Home Depot, based in Atlanta, is trying to reverse weakening sales and fend off Lowe's, which is ringing up strong sales as it moves into large markets like Los Angeles and the New York area.
This time he anticipated the tackle, and stuck out his hand to try and fend Kepu off.
They should be trying to jump-start the economy — and fend off another recession — by making investments, and hiring workers, that will lead to renewed prosperity.
David Stubbs 9pm, BBC1 Telly's top torso is going tunnelling as he tries to expand his mining business and fend off growing financial troubles.
It is a 3D dog-fighting game in which you use tilt motion controls to steer a fighter jet and try to fend off freaky-looking alien spacecrafts.
Ad agencies were forced to scramble, not only to understand and try to fend off the threat they felt interactive agencies posed to their client lists, but also to comprehend and adopt web development as part of their services.
Vulnerable and leaderless, the Palestinians watched as the PA's defences collapsed, institutions crumbled and young policemen were left to try to fend off, and to be killed by, the region's mightiest army.From grassroots activists to politicians, the insistent cry is for elections, with a new "national emergency" government formed to deal with a crisis that is both political and humanitarian.
Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, indicated on Thursday he expected Osborne to shift away from that position and to try to fend off the accusation of being ideologically extreme.
It was Mr. Villepin's first and main chance to try to fend off charges of complicity in slander and forgery that could jeopardize his political career.
The business usually slacks off in the spring as the boating season begins and delinquent owners try to fend off the bank long enough to have some fun.
