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August 19th, 2008

Home Depot’s 24% profit drop beats estimates

Home Depot reported second quarter earnings dropped 24 percent versus Q2 2007.  The drop was substantial, but less than expected.   Overall, sales suffered a 5 percent decline and same-store sales dropped 7.9 percent. 
Shares of Home Depot and its rival, Lowe’s (which announced better than expected earnings yesterday), have been down around 2 percent this morning.
Both companies cited the housing market […]

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