<div id="subtitle">How home improvement retailers fared during the third quarter</div><div><p>The Home Depot Inc. and its competitor Lowe's Cos. Inc. both reported better-than-expected third quarter results this week. Here's a summary of how the nation's two largest home improvement chains performed.</p> ...
<div id="subtitle">Lowe's profit slumps with housing market; company doesn't see stimulus plan as substantive fix</div><div><p>The dismal housing market dragged down fourth-quarter profits at Lowe's Cos. Inc. by 60 percent, and executives at the home improvement chain said they see little hope of ...
<div id="subtitle">Home Depot, Lowe's end tumultulous 2008 as housing markets continue their crash</div><div><p>A year that started poorly got worse for the nation's home improvement retailers, as the housing market meltdown pushed the economy toward recession and financial institutions sparked a global economic ...
<div id="subtitle">Home Depot slashes prices on hundreds of items in latest bid to win back customers</div><div><p>At a time when shoppers are forking over more money for everything from groceries to gas, The Home Depot Inc. is planning to put some prices in ...
<div id="subtitle">Lowe's Cos. to release first quarter results as spring sales heat up</div><div><p>Lowe's Cos. Inc. reports results for the first quarter on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.</p><p> ...
<div id="subtitle">Home improvement retailers, service cos. gain as Americans move less, spend more time home</div><div><p>As Americans grow accustomed during the recession to spending more time at home and living in the same places longer, home-improvement companies are regaining momentum.</p><p>"My ...
<div id="subtitle">Lowe's, Home Depot gain ground after Lowe's reports stronger-than-expected 1st quarter</div><div><p>Shares of the nation's two largest home improvement chains climbed in Monday trading after Lowe's Cos. Inc. reported falling — but better-than-expected — first-quarter profit and boosted its full-year outlook.</p> ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc <HD.N> reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings as massive cost cuts offset weak sales, but its shares fell as investors found the results disappointing in comparison with those of smaller rival Lowe's Cos Inc <LOW.N>.</p>< ...
<div id="subtitle">2 more directors, Jackie Ward and Patricia Mitchell, resign from BofA's embattled board</div><div><p>Two more Bank of America Corp. directors are leaving, the company said Monday.</p><p>The resignations of Jackie M. Ward, former chief executive of Computer General Inc ...
<div id="subtitle">Analyst expects moderate improvement in Lowe's Cos.' 2nd quarter</div><div><p>No. 2 home-improvement chain Lowe's Cos. reports its second-quarter earnings on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.</p><p>OVERVIEW: Home-improvement ...
