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WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- Confidence among U.S. building contractors slipped in April for the first time in seven months, a national housing market index indicated.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was unchanged in March, but fell 3 points to 25, the trade group said.
The break-even point on the index is 50 points. Below 50 means more builders view business conditions as more unfavorable than favorable.
The index, which has been published for 25 years, asks builders to rate sales expectations for the next six month and current customer traffic, which is to say prospective buyers.
The index is low by historic standards and each of the component indexes registered declines in April, NAHB said.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, May 17 (UPI) --
Nobel Energy of Houston, which discovered Israel's big gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, is pressing the government to decide soon on an energy export policy as the prospect of an undersea pipeline to Turkey gains credibility.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, May 17 (UPI) --
mid growing concerns about security threats from Syria and Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has greatly reduced planned defense budget cuts.
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