Sector Snap: Office Supply Retailers (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyOffice-supply retailers fell Wednesday, even as the broader market rose, after Office Depot Inc. said it expects "erosion" of fourth-quarter sales and profit due to the slumping housing industry.
Office Depot Blames Housing, Not Strategy (Forbes)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyOffice supply retailer slides after announcing that it expects weak sales and earnings to persist.
Microsoft yanks free Vista, Office offer (Computerworld Singapore)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyUpdated: 13 Dec 2007 Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday withdrew an offer of free copies of Windows Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 in exchange for consumers agreeing to install monitoring software, saying it had exhausted the supply of software.
Office Depot shares tumble on dour outlook (The Globe and Mail)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyDEL RAY BEACH, Fla. — — Office Depot's fourth-quarter results will likely be dragged down by further deterioration in the housing and credit markets, the second-biggest U.S. office-supply chain said Wednesday, sending shares tumbling more than 13 per cent.
Office Depot sees further erosion of sales, profit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyOffice Depot Inc said on Wednesday it expects fourth quarter sales and earnings to fall further as housing-related struggles spread into more of its markets, sending shares to its lowest level since 2004.
Dubai and Doha office rents to hike 20% (AME Info)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyNicholas Maclean, managing director for Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis, said he expects office rents in Dubai and Doha to increase about 20% over the next year and a half as demand outpaces supply and international businesses expand in the Gulf, reported Reuters.
Office Depot shares plunge (The Palm Beach Post)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyShares of Office Depot Inc. lost more ground Wednesday, slipping and sliding by 11.5 percent on its own predictions of "continued erosion" in fourth-quarter sales and earnings.
Sky high: Doha office rents to rise by 20pc (The Peninsula)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplySource ::: Reuters Dubai • Office rents in Doha are likely to rise about 20 per cent during the next year as demand outpaces supply and international businesses expand in the Gulf, said property services company CB Richard Ellis.
Office Depot plunge sends sector shares lower (Market Watch)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Retail shares erased their earlier gains as Office Depot Inc. shares tumbled.
Post Office to pay for ditching company (Independent Online)
posted to Yahoo! News Search Results for office supplyPretoria High Court judge Willie Hartzenberg has ordered SA Post Office to pay R60-million after a flawed tender process.