(Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc , the world's No. 2 home improvement chain, cut its fiscal-year earnings outlook and said demand slowed toward the end of the traditionally strong first quarter, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent. The lackluster forecast came just days after larger rival Home Depot Inc missed Wall Street's quarterly sales estimates as demand weakened in April following a jump ...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM-- - The most recent Home Office crime statistics report shows an alarming increase in domestic burglary with offence rates up 14 per cent, year on year. As the economy falters and ...
I?m asked more home-improvement questions than questions about real estate, by a ratio of 4-1. When, in a ?Your Place? column in a recent Friday Home & Design section, I requested help for a reader needing to replace a rusted dishwasher rack for less than the manufacturer?s $200, I got 25 e-mails within two hours of the newspaper?s hitting the front steps, and more are coming even as I write this.
