In the first quarter of 2013, NAHB's 55 + single - family Housing Market Index increased 19 points on a year - over-year basis to 46, which is the highest first - quarter number recorded since its inception in 2008 and sixth consecutive quarter of year - over-year improvements. (eyeonhousing.org)
Brazil was the only main market to see profits decline, for a sixth consecutive quarter, as Latin America's largest economy emerges unevenly and slowly from its worst recession in more than a century. (fortune.com)
In South America, Ford posted an EBIT loss of $ 149 million, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of losses in the region. (cnbc.com)