Office Depot Misses School
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Remember that kid back in school who always seemed to have some creative excuse for skipping class? You know -- the doctor&#39;s appointment, two hurricanes, and a tropical storm?
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A calendar glitch made the back-to-school season look worse than it really was.
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The unfortunate combination of an attachment error and a week-long sickness by the school's attorney gave the appearance that the school was ignoring a court order, according to an admission made by a university official to BetaNews.
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By Melanie D. Scott, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 24--Computers loaded with design software line the back wall of Harry Istok's classroom at Malow Junior High School in Shelby Township.
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A software problem delayed the process, which was supposed to start before midnight Eastern time on Wednesday.
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Office Depot Inc , the world's second-largest office supplies retailer, said on Monday it would delay its third-quarter earnings release due to an independent review of its vendor program funds.
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A local school district canceled classes Friday to avoid traffic tie-ups during a campaign stop by first lady Laura Bush, who has made education one of her top priorities.
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Office Depot Inc. expects third- quarter and yearly earnings to miss analysts&#39; estimates because of recent hurricanes in Florida and sluggish back-to-school sales.
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Gateway Inc. GTW.N said on  Wednesday its personal computers would be widely available at  Office Depot. ODP.N in the latest move by the PC maker to  broaden distribution at retail stores since acquiring rival  eMachines this year.
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By Bloomberg News. Office Depot, which lost its place as the world&#39;s No. 1 office-supplies retailer to Staples three years ago, ousted its chairman and chief executive, Bruce Nelson, yesterday.
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I just came home after working five hours overtime without pay. I'll likely do the same tomorrow, and the next day, which is often my routine. Why? Because with 240 students in my English classes, overtime is unavoidable to grade all the papers and tests.
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Office Depot Inc. warned Tuesday of weaker-than-expected profits for the rest of the year because of disruptions from the string of hurricanes in Florida and poor sales in the rest of North America and in Europe.
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With a weak back-to-school season behind them, US retailers are focused on the holidays and what steps they need to take to get consumers excited about shopping again.
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Required exercise at 7 a.m. sharp. No personal televisions or computers. A cafeteria bereft of potato chips and candy bars but full of good-for-you vegetables. Mal Mahedy's new school has tons of rules that other teens would find intolerable.
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The August start of the back-to-school shopping season was a disappointment for major retailers, delivering the industry a third straight month of tepid sales and its weakest gain in almost a year and a half. Higher gasoline prices and consumers' ongoing worries about jobs contributed to the poor showing.
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Lately, the company's retail operation has been lagging behind sales of its locations.
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Office Depot Inc. ODP.N on Tuesday  warned that profit for the rest of the year would fall short of  forecasts because of the string of hurricanes in Florida and  poor sales elsewhere, sending its stock down 6.79 percent.