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• ProBuild CEO: Our Sales Will Fall to $3B This Year

  Hylbert's forecast suggests America's No. 1 LBM dealer has shrunk by nearly one-third in a year.

• Speedup in Demand for Countertops Forecast

  Freedonia Group predicts growth rate for 2008-2013 will hit 2.4% per year.

• Start-Up Plans To Build 25 Eco-LBM Stores in California

  New Home Inc. stores will carry more than 200,000 eco-friendly products from more than 500 manufacturers.

• Stock Building Supply Emerges From Chapter 11

  America's No. 2 LBM dealer will focus on 19 markets.

• NAHB Cuts '09, '10 Starts Forecasts by 25%

  Economist David Crowe projects 490,000 starts this year and 649,000 starts in 2010.

• Forecast: Lumber Demand Will Shrink 30% in '09

  Trade group's prediction assumes just 432,000 housing starts this year.

• Lumber Dealer Association Continues Push for Eco-Label Grade Stamp

  NLBMDA says grading stamp would allow for easier identification of eco-friendly materials.

• USGBC Says Expansion of Wood Standard Unlikely Before December

  Executive says group now hopes to resolve long-running battle by year-end.

• Analyst: Stock Probably Must Go for its Parent To Survive

  A Goldman Sachs report circulates as Wolseley weighs a $1.4 billion rights issue.

• Stock's Part-Year Operating Loss Doubles

  Stock Building Supply posts a $110 million loss from September through December on a 23% fall in revenue.