International Business News - Contracts http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc said on Tuesday it expects fourth quarter net contracts to be up about 42 percent, as the housing market shows some signs of stabilization and its shares rose 3.3 percent in after-hours trading. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223890-a-sign-at-the-entrance-totoll-brothers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/toll-brothers-4th-quarter-contracts-up-shares-rise.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/toll-brothers-4th-quarter-contracts-up-shares-rise.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:40:02 EST Britain's economy contracted unexpectedly in the third quarter of this year, squashing hopes of an end to the downturn and instead making the current recession the longest on record, official data showed Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222852-a-woman-looks-inshop-window-in-the.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091023/uk-economy-contracts-for-recordstraight-quarters.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091023/uk-economy-contracts-for-recordstraight-quarters.htm Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:56:03 EDT