CNNMoney: Investors feast on popularity of 'The Hunger Games'

CNNMoney

Investors feast on popularity of 'The Hunger Games'
By Chris Isidore @CNNMoney Markets March 21, 2012: 9:51 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Teenagers love "The Hunger Games," a hot trilogy of books about to hit theaters. But the biggest fans may be from an older generation -- investors.

CNNMoney: Home buying much cheaper than renting

CNNMoney

Home buying much cheaper than renting
By Les Christie @CNNMoney March 21, 2012: 5:13 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- It's the eternal question in real estate: Should I buy or rent?

NYT: Korean Oil Firm Is Part of Group Buying El Paso Assets

NYT

March 21, 2012, 12:24 pm Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Oil Firm Is Part of Group Buying El Paso Assets
By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED

The consortium of firms buying the El Paso Corporation’s exploration and production businesses has grown a little larger and has drawn overseas interest.

CNNMoney: The fake housing recovery

CNNMoney

The Buzz
The fake housing recovery
By Paul R. La Monica @lamonicabuzz March 20, 2012: 12:40 PM ET

An ETF of home builder stocks is trouncing the broader market. But that may not necessarily mean housing has bottomed. Many of the stocks in the ETF are NOT builders.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- When is a homebuilder not a homebuilder? When it's in an index of homebuilder stocks, of course!

Apartment Nation: Trend to Multi-Family Housing Continues

Real Estate
Apartment Nation: Trend to Multi-Family Housing Continues
By Peter Coy
March 20, 2012

The U.S. is a long way from Germany, where only 42 percent of families are homeowners. But construction of multi-family units is growing faster than construction of single-family homes—a trend confirmed today by the Census Bureau’s monthly report on residential construction.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-20/apartment-nation-trend-to-multi-family-housing-continues

USA Today: Housing starts drop in February, but building permits rise

USA Today

Housing starts drop in February, but building permits rise
By Derek Kravitz, Associated Press

WASHINGTON – U.S. builders are betting that the housing market is finally on the path back to health.

Fortune: The one number to watch for a housing recovery

FORTUNE

The one number to watch for a housing recovery
By Nin-Hai Tseng, Writer March 20, 2012: 5:00 AM ET

If you're waiting for home prices to go up, then you're missing signs the troubled housing market has finally turned around.

Copper Mining in Chile

Copper Mining in Chile
Katarzyna Staniewska / Chile

For many a century, mining – and especially copper mining – has played an important part in the Chilean economy. Chile’s copper mines are mostly situated in the Atacama Desert. As of now, they experience a boom due to the ever-increasing demand on copper worldwide. But while the mines of today are still expanding, in future decades copper recycling and substitution will make necessary a re-orientation of the Chilean economy.

CNNMoney: Foreclosures fall, but there's a 'rising tide' ahead

CNNMoney

Foreclosures fall, but there's a 'rising tide' ahead
By Les Christie @CNNMoney March 15, 2012: 9:07 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The number of homes entering foreclosure dropped in February, but a new up-turn may soon be on its way.

U.S. solar and wind industries expand

USA TODAY

U.S. solar and wind industries expand
By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY

Despite last year's bankruptcies of several solar manufacturers, including government-backed Solyndra, the U.S. solar and wind industries continue to expand in the face of obstacles this year.