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The Home Depot Inc. and its competitor Lowe's Cos. Inc. both reported better-than-expected third quarter results this week.

Here's a summary of how the nation's two largest home improvement chains performed.

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• PPI for October - Street expects down 1.8%, compared to down 0.4% in Sept.

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• Net Foreign Purchases for Sept.

Here's a happy story from someone who bought a "Box of Crap" (this is what we call a box that looks new, but contains the wrong item or a used item, due to return fraud).

Instead of accusing reader Ryan of some sort of crime, Home Depot simply issued him a gift card. Hooray!

Home improvement chain The Home Depot Inc. says it plans to temporarily cut prices on up to 1,200 items in stores during a three-week rollout to bring customers back to its stores.

The discounts — between 5 percent and 50 percent — will last through at least through the next quarter.

At a time when shoppers are forking over more money for everything from groceries to gas, The Home Depot Inc. is planning to put some prices temporarily in reverse.

Home Depot Inc , the world's largest home improvement retailer, reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as it held down costs and consumers took on spring projects.

From affluent shoppers at Saks to bargain-hunters at Target, from Home Depot to office supplier Staples, consumers are pulling back and that's hurting retailers and raising more concerns about how they'll do the rest of the year.

The nation’s largest home improvement retailer is reiterating its downbeat outlook for the year as it struggles with a weak home market.

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• PPI for July - Street expects 0.6%, compared to 1.8% in June
• Core PPI for July - Street expects 0.2%, compared to 0.2% in June
• Building Permits for July - Street expects 959K, compared to 1.091M in June
• Housing Starts for July - Street expects 960K, compared to 1.066M in June

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Home Depot’s move will create the nation’s most widespread recycling program for the energy-saving bulbs, which have to be properly disposed of since they contain small amounts of mercury.