What Home Depot's billion-dollar pay raise can prove about workers
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Home Depot's $1 billion investment in wages as sales slow took Wall Street by surprise, but paying workers more can pay off for big companies.
Home Depot's $1 billion investment in wages as sales slow took Wall Street by surprise, but paying workers more can pay off for big companies.
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Home Depot Top Executives Get Much Higher Raises Than You : r
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13 Retailers You Never Knew Would Recycle Your Old Stuff, 60% OFF
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Home Depot to give hourly workers a raise
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Walmart Raising Wage to at Least $9 - The New York Times
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Caring For Our People
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Home Depot says it will raise pay for workers in US and Canada
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The Home Depot & Lowe's Record Earnings
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Record Home Depot sales show America's housing market is still
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Home Depot Earnings And Walmart Earnings May Signal Trouble Ahead
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He tried to organize Home Depot's first union. Now he's unemployed.
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Motley Fool: Home Depot is built to last, a compact list of the