<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - kb-home</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/kb-home</link><description>Newsvine - kb-home</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:30:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 08:04:33 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>KB Home posts smaller 1Q loss as revenue rises</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home said Friday that cancellations on contracts for new homes spiked in its fiscal first quarter, driving home orders down 8 percent as it heads into the spring home-selling season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10831199-kb-home-posts-smaller-1q-loss-as-revenue-rises</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10831199-kb-home-posts-smaller-1q-loss-as-revenue-rises</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>this-is</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:20:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1f31069b-b30e-43cb-84b9-878e81497c08.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1f31069b-b30e-43cb-84b9-878e81497c08.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Dec. 18, 2011 file photo shows the framework of a new structure in a KB Home community, in Balch Springs, Texas. KB Home says cancellations on contracts for new homes spiked in its fiscal first quarter, driving its home orders down 8 percent  not an encouraging sign heading into the spring home-selling season. Shares slumped, according to reports Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>KB Home 4Q net income falls but tops Street's view</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home is increasingly catering to more affluent homebuyers in markets where there is less competition from homes up for resale and foreclosures, and the strategy is paying off.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/21/9605394-kb-home-4q-net-income-falls-but-tops-streets-view</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/21/9605394-kb-home-4q-net-income-falls-but-tops-streets-view</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:25:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cde99fa7-795a-44c6-9050-441da1391d14.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cde99fa7-795a-44c6-9050-441da1391d14.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 18, 2011 photo, a sold lot sits next to a structure being constructed in a KB Home community, in Balch Springs, Texas. KB Homes fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell 20 percent on rising expenses, but its performance beat analysts expectations and revenue climbed on an increase in home deliveries and a higher average selling price.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e9b7e285-39ae-4754-b829-9d966693559c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e9b7e285-39ae-4754-b829-9d966693559c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Dec. 18, 2011 photo, shows the framework of a new structure in a KB Home community, in Balch Springs, Texas. KB Homes fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell 20 percent on rising expenses, but its performance beat analysts expectations and revenue climbed on an increase in home deliveries and a higher average selling price. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>KB Home posts wider loss for fiscal 3Q</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home on Friday became the latest major homebuilder to report a surge in new home orders for the closing months of summer and said it anticipates the sales increase will continue next year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7918407-kb-home-posts-wider-loss-for-fiscal-3q</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7918407-kb-home-posts-wider-loss-for-fiscal-3q</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:25:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4d04dc09-66d1-45fe-bcd8-1c02693d14e4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4d04dc09-66d1-45fe-bcd8-1c02693d14e4.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo made Sept. 21, 2011, the sun shines over a KB Home sign in a vacant lot in Balch Spring, Texas. KB Home said Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, its fiscal third quarter loss widened, as the homebuilder delivered fewer homes compared to last year, when a federal tax credit affected results. (AP Photo/LM Otero)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/204c21e9-5296-41b5-a2a3-977eff5056b0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/204c21e9-5296-41b5-a2a3-977eff5056b0.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo made Sept. 21, 2011, a sold sign sits in front of a KB Home under construction in Balch Spring, Texas. KB Home said Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, its fiscal third quarter loss widened, as the homebuilder delivered fewer homes compared to last year, when a federal tax credit affected results. (AP Photo/LM Otero)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>KB Home stung by weak home orders and charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home's shares tumbled more than 15 percent on Wednesday, after the homebuilder reported its second-quarter loss more than doubled amid lackluster sales and higher charges, and the company signaled it is considering tapping the capital markets to raise cash.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6973196-kb-home-stung-by-weak-home-orders-and-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6973196-kb-home-stung-by-weak-home-orders-and-charges</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:41:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6c7c0589-4bea-49c2-806d-5a4d8379002f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6c7c0589-4bea-49c2-806d-5a4d8379002f.jpg" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A framer works on a KB Home house as it is built after being sold in the Estates at Cameron Ranch Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Gilbert, Ariz. KB Home said Wednesday, June 29, it lost more money in its fiscal second quarter, as it built fewer homes and took more than $30 million in charges. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>KB Home 1Q loss grows on fewer home deliveries</title>
<description><![CDATA[The success of a housing tax credit that helped spur home sales is haunting homebuilders a year later.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/04/6410965-kb-home-1q-loss-grows-on-fewer-home-deliveries</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/04/6410965-kb-home-1q-loss-grows-on-fewer-home-deliveries</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Apr 2011 00:23:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/080008fa-548d-4cc5-9efa-4b927a1b4597.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/080008fa-548d-4cc5-9efa-4b927a1b4597.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file photo taken Sept. 16, 2010, KB Home townhouses are shown  for sale in Redwood City, Calif. KB Homes fiscal first-quarter loss widened Tuesday, April 5, 2011, as the homebuilder delivered fewer homes and net orders declined. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>KB Home CEO gets $6.1 million in 2010 compensation</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home CEO Jeffrey Mezger received compensation valued at about $6.1 million in fiscal 2010, about 17 percent less than what he got the year before, according to an Associated Press review of data filed with regulators.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/03/6175040-kb-home-ceo-gets-61-million-in-2010-compensation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/03/6175040-kb-home-ceo-gets-61-million-in-2010-compensation</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>executive</category><category>associated-press</category><category>compensation</category><category>executive-compensation</category><category>kb-home-ceo-jeffrey-mezger</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:18:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>KB Home to lure buyers with energy bill savings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Homebuilders say one of the biggest advantages of buying a newly built home is energy efficiency. However, some of the ways that builders make homes burn less cash might not be as recognizable to buyers as say, kitchen appliances, generous closets and bathroom amenities. So now some builders are boiling energy efficiency down to something every buyer understands: money.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/14/6050785-kb-home-to-lure-buyers-with-energy-bill-savings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/14/6050785-kb-home-to-lure-buyers-with-energy-bill-savings</guid><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>home</category><category>savings</category><category>kb-home</category><category>marketing</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:23:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b2424204-ad0e-4dc7-9fb8-a7e5e72453f9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2424204-ad0e-4dc7-9fb8-a7e5e72453f9.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this screen shot provided by homebuilder KB Home, an Energy Performance Guide is shown. KB Home is going to start giving prospective buyers an estimate of how much money they can save on their monthly energy bill if they buy one of the company's homes. The approach is similar to the miles per gallon/fuel economy sticker one can find on cars at the dealership. (AP Photo/KB Home) NO SALES &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>KB Home posts profit for quarter, tops Street view</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home surprised Wall Street with a profit for the fiscal fourth quarter, despite delivering fewer homes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/07/5784256-kb-home-posts-profit-for-quarter-tops-street-view</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/07/5784256-kb-home-posts-profit-for-quarter-tops-street-view</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 13:25:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-KB Home head gets home detention, $1M fine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz walked away from his stock option backdating trial Wednesday with a $1 million fine and eight months of GPS-monitored detention in his Bel-Air mansion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Adelman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jacob Adelman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/10/5444512-ex-kb-home-head-gets-home-detention-1m-fine</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/10/5444512-ex-kb-home-head-gets-home-detention-1m-fine</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>us-news</category><category>los-angeles-based</category><category>backdating</category><category>bruce-karatz</category><category>former-kb-home</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:43:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>KB Home 3rd-quarter loss narrows as revenue rises</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home said Friday it narrowed its fiscal third-quarter loss, as the homebuilder booked fewer write-downs and higher average selling prices helped boost revenue.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/23/5170695-kb-home-3rd-quarter-loss-narrows-as-revenue-rises</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/23/5170695-kb-home-3rd-quarter-loss-narrows-as-revenue-rises</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:23:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b2a52e6b-1291-4ad6-b191-851c45dbb9e9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2a52e6b-1291-4ad6-b191-851c45dbb9e9.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2010, a model home is reflected in the window at the construction site of KB Home in Irvine, Calif. KB Home released its fiscal third-quarter reports, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The homebuilder said it lost $1.4 million, or 2 cents per share, in the three months ended Aug. 31. That compares with a loss of $66 million, or 87 cents a share, a year earlier. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Martha Stewart Omnimedia is omnipresent</title>
<description><![CDATA[Six years ago, Martha Stewart was behind bars, serving five months for stock-trading violations. Today, she is everywhere from Macy's to Home Depot to KB Home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Megan L. Thomas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Megan L. Thomas]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/06/4833067-martha-stewart-omnimedia-is-omnipresent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/06/4833067-martha-stewart-omnimedia-is-omnipresent</guid><category>people</category><category>today</category><category>her</category><category>money</category><category>stewart</category><category>martha-stewart</category><category>products</category><category>martha</category><category>kb-home</category><category>home-depot</category><category>company</category><category>martha-stewart-living-omnimedia</category><category>brand</category><category>sheet</category><category>serving</category><category>retail-</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:38:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/100806_biz martha brand 4-3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/100806_biz martha brand 4-3.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Martha Stewart (Photo: Scott Duncan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>KB Home 2nd-quarter loss narrows</title>
<description><![CDATA[The homebuyer tax credit party is over and the hangover may be just beginning.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/24/4560868-kb-home-2nd-quarter-loss-narrows</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/24/4560868-kb-home-2nd-quarter-loss-narrows</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:33:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/11b78f23-8b54-4d13-9cf9-17c3c6484d80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/11b78f23-8b54-4d13-9cf9-17c3c6484d80.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, a sign at a KB Home housing complex under construction in Sunnyvale, Calif., warns of being a hard hat area. KB Home said Friday, June 25, 2010, its fiscal second quarter loss narrowed but results missed expectations and net orders fell as the federal homeowner tax credit ended.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Analyst: Higher 2Q home orders for Lennar, KB Home</title>
<description><![CDATA[Solid operating margins should help homebuilder Lennar Corp. turn a slight profit during the March-May quarter, while high costs will keep rival KB Home in the red in the same period, a JMP Securities analyst said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/22/4545225-analyst-higher-2q-home-orders-for-lennar-kb-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/22/4545225-analyst-higher-2q-home-orders-for-lennar-kb-home</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>analyst</category><category>kb-home</category><category>jmp-securities</category><category>homebuilders</category><category>note</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:08:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>KB Home inks deal to buy 664 SoCal land parcels</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home said Thursday it has agreed to buy 664 home sites in Southern California and plans to use some of the land parcels to open eight new communities this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/03/4458256-kb-home-inks-deal-to-buy-664-socal-land-parcels</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/03/4458256-kb-home-inks-deal-to-buy-664-socal-land-parcels</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>land</category><category>kb-home</category><category>deal</category><category>southern-california</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:47:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>KB Home ex-CEO convicted in $6M stock option scam</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chief executive who helped build KB Home into one of the country's largest homebuilders was convicted Wednesday of four felony counts in a stock scheme that prosecutors say netted him $6 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/21/4186489-kb-home-ex-ceo-convicted-in-6m-stock-option-scam</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/21/4186489-kb-home-ex-ceo-convicted-in-6m-stock-option-scam</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>us-news</category><category>backdating</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:46:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a13504a8-7ce2-4ec2-a3cd-c9f5c6c8b1a4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="358" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a13504a8-7ce2-4ec2-a3cd-c9f5c6c8b1a4.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of Los Angeles-based builders KB Homes, arrives at court Wednesday April 21, 2010 in Los Angeles. Karatz is charged with 20 counts, including mail, wire and securities fraud and making false statements in reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with alleged stock-option manipulation at the company. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fc07b175-fe46-4c04-9332-a89a56360873.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fc07b175-fe46-4c04-9332-a89a56360873.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of Los Angeles-based builders KB Homes arrives at court with an unidentified family member Wednesday April 21, 2010, in Los Angeles. A federal jury has found Karatz guilty of four felony counts in connection with a stock backdating scam.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/886eeb1e-3d2e-4a32-9255-ee28aab32f96.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="449" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/886eeb1e-3d2e-4a32-9255-ee28aab32f96.jpg" width="120" height="135" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of Los Angeles-based builders KB Homes, leaves court Wednesday April 21, 2010, in Los Angeles. A federal jury has found Karatz guilty of four felony counts in connection with a stock backdating scam.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/df4af8ec-e828-4a99-9a10-2f957edb711e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/df4af8ec-e828-4a99-9a10-2f957edb711e.jpg" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of Los Angeles-based builders KB Homes, leaves court with his wife, Lilly Tartikoff, Wednesday April 21, 2010 in Los Angeles. A federal jury has found Karatz guilty of four felony counts in connection with a stock backdating scam.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/90c610f8-b93e-4b29-9ef4-71093d9d70bd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/90c610f8-b93e-4b29-9ef4-71093d9d70bd.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of Los Angeles-based builders KB Homes arrives at court with his wife, Lilly Tartikoff, Wednesday April 21, 2010, in Los Angeles. A federal jury has found Karatz guilty of four felony counts in connection with a stock backdating scam.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Defense blasts witness plea deal in KB Home case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Defense lawyers took aim Friday on the credibility of a witness who pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a deal with prosecutors then testified during the stock backdating trial of former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Adelman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jacob Adelman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/09/4137184-defense-blasts-witness-plea-deal-in-kb-home-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/09/4137184-defense-blasts-witness-plea-deal-in-kb-home-case</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>backdating</category><category>bruce-karatz</category><category>kb-home-ceo-bruce-karatz</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:58:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>KB Home declares regular quarterly dividend</title>
<description><![CDATA[Homebuilder KB Home has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 6.25 cents.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/08/4133357-kb-home-declares-regular-quarterly-dividend</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/08/4133357-kb-home-declares-regular-quarterly-dividend</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>dividend</category><category>homebuilder-kb-home</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:51:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>KB Home posts 1Q loss; will be profitable in 2010</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home trimmed its losses in its fiscal first quarter and the homebuilder said it would be profitable later this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/22/4056774-kb-home-posts-1q-loss-will-be-profitable-in-2010</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/22/4056774-kb-home-posts-1q-loss-will-be-profitable-in-2010</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:28:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb577f1d-54c4-4482-9810-02b246585c88.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb577f1d-54c4-4482-9810-02b246585c88.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, a sign at a KB Home housing complex under construction in Sunnyvale, Calif., is seen. KB Home said Tuesday, March 23, 2010, its loss narrowed in its fiscal first quarter, as the homebuilder saw signs of stability in the housing market. The results, however, were weaker than forecast.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Earnings Preview: KB Home 1Q earnings</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home, one of the nation's largest homebuilders, reports its fiscal first-quarter results before the stock market opens Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/22/4053341-earnings-preview-kb-home-1q-earnings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/22/4053341-earnings-preview-kb-home-1q-earnings</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>preview</category><category>earnings</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:02:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-exec testifies in KB Home fraud trial in LA</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former executive of KB Home testified Tuesday against former chairman and Chief Executive Bruce E. Karatz, who is accused of bilking shareholders out of millions of dollars by backdating stock options.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Adelman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jacob Adelman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/16/4026700-ex-exec-testifies-in-kb-home-fraud-trial-in-la</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/16/4026700-ex-exec-testifies-in-kb-home-fraud-trial-in-la</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>backdating</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:52:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>KB Home offers pre-wired homes for electric car owners - Sacramento Business Journal:</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home said Tuesday it will begin offering an option to pre-wire its new Built to Order homes to accommodate charging stations for homeowners' electric vehicles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JOHNNY THE GREAT]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JOHNNY THE GREAT]]></source><link>http://johnny-the-great.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/10/3999846-kb-home-offers-pre-wired-homes-for-electric-car-owners-sacramento-business-journal</link><guid>http://johnny-the-great.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/10/3999846-kb-home-offers-pre-wired-homes-for-electric-car-owners-sacramento-business-journal</guid><category>homes</category><category>california</category><category>kb-home</category><category>electricity</category><category>electric</category><category>sacramento</category><category>home-garden</category><category>electric-vehicles</category><category>hybrid-vehicle</category><category>charging-stations</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:55:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>KB Home says Burkle won't run for new board term</title>
<description><![CDATA[Homebuilder KB Home said Thursday that billionaire investor Ron Burkle will not stand for re-election to the company's board at its next annual meeting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/04/3979072-kb-home-says-burkle-wont-run-for-new-board-term</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/04/3979072-kb-home-says-burkle-wont-run-for-new-board-term</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><category>personnel</category><category>ron-burkle</category><category>homebuilder-kb-home</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:13:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge: No evidence of misconduct in KB Home case - CNBC</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bruce Karatz defense team unable to get witness testimony thrown out of court - CNBC ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LemonMeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LemonMeister]]></source><link>http://kbhomesucks.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/24/3942623-judge-no-evidence-of-misconduct-in-kb-home-case-cnbc</link><guid>http://kbhomesucks.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/24/3942623-judge-no-evidence-of-misconduct-in-kb-home-case-cnbc</guid><category>business</category><category>kb-home</category><category>bruce-karatz</category><category>ceo-kb-home</category><category>backdating-scandal</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:43:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge: No evidence of misconduct in KB Home case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge indicated Tuesday that he won't allow the former head of construction giant KB Home to look into alleged wrongdoing by prosecutors in his stock-options backdating case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Adelman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jacob Adelman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/23/3940747-judge-no-evidence-of-misconduct-in-kb-home-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/23/3940747-judge-no-evidence-of-misconduct-in-kb-home-case</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>kb-home</category><category>backdating</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:42:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dc1c7c2a-549b-4d6a-9f30-0f45e4075059.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dc1c7c2a-549b-4d6a-9f30-0f45e4075059.jpg" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former KB Home chairman and CEO Bruce Karatz arrives with unidentified family members to a federal courthouse in Los Angeles Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, to face chargers he backdated stock options.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cd9521c0-3abf-4791-afa2-5cc066318466.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cd9521c0-3abf-4791-afa2-5cc066318466.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former KB Home chairman and CEO Bruce Karatz arrives with unidentified family members to a federal courthouse in Los Angeles Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, to face chargers he backdated stock options.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>KB Home posts $100.7M profit for Q4</title>
<description><![CDATA[KB Home capped its fiscal year with the first quarterly profit since 2007, thanks to a change in federal tax laws, and said it expects to turn a profit by the end of the year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Veiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3745461-kb-home-posts-1007m-profit-for-q4</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3745461-kb-home-posts-1007m-profit-for-q4</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>home</category><category>kb-home</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:18:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0e75e605-850d-4409-ba80-b442ed9615a4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0e75e605-850d-4409-ba80-b442ed9615a4.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this photo taken June 24, 2009, a KB Home sign stands in front of a sales office at a new KB Home development in Sylmar section of Los Angeles. KB Home said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, it turned a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter, the first time since early 2007, as the homebuilder benefited from a new tax rule that allowed it to offset past losses. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b2893551-4f6c-4ee8-9723-9383b0d9bc8e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2893551-4f6c-4ee8-9723-9383b0d9bc8e.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A KB Home housing complex in seen in Sunnyvale, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2009. KB Home capped its fiscal year with the first quarterly profit since 2007, thanks to a change in federal tax laws, and said it expects to turn a profit this year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0a5e6c95-a4ff-4819-998e-d8fada4d2cbb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0a5e6c95-a4ff-4819-998e-d8fada4d2cbb.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign at a KB Home housing complex under construction in Sunnyvale, Calif. is seen Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2009. KB Home capped its fiscal year with the first quarterly profit since 2007, thanks to a change in federal tax laws, and said it expects to turn a profit this year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/58118b2c-2c3a-438f-9959-3f5d6d706333.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/58118b2c-2c3a-438f-9959-3f5d6d706333.jpg" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A KB Home housing complex in Sunnyvale, Calif. is seen Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bd39f6ca-9543-4a51-8254-897b18bc1c97.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bd39f6ca-9543-4a51-8254-897b18bc1c97.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A KB Home housing complex in Sunnyvale, Calif. is seen Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2009. KB Home capped its fiscal year with the first quarterly profit since 2007, thanks to a change in federal tax laws, and said it expects to turn a profit this year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>