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US new-home sales collapse in March

2015-04-23 17:22:34| Real Estate - Topix.net

" Sales of new U.S. homes plummeted in March, as the spring buying season opened with sharp declines in the Northeast and South. The Commerce Department said Thursday that new-home sales fell 11.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 481,000.

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Cdn unions blast clothiers over factory collapse funding shortfall

2015-04-17 23:16:28| Apparel - Topix.net

People rescue garment workers trapped under rubble at the Rana Plaza building after it collapsed, in Savar, 30 km outside Dhaka in this April 24, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj/Files Canadian unions called out The Children's Place, Benetton Group and other clothiers for allegedly paying too little into the fund for the families of the 1,138 Bangladeshi garment workers killed and the thousands injured in the factory collapse there nearly two years ago.

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North American Railroads Caught by Speed of Crude-Oil Collapse

2015-03-27 06:20:11| Railroads - Topix.net

A Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. train transporting oil in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. Railroads, including CSX Corp. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., have upheld predictions made in January that their trains would haul more crude than last year albeit at a slower growth pace.

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Injuries in blast, building collapse in New York's East Village

2015-03-27 01:48:46| Energy - Topix.net

Inspectors from New York's gas utility were at a building in Manhattan's East Village on Thursday a little more than an hour before a fiery blast injured a dozen people, at least three critically, leveled the structure and a neighboring one, officials said. The explosion appeared to be "gas-related," Mayor Bill de Blasio said, adding there were no reports of gas leaks beforehand.

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