Beacon Roofing Supply shares rise (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. rose Monday after an analyst raised his earnings estimates on the maker of commercial and residential roofing supplies because of higher prices and improved volumes.

Examine the World Roofing & Insulation Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Building materials industry is available in its catalogue.

LaPolla Reports Third Quarter Profit (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
LaPolla Industries, Inc. ("LaPolla"), a leading manufacturer and supplier of spray foam insulation and coatings designed to reduce energy consumption in the commercial and residential new construction and retrofit markets, today announced results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008.

SIG says year will be lower than expectations (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Insulation and roofing supplier SIG said the current financial year is likely to be towards the lower end of the current range of market expectations.

SIG says year will be at lower end of forecasts (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Insulation and roofing materials group SIG said trading in the second half had become more challenging, and it now expected its full-year result to be at the low end of market expectations.

Soaring Unemployment Hurts Local Retailers, Construction (KSBW Salinas)
The unemployment rate won’t be out until Friday, but the drop in the housing market and slowing economy has some Santa Cruz County businesses worried.

Hawaii jobless rate unchanged at 4.5% (Honolulu Advertiser)
Hawai'i's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October remained unchanged from September at 4.5 percent, the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reported Thursday.

Is solar the right fit (The Gainesville Sun)
City Commission to vote on a feed-in tariff proposal today

Lumetas Solar Panels Recognized For Superior Design And Innovation (ElectricNet)
Lumeta, Inc., a leading developer of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solar energy products, today announced that its Solar S Tile was honored as a first round winner in the Green EcoDesign category of the Spark Design Awards 2008 competition

JM opening is good news (The Scottsboro Daily Sentinel)
Despite a staggering national economy Jackson County got a little bit of welcomed good news Wednesday.