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Plenty of executive appointments over the past two weeks. Here’s Electrical Marketing’s expanded coverage of personnel changes in the electrical market.
Dec. 21, 2012
Wire man John Pasqual and lighting rep Jack Melnick
Dec. 21, 2012
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Electrical product prices remained on their flat trend, showing no change from October and little change in almost all major product categories.
Dec. 21, 2012
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Privately-owned housing starts in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 861,000, 3% below the revised October estimate, but 21.6% above the Nov. 2011 rate.
Dec. 21, 2012
Dec. 21, 2012
Veteran reps form new agency in Raleigh; WinWholesale buys Lloyd Graves in Texas; United Electric Supply expands through acquisition; and more.
Dec. 21, 2012
W.W. Grainger Inc., Lake Forest, Ill., announced plans to purchase Techni-Tool Inc., Worcester, Pa., a 200-plus employee distributor supplying customers in the cable television...
Dec. 21, 2012
Kaman Industrial Technologies (KIT), the industrial distribution business Kaman Corp., Bloomfield, Conn., has built up in recent acquisitions of Minarik, Zeller Electric and others...
Dec. 21, 2012
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg offered an update on the city’s plans to renovate its infrastructure to withstand future storms.
Dec. 7, 2012

Housing Starts Show Some Life in July

Housing starts slowed in July after a 14.6 percent surge in June, according to the U.S Census Bureau. Privately-owned housing starts in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 604,000, 1.5 percent below the June estimate of 613,000, but 9.8 percent above the July 2010 rate of 550,000
Aug. 26, 2011

Housing starts slowed in July after a 14.6 percent surge in June, according to the U.S Census Bureau. Privately-owned housing starts in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 604,000, 1.5 percent below the June estimate of 613,000, but 9.8 percent above the July 2010 rate of 550,000. Single-family housing starts in July were at a rate of 425,000, 4.9 percent below the revised June figure of 447,000. The July rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 170,000.

Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 597,000, 3.2 percent below the revised June rate of 617,000, but 3.8 percent above the July 2010 estimate of 575,000. Single-family authorizations in July were at a rate of 404,000, 0.5 percent above the revised June figure of 402,000. Building permits for structures with five units or more were at a rate of 171,000 in July.