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Man Fired For God Button: Trevor Keezer Says Home Depot Fired Him Over "One Nation Under God" Pin (VIDEO)

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a yea...

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Home Depot Launches 'Eco Options' Label (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Video, Green Business, Eco Options, Eco Options Home Depot, Home Depot, Green News

Wednesday on CNBC CFO Carol Tome discussed the launch of Home Depot's Eco Options label, which appears on 3,700 products. According to the company, th...

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Betting Against the American Middle Class

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup Inc., “No Holds Barred”, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Secret Ballot Elections, Wal-Mart, Union Organizers, Interrogation, Threats, Cornell University, Employee Free Choice Act, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Surveillance, Stewart Acuff, Usw, Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, American Middle Class, Home Depot, National Labor Relations Board, Harassment, National Labor Relations Act, Efca, Aig, Bank of America, Public Sector, Bailout Money, Nlrb, Glenn Spencer, Bernie Marcus, Randel K. Johnson, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Unionization is how the middle class re-emerges. America could do without a few filthy-rich boys lolling on yachts in the Mediterranean.

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Depression in California's Inland Empire Shows Need for Employee Free Choice Act

Tom Woodruff | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Souther California, Walmart, California, Inland Empire, Employee Free Choice Act, Economic Crisis, Employment, Jobs, Target, Lond Beach, Los Angeles, Joblessness, Unemployment, Home Depot, Kmart, California Economy, Lowes, American Dream, Politics News
Tom Woodruff

An economic tragedy is unfolding in the Inland Empire region of southern California. We need to pass the Employee Free Choice Act to give workers a realistic shot at the American Dream.

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Bank of America's Stimulus For Wal-Mart & Target

Al Norman | Posted 04.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Sam Walton, Target, Bank of America, Cash Back Program, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Tarp, Main Street Program, Home News
Al Norman

New "Add It Up" Plan Doesn't Add Up By Al Norman The head of the embattled Bank of America told members of the Boston College Chief Executive Offic...

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HuffPost Breaks Another Bailout Story: Reform Groups Demand Investigation!

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Public Citizen, Dick Durbin, Bank of America, Aig, Lawrence Lessig, Home Depot, Investigation, Bailout Bandits, Bailout, Donor Srike, Public Campaign, Change Congress, US Pirg, Huffington Post, Democracy Matters, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

Too many Americans believe money buys results in Congress -- an idea that heightens cynicism about our democracy and weakens civic engagement.

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Human Rights Watch Backs Pro-Union Bill -- Did Anti-Union Bailout Barons Break Campaign Laws?

Art Levine | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Bailout, Home Depot, Employee Free Choice Act, Rick Berman, Business News
Art Levine

While international law recognizes union organizing as a human right, the bailout barons were seeking to use some of the billions in taxpayer funds to rob those same taxpayers of the right to fairly form a union.

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Home Depot Layoffs: Will Cut 7,000 Jobs, Closing Expo Chain

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession, Home Depot, Home Depot Layoffs, Home Depot Layoff, Home Depot Expo Locations, Home Expo, Home Depot Expo Closing, Home Depot Layoffs 2009, Home Depot Lay Offs, Homedepot Layoffs, Homedepot Lay Offs, Business News

CHICAGO — Home Depot Inc. plans to eliminate 7,000 jobs while shutting down its smaller home improvement brands as the recession continues to ba...

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Falcons Owner & Home Depot Founder Speaks

Graham Bensinger | Posted 02.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bobby Petrino, General Manager, Roger Goodell, Football, Wild Card, Atlanta, Mike Smith, Founder, Comeback, Matt Ryan, Owner, Sports, Home Depot, Nfl, Head Coach, Playoffs, Thomas Dimitroff, Arthur Blank, Michael Vick, Falcons, Season, Entertainment News
Graham Bensinger

Bensinger: Your reaction when you first heard the rumors about Michael Vick being linked to dog fighting. Arthur Blank: I didn't believe it. I had no reason to believe it.

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Obama Will Allow Fortune 500 Firms to Receive Federal Small Business Contracts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Xerox, Fortune 500, Small Business, Fortune 1000, Dell, Obama Transition Team, Economy, Middle Class, John Deere, Washington Post, Procurement, Obama-Biden, Home Depot, Barack Obama, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Petaluma, Calif. - President-elect Barack Obama has dropped a campaign promise to end Bush Administration policies that have allowed Fortune 500 firms...

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Obama Drops Campaign Promise to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Raytheon, Small Business, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Fortune 500, Windfall Profits, Middle Class, Home Depot, General Dynamics, Dell Computers, Rolls-Royce, Barack Obama, Small Business Administration, Xerox, John Deere, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The surprisingly low priority Obama has given small business issues on his websites is a clear indication this is not going to be a pro small business administration.

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Home Depot Founder: Retailers Who Don't Support GOP "Should Be Shot"

The Oxdown Gazette | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Home Depot, Home Depot Founder, Norm Coleman, Bernie Marcus Norm Coleman, Efca, Bernie Marcus, Politics News

This is what Home Depot's founder Bernie Marcus said on a conference call yesterday: "If a retailer has not gotten involved with this, if he has not ...

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Home Depot Profit Falls

bloomberg.com | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Home Depot, Home Depot Profit, Home Depot Profits, Financial Crisis, Business News

Home Depot Inc., the world's largest home-improvement retailer, posted third-quarter profit that fell less than analysts estimated and repeated its ea...

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One American Carmaker -- Our Best Solution?

Steve Parker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Chrysler, Secret Service, Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Ford, Home Depot, Aig, Daimler, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Countrywide Financial, Detroit, Nissan, Los Angeles Times, North America, Toyota, Gm, Mazda, Detroit Three, Washington DC, European Union, Times of London, Escape Hybrid, Altima Hybrid, Gmac, Wall Street, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Hillary Clinton, Asian, Auto Industry, President Clinton, Business News
Steve Parker

If the Detroit Three were to merge into one company, ownership shared with the American people, it could benefit everyone; the carmakers, their dealers and their customers

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THE LATEST: $25 BILLION FOR DETROIT; PRODUCTION CHEVY VOLT PLUG-IN HYBRID UNVEILED

Steve Parker | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Turbochargers, Boeing, Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology, Automotive News, General Electric, Hemi Hybrids, Saturn, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, Honda, Detroit News, FCX Clarity, Ford, Home Depot, Goldman Sachs, Equinox, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Charlie Rose, Flex, Gm, Alan Mulally, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, Volvo, Washington DC, Cars, Chevrolet Volt, JPMorgan Chase, Chrysler Jeep, Ford Escape, Wall Street, Opel, Focus, Green News
Steve Parker

Today's Detroit News newspaper reports that, because big investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase own huge amounts of GM and Ford cor...

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Greening Hollywood Gambles on Fox Fall's Eco-Casino

Paige Donner | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Evites, Make Love Not Trash, Fox Fall TV Shows, Fox Broadcasting, Eco-Casino, Home Depot, Sustainable, Recycled Cutlery, Cisco, Carbon Offsets, London West Hotel, Bones, Green Events, Post Consumer Recycled Paper Products, Palomar Hotel, Ambrose, Schwinn, Green News
Paige Donner

One of the most common comments heard in the "green" movement is that voting with your dollars, on everyday personal and business decisions, is the qu...

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Green Business and "Compliance"...The Government is the Least of Your Worries...

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Bank of America, Target, Regulations, Wal-Mart, Environment, Bpa, Green Business, Toys "R" Us, Diesel Vehicles, Lead in Toys, Home Depot, Phthalates, Sears, Compliance, Green News
Andrew Winston

Most execs certainly see the need to do more than what the government is asking. And many forces are coming to bear on companies, making green a profitable (not optional) path.

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Home Depot Customers Getting Stingier, Profits Sinking

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Home Depot, Housing Crisis, Housing Market, Recession, Consumer Spending, Refurbishing, House Flipping, Business News

CHICAGO — The Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit sank 24 percent and reiterated its downbeat outlook for the year amid ...

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Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Buick, Rick Wagoner, Detroit Auto Show, Home Depot, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Toyota Prius, Pontiac GTO, Plug-in Hybrids, Paris Auto Show, Energy, John McCain, Gm, Alan Mulally, Chevrolet, Beat, Volt, Duke University, Harvard Business School, Detroit Automakers, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Ford of Europe, Holden Commodore, Cadillac, Cruze, Pontiac, Camaro, Daewoo, Oldsmobile, Cobalt, Business News
Steve Parker

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

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Government Small Business Contracts Went to Fortune 500 Companies

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Mcgraw-Hill, Small Business, Economy, Dell, Department of Interior, Shwerwin Williams, Business, Home Depot, Ricoh, Barack Obama 2008, Fraud, John Deere, Contractor Fraud, Starwood Hotels, Gtsi, Xerox, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Federal investigations clearly show that Fortune 500 corporations are the actual recipients of federal small business contracts, and yet the Bush administration continues to maintain that this is a myth.

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Home Depot Solves an Eco-Problem

Andrew Winston | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

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Andrew Winston

Home Depot is utilizing a critical eco-advantage mindset and approach: thinking about the value chain.

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Home Depot To Recycle Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

New York Times | Stephanie Rosenbloom | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, CFL Recycling, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Where Can I Recycle Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Mercury, Green Living, Where Can I Recycle CFLs, Home Depot, Green News

Some big retailers are promoting compact fluorescent light bulbs as a way to save energy. But improper disposal of the bulbs creates a hazard, because...

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Home Depot to close 15 underperforming US stores

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business

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ATLANTA — It's been 4 1/2 years since former Home Depot Chief Executive Bob Nardelli's bold prediction that the home improvement retailer could ...

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Home Depot Has First Annual Sales Dip

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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ATLANTA — Hobbled by the housing slump and a loss of market share, The Home Depot Inc. posted its first ever annual sales decline Tuesday and re...

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Big Hurt In Store For Retail

New York Post | James Covert | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: The Gap, Holiday Season, Wal-Mart, Macy's, Profit Reports, Fourth Quarter Earnings, 2008 Forecast, Worst Holiday Season, Lowe's, Home Depot, Business News

After the worst holiday season in five years, Wall Street is bracing for a slew of ugly profit reports from retailers and downbeat forecasts for 2008....

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