UPDATE 1-Office Depot warns on profit; hurricanes hurt
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Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday warned of weaker-than-expected profits for the rest of the year because of disruptions from the string of hurricanes
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Allstate Corp. ALL.N, the No. 2 U.S.  home and auto insurer, warned on Wednesday its third-quarter  profits would fall well short of expectations due to more than  $1 billion in hurricane-related payouts.
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OfficeMax Inc. , the nation's No. 3 office supply retailer, posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, reversing a year-earlier loss, as both its contract and retail businesses improved.
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Retailer Home Depot Inc.  said on Wednesday it expects per-share profit to fall this year as the U.S. housing slump hurts sales and it increases spending on its stores.
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Office Depot Inc , the world's second-largest office supplies retailer, said on Monday it would delay its third-quarter earnings release due to an independent review of its vendor program funds.
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Argos owner Home Retail Group says lower consumer spending will hit its profit forecasts.
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Allstate Corp., the second largest US home and auto insurer, warned Wednesday its third-quarter profits will fall well short of expectations due to more than $1 billion in hurricane-related payouts.
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Office Depot Inc. ODP.N, the No. 2  U.S. office supply retailer, on Tuesday forecast third-quarter  and full-year profits below Wall Street estimates due to  disruptions from recent hurricanes.
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Furniture retailer Courts yesterday issued a &quot;disastrous&quot; profit warning, blamed partly on hurricane Ivan&#39;s effects on its Caribbean business but mainly indicating further turmoil in its UK business.
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Office Depot Inc. , the world's No. 2 office-supplies retailer, said on Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 27 percent, but its sales fell short of Wall Street's expectations and its shares dropped 2.5 percent.
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The consumer products firm issues a profit warning for the second half.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1  retailer, on Monday said September sales at U.S. stores open at  least a year were tracking in line with its forecast for a 2  percent to 4 percent increase, though it expects Hurricane  Frances will briefly hurt sales in areas hit by the storm.
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Hurricane Frances threatens to dampen  sales, and possibly earnings, for a slew of companies -- from  insurers to airlines -- as business activity screeches to a  halt only three weeks after Hurricane Charley hit Florida.
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Office Depot Inc. said Friday it will cut staffing at its North American retail division, and its offices in Florida, California and elsewhere.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Office Depot has announced cost-cutting plans that cut more than 800 jobs and pay down $250 million of debt, with related charges of about $42.
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla.  - Office Depot Inc. announced plans Friday to cut roughly another 800 jobs, including positions in retail stores, its corporate headquarters and its European sales force, officials said.
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JetBlue Airways Corp. , a low-fare carrier flying mainly on the East Coast, said third-quarter profit will be lower than it expected because of hurricanes that forced flight cancellations in Florida and high fuel costs.