selling its nutrition business.