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ATLANTA, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot® (NYSE: HD), the world's largest home improvement retailer, today announced that J. Frank Brown and Ronald (Ron) L.

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By Patti Bond, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Nov. 13--Home Depot's business took a hit in the third quarter, as the gloom in the housing sector continued to cut into consumer spending.

By Harry R. Weber, Associated Press ATLANTA -- The Home Depot Inc. doesn't plan to make any broad- based job cuts or reduce the number of its core retail stores in the face of a persistent housing slump that isn't expected to improve anytime soon, Chief Executive Frank Blake said Friday.