The Home Depot to Host Fourth Quarter & Fiscal 2009 Earnings Conference Call
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<p><location>ATLANTA</location>, <chron>Feb. 9</chron> /CNW/ -- The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, announced today that it will hold its Fourth Quarter & Fiscal 2009 Earnings Conference Call on <chron>Tuesday, February 23</chron> at <chron>9 a.m. ET</chron>.</p>
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<p>A webcast will be available by logging onto <a href="http://earnings.homedepot.com">http://earnings.homedepot.com</a> and selecting the Fourth Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call icon. The webcast will be archived and available beginning at approximately noon on <chron>February 23</chron>.</p>
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<p>The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,245 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, <location>Puerto Rico</location>, <location>U.S. Virgin Islands</location>, <location>Guam</location>, 10 Canadian provinces, <location>Mexico</location> and <location>China</location>. In fiscal 2008, The Home Depot had sales of <money>$71.3 billion</money> and earnings from continuing operations of <money>$2.3 billion</money>. The Company employs more than 300,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.</p>
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For further information: Financial Community: Diane Dayhoff, Vice President of Investor Relations, [phone], [email protected]; News Media: Paula Drake, Sr. Manager, Corporate Communications, [phone], [email protected] Web Site: http://www.homedepot.com