Home prices rose for the sixth straight month in November, fueled by tax credits for homebuyers. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index released Tuesday inched up 0.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted reading of 145.49. The index was off 5.3 percent from ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc <TOL.N> said on Wednesday that it expected to report a 51 percent drop in quarterly homebuilding revenue, but said new orders had improved from the prior period, reflecting a seasonal upturn. Preliminary results for the second quarter ended on April 30 showed homebuilding revenue of about $398.3 million and an ...

Drivers clocked 9 billion fewer miles on the nation's roads in October even while gas prices were dropping, suggesting a downturn in driving that began a year ago is attributable to more than just energy costs. Federal Highway Administration data released Friday show the number of miles driven dropped 3 ...

The Last Word by David E. Goldberg (PRISM, April 2008, page 68) struck a vibrant chord with me. I have long advocated that design be a substantial part of all years in any engineering curriculum. Yet this contribution needs some clarification. We must distinguish between "design" as a noun, describing the results of what has been done in the past ...