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U.S. home builders, long burdened with excess holdings of land, now are shopping for more of it.

Businesspeople and commuters are voicing mixed reactions to the defeat of a state ban on cell phone use and texting while driving.
The Arizona Senate shot down Senate Bill 1433 Monday. The bill would have prohibited cell phone calls without a hands-free device and all texting.
The bill failed 15-to-14. Violations would have carried a $50 fine, [...]

A lawsuit filed against TJX Cos. Inc. by attorneys general in Arizona and 40 other states has been settled for $9.75 million.

Movoto.com is giving another online option for home buyers in Arizona.

This is just another site that scrapes or indexes what is already available? Unfortunately the mashing together of data from multiple sites misrepresents properties. Look at the schools listed on any property and in some cases has multiple middle schools? Can you go to any [...]

Sherman Residential of Deerfield, Ill., purchased a fairly new luxury apartment complex in Peoria for $21.5 million.
The 240-unit Alexan Paradise Lane is located at 8092 W. Paradise Lane, adjacent to Peoria Sports Complex. The sales prices equates to about $89,600 per unit.
The sellers are a joint venture of Trammell Crow Residential and Opus West Corp, [...]

Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority received a AAA rating for $186 million in 2009 water quality revenue bonds.

The National Hockey League hopes to announce an ownership bid for the Phoenix Coyotes by Friday that would keep the financially troubled team in Arizona.

Linda Hunt, who has served as president of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center since 1999, is being promoted.

U.S. airlines saw passenger traffic drop 9.5 percent in May and their revenue dropped another 26 percent compared to April.

Stocks on Wall Street continued their slide Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 200 points.