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The major indexes closed the midpoint of the week on a positive note. The Dow closed up 0.4%, the S&P 500 inched up 0.5% added and the Nasdaq gained 0.7%. Here are Wednesdaya s winners and losers: Winners Pulte Homes Inc.

Can a former chief executive -- especially one who made $232 million running a home-building company in the three years before the industry melted down -- get a fair shake from jurors on charges of defrauding investors? Attorneys for former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz told a Los Angeles federal judge Monday that bias against corporate bosses runs ...

A federal judge in Los Angeles has rebuffed an effort by the former chief executive of building giant KB Home to exclude materials related to his marriage settlement and other evidence during his upcoming trial for allegedly manipulating stock options.

KB Home is hosting a Big Deal Sales Event at its Calabria at Monte Sereno community in Reno.

The stimulus bill signed into law today... WASHINGTON-- --The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste , the nation's premier taxpayer watchdog lobbying group, today urges Rep.

As a voting member of The Recording Academy, known as the Grammy Awards, 18-year-old hip-hop artist Baby Jay is well on his way to becoming Houston's answer to the Latin music scene.

After months of inactivity, Charlotte County reported 40 applications for the construction of new homes last month.

KB Home is betting big on smaller homes. As the housing crash flooded the market with bargain-priced competition, the builder revamped its product line.

Beverly Hills-based New Pacific Realty Corp. has acquired the 3.5-acre site of a partially built former KB Home luxury condominium project called the Carlyle at Colton Plaza that was planned for 156 units and plans to complete the development, with construction possibly starting in early 2010.

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.

According to GuruFocus Insider Data , the largest CFO buys during the past week were KB Home , Royce Focus Trust Inc.

This is a transcript of the Market Update: Midday Report. A jump in oil prices boosted stocks on Monday, while the dollar continued to fall against the euro.

The major indices start the week mixed on the back of higher commodity prices and a weaker dollar.

KB HOME announced some troubling news late last week that has weighed on the stock.

Stock prices have risen since the opening bell. With the advance, the Dow is getting closer to moving back above the 10,000 level.

Shares of homebuilder KB Home fell nearly 6% on Monday after the company disclosed late Friday that it was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange commission for "possible accounting and disclosure issues." KB Home said in its second quarter filing that the SEC company officials on Oct.

Stock futures were pointing to a higher opening and moving higher following overnight gains in gold and oil.

B Home fell as much as 8.3 percent in New York trading after the U.S. homebuilder said its being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission over 'possible accounting and disclosure issues.' KB Home, the fifth-largest U.S. homebuilder by orders last year 2008, declined as much as $1.36 to $15.10 and was trading at $15.45 as of 11:54 a.m.

In the 10Q filed by KB Home on Friday, the company announced that the SEC has notified the Company that a formal order of investigation had been issued regarding possible accounting and disclosure issues.

Shares of the following companies were having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.