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Melcor Developments, $15.85, symbol MRD on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 30.1 million; Market cap: $476.7 million; www.melcor.ca), is an Alberta-based real-estate development company. Melcor buys, plans, develops and markets urban communities. It then sells single- and multiple-family homes in these communities. Melcor also develops commercial and industrial lots from its holdings of undeveloped land. It sells these properties in the Alberta cities of Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge and Kelowna. Melcor also sells commercial and industrial lots in B.C. and Regina, Saskatchewan. As well, the company owns, develops and manages commercial properties in western Canada. In addition, Melcor owns and manages four golf courses: three are in Edmonton, and one is in Kelowna, B.C. In the three months ended September 30, 2010, Melcor’s revenue fell 5.9%, to $41.8 million from $44.4 million a year earlier. Earnings fell 17.6%, to $7.7 million, or $0.26 a share, from $9.4 million, or $0.32 a share. Revenue and earnings were down mostly because of the timing…