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SAN FRANCISCO - Building Materials Holding Corp., based here, reported a 49 percent surge in third-quarter sales, totaling $591.5 million, compared with $396.3 million in the same quarter last year. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, sales increased 56 percent to $1.55 billion, compared with $995 million in the same period of 2003.
Net income for the quarter more than doubled to a record $18.1 million, compared with $7.9 million for the third quarter of 2003. For the first nine months of the year, net income increased to $34.9 million, compared with $14.2 million in the same period last year.
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