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Toll shares rise as Q4 net contracts up 42 percent (Reuters)
The slump in the housing market ended around March, and while there is improvement, it will be slow and fitful, U.S. luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Incs Chief Executive Robert Toll said on Wednesday.
Smithfield Foods, Toll Brothers are big movers (AP)
The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange:
Market climbs on homebuilder forecast, China data (Reuters)
The Standard Poors 500 index closed at a fresh 13-month high on Wednesday as an upbeat forecast from a top homebuilder and data from China pointed to a strengthening global economy.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Reports Strong Growth for Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year (Business Wire)
WATERBURY, Vt.----Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., today announced its results for the quarter and year ended September 26, 2009, reporting outstanding top and bottom line growth for both periods.
Paradigm Holdings Provides Business Update and Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2009 (Business Wire)
ROCKVILLE, Md.----Paradigm Holdings, Inc. , a provider of comprehensive information technology and cyber security solutions for federal government enterprises, today provided an update for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
Conmed Healthcare Management Announces Successful Renewal of Baltimore County Detention Center Contract (Business Wire)
HANOVER, Md.----Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. , a leading full service provider of correctional facility healthcare services to county detention centers, today announced that Baltimore County, MD., has exercised the first of two three-year renewal options, effective from September 15, 2009 to September 14, 2012 for the Baltimore County Detention Center.