<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060110/bs_nm/retail_homedepot_hughes_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20060110/2006_01_10t070810_450x331_us_retail_homedepot_hugh es.jpg?x=130&amp;y=95&amp;sig=2x63UvAg.htn2jMhtdC6 1A--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Customers arrive outside a Home Depot store in a suburb of Denver, Colorado May 17, 2005. Home Depot has agreed to acquire Hughes Supply (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Top home improvement chain Home Depot
Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy construction materials
supplier Hughes Supply Inc. for nearly $3.2 billion as
it expands its professional contracting business.</p><br clear=all>

View the entire article: Home Depot to buy Hughes Supply (Reuters)