RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Time now for business news.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: There's a mixed outlook for 2007. A New York Times/CBS poll shows Americans are split on whether this is a good year to buy a home or whether it's better to wait. The poll also shows Americans regaining some faith in stocks, although 71 percent say if they had extra money to invest they would put it in real estate.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: And China says its car exports more than doubled last year. The government news agency says exports hit a record-high of 340,000 in 2006. The country hopes to gain market share in developed countries, including the United States.
There's a mixed public outlook for the economy in 2007. A New York Times-CBS poll shows Americans are split on whether this is a good year to buy a home, or whether it's better to wait. The poll also shows Americans regaining some faith in stocks.