BOSTON (AP) Strong sales of delivered office products to corporate customers at home and overseas helped Staples post a 1.5 percent increase in its first-quarter profit and rebound modestly from small profit declines in the previous two...

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ATLANTA -- The Home Depot Inc. doesn't know if stimulus checks making their way to potential customers are enough to improve its fortunes this year, the company said Tuesday as it reported a 66 percent drop in first-quarter profit. The world's...
Staples Inc., the worlds largest office-supplies retailer, reiterated its full-year earnings forecast and said the acquisition of Corporate Express NV would help expand its most profitable division globally. First-quarter net income climbed 1.5...
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Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) reported Tuesday a 66% increase in first-quarter earnings, compared with weak year-ago results. Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS), on the other hand, posted only a 1.5% increase in its first-quarter profit, compared to small...
Going into today's earnings report, analysts had been looking for earnings for the quarter of 71 cents per share, and the company actually was able to post earnings of 74 cents a share, on net income of $602 million. During the same period last...