HBCU News & Commentary, If You Missed It

03/27/14- Home Depot’s Melissa Brown talks to the crew about the Retool Your School contest, a campus improvement grant program.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Home improvement maker Home Depot Inc. on Thursday apologized for a tweet that showed a picture of two African-American drummers with a person in a gorilla mask in between them and asked: “Which drummer is not like the others?” The tweet, from Home Depot’s official Twitter account, @HomeDepot, was part of […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Paula Deen‘s multimillion-dollar merchandise and media empire continues to unravel following revelations that she used racial slurs in the past. Target Corp., Home Depot Inc. and diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk on Thursday became the latest companies to distance themselves from the Southern celebrity chef. Home Depot, which sold Paula Deen-branded […]

If You Missed It, Originals

The TJMS talks to Dr. Leslie Pollard, President of Oakwood University. Despite having only 1,939 students, Oakwood won the Home Depot Retool Your School Contest and the $50,000 prize.

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WEST COVINA, Calif. (AP) — A man deliberately cut himself with saws in the aisles of a Home Depot store in suburban Los Angeles on Wednesday, creating a gruesome scene in front of several customers that left him severely injured, police said. The man was in the store’s tool section and went unnoticed until he […]

If You Missed It, Originals

The TJMS talks with Marvin Ellison, EVP of U.S. Stores, The Home Depot, about the “Re-Tool Your School Campaign.”

If You Missed It, Originals

The TJMS interviews Melissa Brown, manager of Multicultural marketing at Home Depot, about Home Depot’s “Reboot Your School” campaign.

National News

NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot Inc.'s net income rose slightly in the third-quarter, as glimmers of a housing market recovery start to appear. Storm-preparation also added to sales and offset costs related to closing stores in China. Results beat expectations and the company also raised its forecast for the year. Shares rose nearly four […]