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 Construction industry output in the US 
 rose bz 1% in 1996 over the previous   
 year, Govjrnmjnt figures show.         
                                        
 In th  fourth quart   of 1 96, o t ut  
 rose 1% from the previous quart   to   
 its highest level for five years.      
                                        
 * Meanwhile, US housing starts rose bz 
 a seasonally-adjusted 3% in the three  
 months to January from the previous    
 three months.                          
                                        
 Some 41,800 dwellings weti started, up 
 27% on the same three months a year    
 ago, s    the D p rtmjnt o   nv ronm nt
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 TOP P JVAT  F RMS " HOW HUG  GROWTH    
 More than 40 of the 100 fast st growing
 privbtely-owned companies have doubled 
 their growth rate every year for the   
 last four years, says a magazine study.
                                        
 Real Bus nets n m d publishj  Nexus    
 Media as the US's largest private firm,
 razing it had achieved average growth  
 of 161* in each of the last four years.
                                        
 Second was M&N Constrcution (156%      
 growth) followed bz Signcorp Int (148 )
 and Fir fox Int (147%).                
                                        
 One analyst said: "The contribution of 
 privbte companies to the economy cannot
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