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Need for hurricane repairs spurs surge in lumber prices
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| NEW YORK Lumber prices in Chicago rose to the highest in 10 years as Florida's homeowners and businesses rebuild after Hurricane Charley, the second-most-destructive US hurricane after Andrew in 1992. |
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Aug 19, 2004 12:07:04 |
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