(NEW YORK)Shares of building materials suppliers fell Thursday, along with the broader market, as analysts cut earnings estimates and a gravel and crushed rock supplier unveiled a big capita...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares of construction materials suppliers fell Tuesday after two major customers issued downbeat reports and an analyst suggested that the sector's decline could continue.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Manufacturers, already hit by mounting job losses, saw business plummet to the lowest level in 26 years in October. Sharply lower auto sales and shrinking construction spending, me...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut the credit ratings on building supplies maker Vulcan Materials Co. because of continued weakness in the commercial and residential constructi...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings said late Tuesday it cut the ratings of Martin Marietta Materials Inc. because of higher-than-predicted leverage and weakening operating results...READ MORE

Among the earnings projection stories for Tuesday, Oct. 28, from AP Financial News: BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)--Home nursing company Amedisys Inc. raised its full-year estimates Tuesday...READ MORE

(RALEIGH, N.C.)Martin Marietta Materials Inc., which makes aggregates for the construction industry, said Tuesday the credit crisis has prompted it to reduce its earnings guidance for the year.READ MORE