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Discussions tagged with 'housing' on WindowsForum.com cover a range of topics including real estate, construction, and disaster recovery. Threads touch on housing starts and building permits as economic indicators, emergency housing after natural disasters like the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, and unusual living spaces such as a 344 sq ft apartment with 24 rooms. While the tag appears in a Microsoft investor thread referencing housing data, the content is not primarily about Windows or Microsoft products. Instead, it reflects general housing news, humorous posts about building on sand, and images of construction and happy tenants.
MSFT Up Strong Vs. The Market The market is rallying on released economic metrics. The number of people signing up for jobless benefits fell last week, while housing starts and building permits rose last month. Shares of MSFT are up stronger that its peers.
Source: Yahoo! News
Japan's parliament has passed a 4tn yen ($49bn, £30bn) emergency budget for reconstruction following the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.
The bill, unveiled last month, passed the lower house on Saturday and was approved unanimously by the upper house budget committee early on Monday...
Japan may need five years to recover financially from the earthquake and tsunami, which have caused about £145billion of damage, the World Bank warned yesterday.
The disaster is likely to shave up to 0.5 per cent from the country’s economic growth this year.
‘Damage to housing and...