Street.Com - The ongoing U.S. housing slowdown has hit Home Depot and rival Lowe’s ( LOW - Cramer’s Take - Stockpickr ) hard, cutting into sales over the past year and leading each company to lower earnings projections for 2007. “We believe the home improvement continued

MSN MoneyCentral - ATLANTA, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Home Depot(R), the world’s largest home improvement retailer, today reported first quarter net earnings of $1.0 billion, or $0.53 per diluted share, compared with $1.5 billion, or $0.70 per diluted share continued

Reuters - Last: ATLANTA (Reuters)- Home Depot Inc. (HD.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the world’s largest home improvement chain, posted lower quarterly profit on Tuesday as the softer U.S. housing market hurt sales. Earnings fell to $1 billion, or 53 cents continued

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