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WAAY-TV - One local school got a big boost towards making their campus beautiful this week. Lowe’s home improvement donated $4,800 to Riverton Middle School to help improve the atmosphere around the school. On Friday, students and teachers pitched in and got More details

PR Inside - SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 /PRNewswire/ — Why would a homeowner look to a financial institution for guidance on their home improvement project? In an industry-changing move, Wells Fargo is introducing a first-of-its-kind offering that combines home More details

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Caspar Star-Tribune - Then it’s time to get the house ready to sell. Advice on home improvement is easy to find. Several magazines in supermarket check-out lines reveal which home improvements will not only guarantee the sale of your house, but will also return all the More details

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Street.Com - Editor’s note: As a special feature for April, TheStreet.com offers a 20-part series on virtually everything you need to know about real estate. This installment is part 13. The days when you could expect any kind of home renovation — from a fresh Continue reading

Skagit Valley Herald - We, the Burlington Lions Club, wish to thank Lowe s Home Improvement Warehouse for their generous donation of concrete decorative blocks to our Lions Club Park, between Anacortes and Regent streets near Highway 20 in Burlington. Without this Continue reading

North Bay Business Journal - Deer Creek Plaza, Petaluma 352,000-square-foot power center with office and medical/dental space; anchored by Lowe’s Home Improvement, on 36.5 acres fronting on Highway 101; awaiting draft environmental report and adoption of the city General Continue reading

MSN MoneyCentral - Following a successful launch to the Home Improvement channels, this product line was acquired by RPM, parent company of Rust-Oleum paint products. Mr. Wallach completed the transaction on behalf of its client directly with RPM. In 1998, Mr Continue reading

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NorthJersey.com - The home improvement season has begun. Watch your wallet. Even before last week’s nor’easter flooded basements and damaged homes throughout North Jersey, regulators were warning consumers to be aware. Now, with so many homeowners needing emergency Read more

MSN MoneyCentral - Our goal is to not only provide superior products to our customers, but to also ensure that we offer the finest home improvement experience possible,” says Patti Freko, director of marketing and communications for Feldco. “Through GE’s financing Read more

Vacaville Reporter - Teams of three will be deployed today for work at some local homes, marking the official start of Vacaville’s Senior Home Improvement Program. Housing and Redevelopment Director Cyndi Johnston said six teams, composed of members of electrical Read more

Tulare Advance-Register - Tulareans can find pretty much anything they need to buy along the one-mile strip of Prosperity Avenue between Mooney Boulevard and Hillman Street. Target will soon join Wal-Mart and Kmart on the strip. There’s already Lowe’s Home Improvement across Read more

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MetroMix - A few cute kids, lots of slapstick involving home-improvement projects. Good lessons/bad lessons: Always have your new house inspected, and contractors are lonely people who need friends. Violence: Slapstick, some involving a fish. Language: Quite clean Read more

MSN MoneyCentral - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the worlds largest retailer, said it would tout its environmentally friendly products such as light bulbs and organic cotton pajamas, a day after home-improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. said it would put labels on such Read more

Forbes - Founded in 1985 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in 1990, TTI is a world-class supplier of superior home improvement and construction tools with a powerful portfolio of trusted brands and a strong commitment to innovation and Read more

Forbes - The boxes were sold under the Carlon brand name at home improvement and hardware retailers and electrical distributors nationwide between January, 2005 and March, 2007. They were about $35. Consumers should unplug anything connected to the floor box Read more

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CNBC - Targeted, timely and colorful sales materials, such as a postcard to prospective customers referencing a neighbor’s recently completed home improvement job, can be ordered and printed on demand. As part of the marketing portal, Xerox implemented Details

Denver Post - Just as fashion changes from dark, heavy wools to airy cottons and florals, the home-improvement industry also shifts its look for warmer weather. This season’s push toward eclecticism means mixing neutral staples with deep jewel tones and organic Details

Calgary Herald - ENVIRONMENT - The Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday it will put labels on products in its U.S. stores identifying those considered environmentally friendly, matching a program started in Canada in 2004. The world’s largest home improvement store chain Details

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Sacramento Business Journal - Sierra College Boulevard interchange has started, plans are shaping up for the city of Rocklin to gain another 1.5 million square feet of retail. The newest proposals at Sierra College and Interstate 80 call for an expected Lowe’s home-improvement Continue reading

North Channel Sun - The EPA’s EnergyStar Web site, www.energystar.gov, has a list of Home Improvement resources available to score your home’s energy use. Using a year’s worth of utility bills, Jones said, the Web site will generate a customized list of improvements Continue reading

Corvallis Gazette-Times - How not to tackle your kitchen in five easy steps When my husband and I bought our first home this spring, a house dating from 1954, we knew the first of many home-improvement projects would be painting the kitchen. The dark blue walls with a marbled Continue reading

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MSN MoneyCentral - Headquartered in Taylor, Mich., Masco Corporation is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of home improvement and building products as well as a leading provider of services that include the installation of insulation and other building Continue

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Detroit News - To keep growing, the home-improvement chain is experimenting with stores less than half the usual size. The company is testing smaller stores in urban areas and outlying towns. Poll: Wal-Mart favorable rating slips to 71 percent Wal-Mart Stores Inc details

Herald Tribune - ATLANTA: Home Depot, with 1,900 stores in the United States, is running out of places to put its vast outlets. To keep growing, the home improvement chain is experimenting with stores less than half the usual size. The company plans to announce this details

KVBC - The Spring season is here, and Americans’ minds are turning to the good things in life: Vacation, baseball games, walks in the park, home improvement projects. Before you begin plotting your newest adventure, however, ask yourself an old-fashioned details

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San Jose Mercury News - Where it is: The almost 18-acre parcel is bordered by Interstate 880, Brokaw Road and Ridder Park Drive in San Jose. What it was: Vacant lot What’s going on: A shopping center anchored by Lowe’s home improvement store, has been proposed for the site Continue reading

Forbes - In the pursuit of excellence in hardware/home improvement retailing, the Golden Hammer Awards program recognizes the contribution of the very best vendors in this industry,” said Jeff Arlen, publisher, Home Channel News. The Golden Hammer Award has Continue reading

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Montgomery Advertiser - Marvin’s opened a hardware store last year and officials are working to lure a Lowe’s Home Improvement Center to the city. Kelley jokes that Prattville residents will soon flock to his city to shop. “It’s been the other way around for so long, I like continued

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