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The company's fourth-quarter loss widened as the building-products maker reported steep write-down charges and an income-tax expense, while the company's sales decline was worse than expected.

Inflation Jitters Send the DJIA Down 41.55 Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2011

Mr. Henry was then CEO of Johns Manville, a building-products company in Denver.

Rethinking the Oracle Al Lewis 2011

*** Retail Wolseley, the world's largest plumbing- and building-products merchant by market value, said it swung to a fiscal first-half net profit of £133 million $212.7 million, compared to a loss of £220 million a year earlier.

Business Watch 2011

Westlake, a Houston-based maker of basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers and fabricated PVC products, said it sent its proposal in a Sept. 20 letter to Georgia Gulf, another big PVC player with a large exposure to the building-products sector.

Westlake Chemical Stalking Georgia Gulf Doug Cameron 2012

LONDON— Wolseley , the world's largest plumbing- and building-products merchant by market value, Tuesday said it swung to a first-half net profit and will resume dividend payments owing to improved demand in most of its markets.

Wolseley Swings to Profit Michael Haddon 2011

"This is what we came for," said Colfax Chief Executive Clay Kiefaber , who joined the company last year from Masco Corp., a building-products specialist.

Colfax Bids $2 Billion for Charter Doug Cameron 2011

Those companies are mostly in the aerospace, defense, electrical-equipment, machinery and building-products businesses.

Economy Clips Factories James R. Hagerty 2011

Temple-Inland accused International Paper of trying to exploit the weakness in its lumber and building-products business, which remains under pressure because of the dismal housing-construction market.

Temple-Inland Rejects IP's $3.38 Billion Bid Bob Tita 2011

Paper and building-products maker Temple-Inland, which rejected the offer, said International Paper was trying to take advantage of the weak housing market to buy Temple-Inland at "a bargain price."

M&A Mojo Falters as Markets Trip Gina Chon 2011

Temple also operates a building-products business that has been hit hard by the decline in the U.S. construction sector.

Temple-Inland Board Rejects International Paper's Hostile Bid Bob Tita 2011