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The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 Ryan Fuhrmann	Home Depot Bleeds Orange Home Depot's woes appear to be more daunting than those faced by its competitor Lowe's.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2008 Ryan Fuhrmann	Rebuilding at Home Improvement Stores? Second-quarter results suggest sunnier days may be ahead for some retailers. Read on to see who.
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The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Home Depot Has Work to Do Home Depot has a little renovation to do, but don't hang up the big-box retailer yet. Look at the big picture, where there is some optimism for the future.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Home Stocks Aren't Hospitable Investors should seek better stock shelters than Home Depot and Lowe's.
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The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Brian Andrews	4 Ways Home Depot Can Dominate for Years Here's how the big-box home improvement king can stay on top.
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The Motley Fool November 14, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Measuring Home Depot Although the retailer's stock now trades for about the same price it fetched back in August, September offered savvy investors the opportunity to buy back shares at an 8% discount from today's price.
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The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away Home Depot is not the hotbed of cash register activity that it used to be. It may be time to remove this stock from your portfolio.
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The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Rich Smith	Quick Take: No Job Cuts? No Duh. According to its CEO, Home Depot won't be firing what few experienced employees it has.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2012 Dan Caplinger	How Home Depot Will Fix Itself Up in 2012 Let's look at this year's prospects for this company.
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