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A Home Depot store in Edmond, Okla., in November 2011. Home Depot said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit climbed 27.5 percent as warmer weather brought consumers out for spring gardening and lawn products.<br>The Associated Press
Warm weather pushes up Home Depot’s quarterly profit
NEW YORK — Vinings-based Home Depot said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income climbed nearly 28 percent as as unseasonably warm winter and increased business from contractors and other profess...
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In this May, 26, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the social network site s new privacy settings in Palo Alto, Calif. Zuckerberg and other executives addressed about 200 prospective investors Friday, May 10, 2012 at a hotel luncheon in Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)<br>
Poll: Half of Americans call Facebook a fad
The public overall is similarly divided on the company’s future. Just under half of adults (46 percent) predict a short timeline for Facebook, while 43 percent say it has staying power.
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Best Buy founder steps down after probe
NEW YORK — Best Buy’s founder Richard Schulze is stepping down as chairman of the beleaguered consumer-electronics chain after the company’s investigation revealed that he failed to alert the board...
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Coca-Cola trying again with mid-calorie sodas
NEW YORK — The Coca-Cola Co. is giving mid-calorie sodas another try, this time with Sprite and Fanta. The Atlanta-based company says it will test a “Sprite Select” and “Fanta Select” this summer ...
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Yahoo Inc. CEO Scott Thompson sits at PayPal’s offices in San Jose, Calif., during his tenure as Paypal’s CEO in November.<br>The Associated Press
Source: Yahoo CEO did not mislead company
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is assuring his colleagues that he didn’t supply the incorrect information that led the troubled Internet company to list a bogus college degree in his offi...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, watches comedian Andy Samberg, right, of Saturday Night Live, gesture during the f/8 conference in San Francisco in September. Zuckerberg turns 28 today. He’s considerably younger than the average FORTUNE 500 CEO, of course. But while some investors worry that Zuckerberg is too young to lead Facebook as a public company, experts point out that Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell were in their 20s when their companies had IPOs.<br>The Associated Press
Zuckerberg’s birthday gets investors thinking: IPO could be a $100B gift
NEW YORK — Don’t let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zucker-berg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO. Facebook’s chief executive turns 28 today, setting in motion the social network’s biggest wee...
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Mitzi Smith Moore, master plumber and president owner of Sundial Plumbing, stands with a pipe wrench in front of a wall of framed letters at the company s offices in Marietta. The company receives more than three letters per week from satisfied customers, and employees hang the most recent letters on the wall.<br> Staff/Jon-Michael Sullivan
Proud plumber: Through hard work and dedication, Moore has grown her local business
Cobb Executive Profile MARIETTA — Mitzi Smith Moore has a reputation as an accomplished business owner and dedicated community servant. The surprise comes when you learn she is also a certified ma...
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A person stands near the Apple logo at the company’s store in Grand Central Terminal in New York City in December 2011. If Apple had been added to the Dow in June 2009, the last time there were serious rumors that it would happen, the average would be about 2,500 points higher than it is today and well above its all-time high.<br>The Associated Press
Dwarfing the Dow? With Apple, Dow average would have set record years ago
Apple is the world’s most valuable company. The Dow Jones industrial average is probably the world’s best-known stock index. So don’t they deserve each other? Consider this: If Apple had been adde...
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Ford investors shower execs with praise at meeting
Shareholders spent most of the 45-minute meeting praising management for company’s turnaround.
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    Feds: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads
    Federal Trade Commission says Skechers made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles.
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    Marietta native receives honor MARIETTA — Marietta native Condace Pressley will receive the Pioneer award, the highest honor bestowed by the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists at the 30th ...
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    Hillsborough Sheriff deputy patrols outside the gate of JP Morgan Chase annual stockholders meeting held Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will speak to shareholders five days after disclosing a $2 billion trading loss. (AP Photo/Scott Iskowitz)
    Dimon wins votes on pay, chairmanship
    JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was confronted by shareholders upset about the $2 billion trading loss, which rattled investor confidence in the bank.
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    Warmer weather pushes Home Depot 1Q profit up
    Shares fall despite positive news on the for the 1st quarter.
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    Dennis Wolf-Keith of Des Moines, Iowa, center, holds a sign during a rally outside the Capitol Square Post Office on Monday in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The U.S. Postal Service said Monday it no longer plans to close 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices and satellite stations.<br>The Associated Press
    U.S. Postal Service won’t close 600 urban stations
    DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Postal Service said Monday its decision to halt the closing of more than 3,700 post offices includes roughly 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices and satellite s...
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    C.W. Matthews gets DOT contracts MARIETTA — The Georgia Department of Transportation awarded two contracts to C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc., of Marietta. The company received the $11.6 mil...
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    William G. Lako Jr.<br>Business Columnist
    William G. Lako Jr.: Unrealized appreciation — your company stock
    Traditionally, most retiring employees roll their 401(k) assets into an IRA rollover account to continue the tax-deferred growth. IRA assets are eligible for withdrawal without penalty after age 59...
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    A sign offering help in foreclosure cases stands by a street in Pembroke Pines, Fla., on May 2. The eyesores have vexed Hollywood, Fla., Mayor Peter Bober, who now uses a program that makes robocalls to the businesses, sometimes 20 a day, to discourage posting of signs.<br>The Associated Press
    City using robocalls to fight nuisance ads
    HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The cheap signs smashed into lawns and along the corners of busy intersections are hard to miss. “We Buy Junk Cars!” “Cash for Your House!” “Computer Repair.” The eyesores have ve...
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    Georgia firm targeted with trademark lawsuit
    Design company allegedly manufactured counterfeit products with university logos.
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