CNN Money - Dow component Home Depot ( Charts , Fortune 500 ), the home improvement retailer and the nation’s No. 2 retailer, reported that the slump in home building cut its earnings to 53 cents a share, well below the forecast of 59 cents and down from the 70 cents More details

BusinessWeek - The company conducts substantially the same business operations as a typical bank: it accepts checking, savings, and time deposits, and makes commercial, real estate, personal, home improvement, automobile, and other installment and term loans More details

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Detroit Free Press - Too much power was never enough for Tim Allen’s grunting “Tool Time” Tim, the suburban Detroit family man of “Home Improvement,” whose silly delusions of macho man grandeur were punctured by Patricia Richardson’s cool, sensible Jill. 5. Ray Barone Read more

MSNBC - Since April, homeowners can find eco-friendly construction supplies at Home Depot, since the home improvement chain rolled out an Eco Options labeling program that uses a third-party group to certify environmentally friendly products including Read more

Herald Tribune - ATLANTA: Some investors who do not have the nerve to buy housing stocks just yet are betting on a U.S. residential property rebound before it happens by buying shares of home-improvement retailers and makers of tools and tape measures. “It’s our Read more

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Alexandria Daily Town Talk - Alexandria Police Department charged two employees of Lowe s Home Improvement Center, 3201 Industrial St., with theft of more than $500 for allegedly pocketing money from sale of company goods. Jonathan Perry, 22, of 220 Cleco Drive, Apartment 101 details

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Minneapolis Star Tribune - ALSO OUT TUESDAY “Pan’s Labyrinth,”The Painted Veil,”The Fountain,”Stomp the Yard,”Arthur and the Invisibles,”Frasier” (Season 9), “Wings” (Season 4), “Home Improvement” (Season 6), “Droopy” (theatrical set), “Martin” (Season 2), “The Rockford Files Read more

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News-Democrat - The Cadillac finally stopped in a Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse parking lot, where police arrested Jackson and discovered Rogers on the back floorboard and summoned an ambulance, according to the police report. Police found a cloth in the car read more

AZCentral.com - Mick Dalrymple and partner Jeff Frost operate the ecologically friendly Scottsdale home-improvement store a.k.a. Green. Dalrymple calls “their store the Home Depot for green folks,” and the pair plan to open a second store in Phoenix later this year read more

Evening Sun - NORWICH Friday and Saturday, the Norwich & Sidney Pennysaver will host its 31st annual Home and Recreation Show at the Chenango County Fairgrounds. The Home & Rec Show will feature a variety of exhibitors and vendors who will feature home read more

PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Red Cross announced this week that for the second consecutive year, The Home Depot(R), the world’s largest home improvement retailer, is giving $500,000 in disaster preparedness grants to read more

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Forbes - Funds to support local disaster preparedness outreach WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Red Cross announced this week that for the second consecutive year, The Home Depot(R), the world’s largest home improvement retailer, is Continue reading

CNN Money - You can buy a ground anchor system at any local home-improvement store. They generally cost about $20. You can also install the swing set legs in concrete below ground level. Concrete is probably the best solution, but remember, it’s permanent says Continue reading

10 News - Some people wore paper masks, but the Pinellas County Health Department says they re designed to filter larger particles like dust from home improvement projects or yard work. They re not effective in filtering tiny particles from wildfire smoke Continue reading

Lompoc Record - Lompoc’s Brent Van Dyke plays onto the second green during Cabrillo’s win over Lompoc at the Village on Wednesday. //Ian Vorster/Staff We had a rough start, but we came along, said Lompoc golf coach Chris Adams. He wasn’t talking about the day Continue reading

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Twin Falls Times-News - Now North Carolina researchers report that ER physicians are increasingly treating another kind of painful household injury: wounds inflicted by pneumatic nail guns wielded by weekend carpenters who bought the machines at home improvement stores. Such Details

PR Inside - PALATINE, Ill., May 8 /PRNewswire/ — Forget the 12-piece set of fine china. Today an outdoor grill and grill accessories are reported to dominate increasingly popular home improvement store bridal registries. As a special gift to newlyweds this Details

Forbes - As a leading member of the Partnership for America’s 21st Century City, launched in 2002, Huntington achieved nearly 110% of its original commitment for home purchase, home improvement, small business lending and investments. The results represented Details

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Information Week - In This Issue: 1. Editor’s Note: Where BI And CRM Need Major Home Improvement 2. Today’s Top Story: Vista - Microsoft Sees Record-Breaking Business Adoption Of Windows Vista - Report: Vista To Boost PC-TV Tuner Market 3. Breaking News Continue

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Forbes - Nationally syndicated home improvement radio hosts Tom Kraeutler and Leslie Segrete will be broadcasting the word about home safety for an aging population during a special taping of the The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show from the floor of the read more

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Herald Tribune - They gather at 19 sites, usually in or near home-improvement stores, waiting for trucks to pick them up. They work without gloves or masks or the promise of medical care. Crooked contractors withhold pay and threaten violence if the men complain. A Continue reading

WBBM - MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. (STNG) — A single mother, Mary Ann Kelleher spent most of her life living paycheck to paycheck. When she and her daughter lived in an old farmhouse in Arkansas, they would fetch water from a well and store it in about a dozen gallon Continue reading

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