Hurricanes Hit Office Depot Profit
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Office Depot Inc. ODP.N on Tuesday  warned of weaker-than-expected full-year profit because of the  string of hurricanes in Florida and poor sales across North  America and Europe, sending its stock down nearly 8 percent.
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Office Depot Inc., the world&#39;s No. 2 office-supplies retailer, said it expects earnings per share for the third quarter to fall below current First Call estimates partly because of the recent Hurricanes in Florida.
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Billion dollar printer profit steadies the ship
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OfficeMax Inc , the nation's third-largest office supplies retailer, posted a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by lower expenses and improved margins.
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Home Depot Inc.  posted a 28 percent drop in fourth quarter profit on Tuesday as the weak U.S. housing market depressed sales at its retail stores.
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Dollar Tree Stores Inc.  on  Wednesday reported higher quarterly profit, helped by strong  sales and a higher operating margin.
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Retailer Home Depot Inc.  said on  Wednesday it expected per-share profit to decline 4 percent to  9 percent this year as the weak U.S. housing market pressures  sales and it boosts investment in stores.
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CNA Financial Corp. , one of  the largest commercial insurance firms in the United States,  said on Monday that it had a fourth quarter profit compared  with a loss a year ago, when it was hurt by claims from 2005's  Hurricane Wilma.
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German insurer Allianz sees profits slide as it absorbs the cost of 2004's devastating hurricanes, but its figures prove better than feared.
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Home decor retailer Kirkland&#39;s Inc. on Thursday said the hurricanes that wreaked havoc throughout the southeastern United States will cause it to lose $1.
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Midland Co. on Thursday said third-quarter profits fell by almost half as the specialty insurer sustained heavy claims losses from the hurricanes that swept through the Southeast during the summer.
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OfficeMax Inc. , the nation's No. 3 office supplies retailer, reported a quarterly profit on Thursday, reversing a year-earlier loss, helped by an increase in its contract business.
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Performance Food Group Co. said Monday that earnings for the third and fourth quarters will fall below its previous estimates, in part due to the effects of the hurricanes that hit the Southeast.
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Staples Inc. SPLS.O, the top U.S.  office products retailer, on Tuesday reported a 26 percent jump  in quarterly profit due to higher sales of furniture,  back-to-school supplies and a strong performance in Europe.
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Office Depot Inc. lowered its earnings expectations for the third quarter and for the year, citing lower sales because of hurricane disruptions and soft European business. The price of its stock fell more than 7 percent on the news.
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Lowe&#39;s Cos., the second-largest home improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc., said Monday quarterly profit rose. The Mooresville, NC-based retailer had third-quarter net income of $522
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Federated Department Store Inc. posted better-than-expected earnings in the third-quarter of 2004 thanks to a sales rebound in Florida, where hurricanes had dampened sales in September.