Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Home Depot Jumps; Darden Restaurants Retreats: U.S. After-Hours Trading

(Bloomberg) -- Home Depot Inc. rose in extended
U.S. trading after the world's largest home-improvement retailer
agreed to sell its contractor-supplies unit to three buyout
firms and said it may purchase a record $22.5 billion of stock.

Shares of the Atlanta-based company gained $2.43, or 6.3
percent, to $40.70 at 5:51 p.m. in New York. Bain Capital
Partners, Carlyle Group and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice will pay
$10.3 billion for HD Supply, which sells tools and lumber to
construction companies. The buyback amounts to 30 percent of the
Home Depot's outstanding shares.


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