Home builder stocks face a wild ride ahead of key selling season

4:30 pm ET Mar 6, 2007

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Home builder stocks face a wild ride ahead of key selling season

BOSTON Shares of home builders could see plenty of volatility ahead as
nervous investors try to get a handle on whether the key selling season
shakes out as a bust or the first step to a meaningful recovery in the
housing market.

Emerging Markets Report: Political uncertainty clouds view for Thai
investors

NEW YORK
Thailand named an economist to be the new finance minister on Tuesday,
just as it said that economic growth slowed down in the fourth quarter
of 2006, pressured by increasing political uncertainty and declining
business confidence.