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		<title><![CDATA[Lowe's: 'Feeling Better']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Earlier in the week, Lowe's Cos. LOW said in the third quarter it saw improved sales in several major big-ticket categories, including major appliances and flooring projects.Same-store-sales declines for Lowe's progressively moderated as Q3 advanced, with October same-store sales only dropping 5.6%, following a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:38:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Recession Reaches Home Depot and Lowe's]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Gutowski submits:  Home Depot HD and Lowe's LOW both announced much weaker revenues this quarter, with Home Depot down 8% and Lowe's down 29.5%. Both are cutting costs and probably doing everything imaginable to salvage the situation, but economic headwinds continue at gale force levels. They will soon...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Home Depot Profit Beats Street]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dhanya SkariachanNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Home Depot Inc HD posted a higher than expected quarterly profit on Tuesday but warned that there was still a lot of pressure in the U.S. housing and home improvement markets, sending its shares lower.Top home improvement chain Home Depot and smaller rival Lowe's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:45:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lowe's F3Q09 (Qtr End 10/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Matthew Fassler with Goldman Sachs. Matthew Fassler - Goldman Sachs If you could address the setup for the fourth quarter from both the merchandising perspective and a promotional perspective -- obviously last year we saw some...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[October Retail Sales Rise, Led by Increase in Auto Sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Iacono submits:  The Census Bureau reported a big increase in retail sales during the month of October paced by a 7.4 percent gain in automobile sales, a bounce-back from the September plunge in car sales after the Cash for Clunkers program ended.Overall retail sales rose 1.4 percent last...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:18:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lowe's Q3: Earnings In Line, 12 New Stores Opened]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Amidst a bleak economic outlook, Lowe&#8217;s Companies Inc. LOW recently reported its third quarter results. Quarterly earnings of 24 cents a share fell 27.3% from 33 cents posted in the prior-year quarter due to sluggish consumer demand for big renovations. However, the earnings remained in line...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:12:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lowe's Quarterly Profit Falls]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Lowe's Cos Inc LOW, the second-largest U.S. home improvement chain, posted a 30 percent decline in quarterly profit as consumers put off big renovations and a U.S. housing market recovery takes longer to materialize.Lowe's said it expected sales in stores open more than one year to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:01:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leah SchnurrNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - U.S. stocks could face difficulty gaining traction this week as the S&P 500 bumps against the 1,100 mark and investors become content to cool their heels rather than risk losing gains made for the year.With the vast majority of corporate results already reported, market...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earnings Preview: Lowe's]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lowe's Companies LOW is expected to report Q2 earnings before the market open on Monday, November 16 with a conference call scheduled for 9 am ET.  Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 24c on revenue of $11.28B. The consensus range is 22c-27c for EPS, and revenue of...]]></description>
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