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An ongoing rebound in the new home market is leading to better sales of building materials and new appliances, CEOs told CNBC on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK-- KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded Owens Corning, foreseeing accelerated profit growth from all three of the company's divisions this year.
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*JP Morgan raises target price to $42 from $35; rating neutral. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
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*Stifel raises target price to $50 from $43; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
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*RBC raises target price to $50 from $44; rating sector perform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899 (; ().
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An ongoing rebound in the new home market is leading to better sales of building materials and new appliances, CEOs told CNBC on Wednesday.
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Owens Corning posted strong Q1 earnings. CEO Mike Thaman offers insight on the quarter and the company's plans for the rest of 2013.
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The Dow dipped while the S&P 500 edged up on Wednesday as a sharp drop in durable goods orders last month added to worries about slower U.S. economic activity and Apple's results disappointed investors. **BOEING CO, $91.15, up 3.3 pct. **APPLE INC, $401.20, down 1 pct.
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Earnings: Still choppy, but mostly good news for tech and building materials.
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Apple briefly got some of its shine back, after it delivered a package of capital programs that shareholders have been clamoring for.
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It's make-or-break time for the first-quarter earnings season, and it comes just as the stock market is showing signs of strain.
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The "Talking Squawk" blog is meant to be a funny, sarcastic look at business news through the unique "Squawk Box" lens. But it was difficult to think about anything from that viewpoint this week.
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Suppliers like T. Boone Pickens' Clean Energy Fuels, Royal Dutch Shell and China's private ENN Group are scrambling to build natural gas fueling stations along U.S. highways, while Cummins-Westport Inc will begin later this year selling a 12- liter natural gas engine able to power the biggest trucks on the road.
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Although the U.S. housing market is improving, some analysts are saying the run may be over for the home builder stocks.
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Owens Corning CEO Michael Thaman discusses quarterly earnings, and the state of the housing market. "We believe we will begin to grow in 2013, and we'll probably have a 3-4 year run where we could see 10-15 percent growth," he says.
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Is housing slowing down? January housing starts, at 890,000, was below expectations of 925,000, which follows the poor showing of the National Association of Home Builders builder sentiment index.
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One problem with stocks at new highs: Corporate buybacks have been dropping, hitting an eight-month low last week, according to TrimTabs.
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Most stocks trade in tandem with the market. But some tend to bounce back a little faster.
