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Lumber Boom Boosts Home Depot, Timber TownsJones industrial average. The company's shares climbed nearly 6 percent--their best percentage gain in four years. Frank Blake , CEO of Home Depot, said in a conference call that he attributed the results in part to the ongoing recovery of the U
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Home Depot profit beats forecast even as sales fall short
business performed well in a down market, we captured market share and drove operating productivity," said Chairman and CEO Frank Blake said in a statement. Still, he added that concerns about the housing market, rising unemployment and the weak economy continue
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Home Depot reports loss of $54M, but beats estimates
associates and stores to set a strong foundation for the long-term health of our company," said Chairman and Chief Executive Frank Blake . There was little cause for optimism about the housing market after a widely watched index showed Tuesday that home prices
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Oracle's Warning on U.S. Economy
making sure our existing stores are profitable, our company will be in a much stronger competitive position," Home Depot CEO Frank Blake told the Associated Press. Since the economy is still growing, it means that America is not technically in a recession
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Home stores ache from home market's pain
weakening dollar, the growing cost of raw materials, reduced export incentives and other factors. Recently, Home Depot hd CEO Frank Blake declared 2007 one of the worst years ever for his company and predicted that store sales will be off about 5% again this
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The bald truth about CEOs
bald or balding. Bald men running the nation's largest companies include Chevron's David O'Reilly, Home Depot's Francis Blake , Morgan Stanley's John Mack and Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein. •It may be more difficult to be bald and extremely
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Home Depot quarterly profit drops with home sales slump
year. Sales, which dropped for the first time ever last year, will fall as much as 5% during a "challenging" 2008, CEO Frank Blake said in a statement. Home Depot has lost market share to Lowe's as both companies have struggled with falling U.S. home
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Some firms' fertile soil grows crop of future CEOs
ba , Fannie Mae fnm and Pfizer pfe . When Home Depot hd fired GE alumnus Bob Nardelli last year, they replaced him with Francis Blake , a GE alumnus. Nardelli soon righted himself as CEO of Chrysler. Other prominent GE alumni who did not make the list were
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Failing Up: How to Succeed by Screwing Up
six-year reign. And the company didn't look too far to find his replacement: It tapped Nardelli's chief strategist, Frank Blake , at a salary that could total $8.9 million. And this week, NBC's Zucker, who ran the TV network while it sank from
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Failing Upwards: Succeed by Screwing Upsix-year reign. And the company didn't look too far to find his replacement: It tapped Nardelli's chief strategist, Frank Blake , at a salary that could total $8.9 million. And this week, NBC's Zucker, who ran the TV network while it sank from
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Does America Really Need Another McDonald's?salary bonus during his six year tenure. It was entitled to a severance package of 210. Million dollars. Other news CEO frank Blake has salary and 975000. A year and a compensation package valued at eight point nine million dollars but. 89% of it is based
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