1.   Home Depot Inc., a retailer specializing in home improvement products based in Atlanta, also reported higher earnings, but at a level that Wall Street found disappointing.

2.   Home Depot sold more tools and home improvement products to do-it-yourselfers as the ranks of homeowners swelled with the economic expansion.

3.   Merchandise and equipment was being loaded onto trucks that were headed for Design House Inc., a Milwaukee manufacturer of home improvement products.

4.   San Francisco U.S. District Judge Susan Illston approved the payment plan and other steps by the Atlanta-based retailer of home improvement products yesterday after a fairness hearing.

5.   The company is working with fashion designer Alexander Julian to develop a line of home improvement products to hit stores this summer.

6.   The retailer of home improvement products said fiscal fourth-quarter earnings will decline from the year-earlier period on lower-than-expected Christmas sales.

7.   Through subsidiaries and partnerships, the company also wholesales gasoline and sells carpet, flooring, office equipment and home improvement products.

8.   Through subsidiaries and partnerships, the company also sells gasoline wholesale and sells carpet, flooring, office equipment and home improvement products.

9.   With the economy at full steam, home improvement products are hot sellers.

10.   At the same time, American Brands has invested nearly five billion dollars to build up its distilled spirits, hardware and home improvement products and office products markets.