A worker uses a saw to shape fiberglass at U.S. thermoplastics maker Aurora Technologies Inc in Monterrey near the border with Texas October 29, 2009.


Spending on homebuilding was up 4.4 percent in October, more than recovering from a 2.0 percent dip in September. It was the biggest monthly gain in private residential spending since a matching 4.4 percent rise in March 1998.
(Additional reporting by Jennifer Ablan, Ellen Freilich, Lucia Mutikani and Glenn Somerville)
(Reporting by John Parry)