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Network Communications Launches Long Beach/South Bay Home Improvement Magazine 

October 29th, 2006

New offering connects Southern California homeowners to local home improvement specialists Details…

Goodwill has plans to relocate its Fairview Heights store to the former Pier 1 Imports building in town by next year. Details…

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Kitchenimage.com Grand Opening — An Internet Based Home …

October 29th, 2006

PR Web (press release), WA - Oct 9, 2006Kitchenimage.com is a new internet business website launched in Doral, Florida and serves to meet your home improvement needs. We … …details

Cincinnati Post, OH - Oct 27, 2006… to clean up and finish botched projects, so the show's scouts are looking for some horror stories from area homeowners about their home-improvement nightmares. … …details

PR Web (press release), WA - Oct 27, 2006… This fall, several homeowners are taking advantage of the few free moments the fall season presents and are tackling several home improvement projects in … …details

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Wal-Mart project hits bumpy road

October 28th, 2006

Columbian - Since then, an unnamed home improvement store has signed on to join the retail mix there, said Jason Bontrager, a spokesman for Alexandria Investment. Other tenants have also signed up, bringing total occupancy to 70 percent of the complex, which details

Detroit Free Press - Landed: “Handyman Show with Glenn Haege” beginning Nov. 12 on WJR-AM (760).Haege’s home improvement advice show, which began airing in 1983, will be heard weekends from noon-2 p.m. The first edition of the Saturday show will be heard on Nov. 25 when details

Chicago Tribune - Fortune Brands is overcoming a housing slowdown because its home-improvement products are more tied to remodeling and replacing old equipment than new-home construction, analysts say. Fortune Brands said new products such as Courvoisier cognac helped details

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Seniors Staying in Their Homes May Consider Senior-Friendly Remodeling 

October 28th, 2006

October 27, 2006 A survey of older Americans 50 and older found that a majority plan to live in their current homes for the next five years but plan improvements or remodeling, according to Home Depot, which has remodeling tips for making homes more senior-friendly. Continue…

Q: DEAR BOB: My wife and I bought a house in 1995 for $180,000. Since then, we have taken out home-improvement loans and now owe $320,000. Similar nearby houses sell for $600,000. In 2004, we bought a second home for $640,000 and rented out our former home. Continue…

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Employment seekers, employers look for matches at job fair

October 28th, 2006

Lafayette Journal and Courier - Also participating were Olsten Staffing, Pro Resources, Wabash Center, Purdue University, Sears Home Improvement, Kelly Services, Lafayette Bank & Trust Co., Village Pantry, Volt Services Group, Western Southern Financial Group, Insight Details

Record Searchlight - Habitat for Humanity has dropped its bid to corral $1 million in affordable-housing money for its mostly market-rate Theatre Square town houses in downtown Redding. And with Habitat’s withdrawal from the competition for the Lowe’s home improvement Details

WBBM - For Carpet, Flooring and Window Treatments NEXT DAY, Bath Liners and Shower Enclosures NEXT DAY, and Windows and Siding in TWO WEEKS, call Empire Today at 800-588-2300 or visit www.empiretoday.com Empire Today is one of the nation’s largest home Details

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10 Ways to Improve Your Credit Score

October 28th, 2006

MSNBC - be rejected or be offered a significantly higher interest rate (with extra fees attached to the loan) if you attempt to refinance your mortgage, need to apply for a new mortgage as a result of a move, or apply for a home equity (or home improvement Details

Petoskey News-Review - Following special previews for store employees and local contractors, the 116,000-square-foot home improvement superstore at 2140 Anderson Road will open to the public at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Lowe’s is the first retailer to open in Strathmore Development Details

Record Searchlight - Habitat for Humanity has dropped its bid to corral $1 million in affordable-housing money for its mostly market-rate Theatre Square town houses in downtown Redding. And with Habitat’s withdrawal from the competition for the Lowe’s home improvement Details

Coloradoan - The 800,000-square-foot development will be anchored by a Super Target, Lowe’s Home Improvement, retail shops, restaurants and possibly a branch library site. The projects will also connect to the proposed Harmony School Shops retail project to the Details

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Saturday October 28, 2006 By Martha McKenzie-Minifie 

October 27th, 2006

The story of the listed media company’s 3 News audience gains is well known. They have come at the expense of rival One News in the advertiser-friendly demographic of 18- to 49-year-old Aucklanders. Details…

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Halloween events are brewing around town

October 27th, 2006

Town Online - Maggie, who works at a home improvement center, said that while at work during the day, she will be dressed up in her costume because the company holds a contest with cash prizes. continued

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Home-Improvement Entrepreneurs Find 'Financial Opportunity' and ' …

October 27th, 2006

Yahoo! News (press release) - Oct 5, 2006MATTHEWS, NC, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Surface Specialists Systems, Inc., a provider of bathtub repair and refinishing products and … Details…

Cherokee Sentinel, NC - Oct 25, 2006… The above article was written by Sarah Miller on behalf of a buzzing online Home Improvement community where homeowners easily and painlessly find the right … Details…

Business Wire (press release), CA - Oct 26, 2006… US Home Systems, Inc. (www.ushomesystems.com) manufactures or procures, designs, sells and installs custom quality specialty home improvement products and … Details…

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BlueLinx to Announce Third-Quarter Results On November 1

October 27th, 2006

PrimeZone - Employing more than 3,400 people, BlueLinx offers 10,000 products from over 750 suppliers to service approximately 12,000 customers nationwide, including dealers, industrial manufacturers, manufactured housing producers and home improvement retailers Details

MSN MoneyCentral - ATLANTA (AP) - Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home improvement store chain, announced Thursday it will offset all carbon emissions created this year by the company’s Atlanta headquarters by planting thousands of trees on nearly 130 acres of land Details

Monsters and Critics - US media company Walt Disney Co, home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc and Verizon Communications were other blue-chip stocks that gained. Gains by insurer Aetna helped send the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 higher. Telecom and media shares also Details

MSN MoneyCentral - Home Systems, Inc. (www.ushomesystems.com) manufactures or procures, designs, sells and installs custom quality specialty home improvement products and provides financing services to customers of residential contractors throughout the United States Details

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