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(Continued from page I 8) annual rate of 532,000, thanks to a 6l.7Vo spike in multifamily starts ... regionally starts skyrocketed 28.67o in the West permits rose 4Vo to a rate of 5 18,000

Tolko Marketing & Sales Ltd. has selected Silvaris Corp., Bellevue. Wa.. to handle all North American sales of off-cut and offgrade OSB ...

Masonite International Corp. has restructured and emersed from Chapter ll bankruptcy,-S5 days after its filing ...

DeWalt Industrial Tools has voluntarily recalled two framing nailers-D51 825 and D51850due to safety concerns ...

J&W Lumber, Escondido, Ca., was honored as California Small Business of the Year for its district during the annual Califomia Small Business Day held in Sacramento, Ca....

Woodfo ld Manufacturing, F orest Grove. Ca.. won a 2009 innovation & sustainability award from Portland Business Journal

National Retail Federation and Retail Industry Leaders Associationbroke off merger talks.

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