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Home Depot’s first-quarter profit decline is due to a slumping housing market, the company reports.

PM Managing Editor Kelly Faloon wraps up her live reports from the 2007 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas.

PM Managing Editor Kelly Faloon continues her live reports from the 2007 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas.

PM Managing Editor Kelly Faloon reports live from the 2007 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas.

Americans will spend nearly $233 billion on home remodeling this year, according to the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) 2007 industry forecast. That represents a 1.9% increase from the

Manufacturers cite lack of alternative materials.

Combined U.S. factory shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for March totaled 636,199, up 65% from last month’s total, but down 12% from March 2006 shipments.

H.R. 2076 proposes to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish maximum lead levels for drinking water through restricting the amount of lead used in the production of bathroom fixtures and fittings.

Electrical distributors report predictions for a strong upturn in sales growth in the second quarter 2007, despite a continued decline during the first quarter, according to NAED’s most recent Quarterly Sales Change Expectation Survey (QSCE).

American Standard announced it has returned to its roots and is introducing new premium non-condensing oil- and gas-fired cast iron water boilers.