New home sales fall sharply amid housing downturn
A Commerce Department report shows 2006 annual new home sales at about 1.06 million units, down 17.3 percent from 2005's record. December gains of 4.8 percent follow November's 7.4 percent rise, aided by warm weather, with regional shifts and a modest price increase of 1.8 percent last year. Durable goods orders rose 3.1 percent in December, led by aircraft and autos, marking several months of improvement.
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New Mexico Chile Conference Set for Las Cruces
The 26th annual New Mexico Chile Conference will run February 5 and 6 at the Hotel Encanto in Las Cruces. Topics include irrigation district water filtration, pesticide licensing, crop management, biotech, mechanization, and product development with speakers from New Mexico and Arizona and a student poster session. For registration contact the Chile Pepper Institute at 505 646 3028.
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NMSU Leads Dairy Consortium for Southern Great Plains
NMSU Extension dairy specialist G. Robert Hagevoort says the Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium will unite universities and federal institutes to bring research based knowledge to dairy farms in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas. The alliance with Texas A M University Texas Tech University and others aims to boost research extension and outreach to improve production efficiency herd health milk quality and environmental stewardship.
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Mobile phones spur growth in Vietnam and beyond
An AP report outlines how mobile phones transformed Vietnam’s economy from 1995 to today, with 33 phones per 100 people and 10 cent per minute calls. It notes rising global subscriptions, mobile money services in the Philippines, and studies linking wireless penetration to GDP gains, highlighting firms like McKinsey Vodafone and Waverman.
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