Black & Decker's site offers home-improvement tips.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Web's For You] Reference

The world's largest home-improvement retailer is downsizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Depot to close Expo Design Centers, eliminate 7,000 jobs] Reference

It also might be a good time to unload home-improvement stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why These Stocks Are a House of Cards] Reference

Also, your home-improvement costs still reduce any taxable gain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yes You Did, No I Didn't] Reference

Fellow home-improvement retailer Lowe's, not a Dow component, climbed 80 cents, or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Target Gains 2.5%; Exxon, Chevron Fall] Reference

So he has ditched consumer-tilted stocks like home-improvement retailer Lowes Corp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star Mutual-Fund Managers Don't Give Up, Buy Carefully] Reference

Inc. It points to a historical link between cabinet sales and home-improvement revenue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earnings Streak Defies Consumer Fears] Reference

That's just another sign of the troubles plaguing the housing and home-improvement markets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spending on home remodeling is on the decline; Lowe's profit plunges] Reference

In the Ecully store, he cut the bicycle section and slimmed the home-improvement offerings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carrefour Tries a Booster for Tiring Hypermarkets] Reference

One stock that's moving actually a bit to the upside is Lowe's, the home-improvement chain.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2005] Reference

Among industry groups, the home-construction and home-improvement retailing sectors fared poorly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inflation data, oil prices] Reference

All you iPhone - and Touch-toting home remodelers and home-improvement DIYers haven't been neglected.    From Wordnik.com.  [The best iPhone apps for home improvement] Reference

The home-improvement retailer has announced it will stop selling incandescent lightbulbs by 2011. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada plans incandescent ban] Reference

It is hard for me to figure out how a snub by a home-improvement center can diminish Christmas one iota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frankincense In Aisle Five!] Reference

People who do less homework before they began their home-improvement projects tend to face more problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dos and don'ts: Avoid remodeling mistakes in your kitchen or bath] Reference

The savings on your energy bills will pay back the cost of these home-improvement projects off over time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: People Count: Hot on the Trail - April 23, 2000] Reference

During Mr. Wei's time at B&Q China, the company grew to become China's largest home-improvement retailer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spanning the gap between management styles] Reference

Because of the nature of home -- of the home-improvement business, the additions will be made this spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2007] Reference

William UnderhillSENSORSOn Time Smarthome. com is the Amazon. com of the electronic home-improvement market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Green Gizmos] Reference

Home Depot, the No. 1 U.S. home-improvement retailer, said its net income in the second quarter rose 7 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asian Stocks Rise On Stronger U.S. Earnings] Reference

German home-improvement retailer Praktiker surged 16% after third-quarter operating earnings came in 22% higher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seoul Slides as Worries Persist in Asia] Reference

But Park finds a "statistically significant effect of neighborhood home-improvement activity on home appreciation.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Buzzword: Neighborhood Effect] Reference

• And home-improvement retailer Home Depot is taking a big hit in the weakened market, according to Bloomberg. com.    From Wordnik.com.  [A bright—and green—spot in the housing market] Reference

Demand at Lowe's and other home-improvement retailers began an upswing earlier this year after three years of declines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lowe's Sales Disappoint] Reference

Some, like home-improvement giant Home Depot Inc., are sprucing up their stores and investing more in customer service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retailers Recalibrate Pitch] Reference

Read “Remodeling: Best ways to pay for it now” for detailed information on how to pay for home-improvement projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Avoid these money mistakes] Reference

Just as seamy is the contractor who offers to arrange financing for a home-improvement project through a lender he knows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watch out for equity loan schemes that can imperil your home] Reference

But with home sales so low, those dollars are not flowing to contractors or home-improvement stores, and both are hurting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spending on home remodeling is on the decline; Lowe's profit plunges] Reference

Coleman envisions entire neighborhoods sharing a single pickup truck, for example, for all their home-improvement projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can You Give Up Your Car?] Reference

"They're going to begin to tinker with their own premises, and the home-improvement names have already been beaten way down.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Pearls in the Consumer-Stock Rubble] Reference

Credit Suisse said Masco's results "threw another bucket of cold water" on expectations for home-improvement retailers including.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earnings Streak Defies Consumer Fears] Reference

SouFun's website offers real-estate, home-furnishings and home-improvement content and advertisements, as well as property listings.    From Wordnik.com.  [SouFun Opens Up 57% Post-IPO] Reference

Essential information: Read "Hassle-Free Merchandise Returns" for details on the return policies of major home-improvement retailers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some "lifetime" warranties not living up to consumer expectations] Reference

Goldman Sachs derivatives strategists this week recommended such an "overwrite" strategy for shares in home-improvement twins Lowe's and.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Fear Gauge' Is Seen Calming] Reference

Last fall, New York State launched the Know Your Contractor Web site so consumers can avoid getting ripped off by home-improvement pros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pennsylvania contractors must register with state attorney general] Reference

Indeed, nearly 30 percent of the 121 million adults who recently completed a home-improvement project were involved in a bathroom remodel.    From Wordnik.com.  [In a slow market, fix up your home] Reference

Foreclosures surged with interest resets, inflated assessments, and high fee home-improvement loans, which often follow sub prime lending.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saul Segan: Philly's Rx For Foreclosure Epidemic] Reference