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Builders catching on to the appeal of solar-powered homes
With demand for energy-efficient homes surging in Southern California, home builders are producing more houses with rooftop solar power systems than ever before. About 4,000 new homes were built with a rooftop solar power system last year in...
Tags: SunPower Corp., Energy Saving, Real Estate, Renewable Energy, House Building
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Three new names on MOCA board
Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed three new trustees, including Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of KB Homes who was convicted three years ago on four felony counts of failing to disclose the backdating of stock options. Also...
Tags: Crimes, Herb Wesson, Walt Disney, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Chinese carmaker to open first U.S. plant in Lancaster in October
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris is determined to make his desert town a hub for Chinese companies specializing in alternative energy. That dream came a little closer at the public unveiling Wednesday of the plug-in electric bus factory owned by Build Your...
Tags: China, Plant Openings, Politics, Local Government, Government
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Whole Foods to anchor new Playa Vista city center project
Construction is underway on the long-awaited city center for Playa Vista that will include its first grocery store -- a Whole Foods Market. About the size of four city blocks, the $260-million shopping and apartment project called Runway is intended...
Tags: Arts and Culture, CVS Corp., Whole Foods Market, Bank of America Corp.
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Jodie Gates to head USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
Jodie Gates — a former principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet who has since become one of Southern California's most prominent dance leaders — will become the director of the new USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Gates is a professor of...
Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Dance, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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MOCA adds three to board of trustees
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles announced Wednesday that it has added three people to its board of trustees. Their election comes at a still-vulnerable time for the museum, which has been dealing with financial problems in recent years....
Tags: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Companies and Corporations, Arts and Culture, Corporate Officers, Museums
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Home builder Taylor Morrison to go public amid housing recovery
Taylor Morrison Home Corp., a builder with operations in Orange and San Diego counties as well as the Bay Area, is preparing to raise up to $602 million by selling a minority stake to the public as the recovery in housing takes off. Taylor Morrison,...
Tags: Oaktree Capital Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, House Building, Consumer Confidence, Mortgages
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Manufacturing growth unexpectedly slowed in March, ISM reports
WASHINGTON -- Growth in the crucial manufacturing sector unexpectedly slowed in March as companies reported fewer new orders and less production compared with the previous month. The Institute for Supply Management's widely watched purchasing managers...
Tags: Industrial Production
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Foreclosures decline nationwide to lowest level since 2007
Foreclosures nationwide continued to fall steadily last month, adding more momentum to the housing recovery. Completed foreclosures fell 19% year over year to 54,000, the lowest level since September 2007, according to real estate data provider CoreLogic....Tags: Foreclosures, Real Estate Sales
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Pending home sales flat with low housing supply
New data show that new contracts signed for homes were flat in February — a sign inventory remains low in a competitive market. The National Assn. of Realtors said its pending home sales index fell 0.4% from the prior month but was up 8.4% over...
Tags: Real Estate, Services and Shopping, House Building, Inventories, Real Estate Sales
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'Shadow inventory' of homes declined in January, report says
The number of distressed properties that may soon hit the market declined in January, according to a new report. The nation’s so-called shadow inventory fell to 2.2 million units in January, an 18% drop from the same month a year earlier, real...Tags: Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Inventories, Real Estate Buyers
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New home sales dip with low supply
Sales of new homes dipped last month. The Commerce Department reported that newly built homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 411,000 in February. That was 4.6% below the previous month but up 12.3% over the year. New-home sales numbers...Tags: Real Estate Sales, Homes
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