Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW), the world’s second largest home improvement retailer, today reported net earnings of $527 million for the quarter ended May 4, 2012, a 14.3 percent increase over the same period a year ago.

Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation has awarded more than $2 million in Lowe’s Toolbox for Education® grants to 588 schools for school-improvement projects benefiting K-12 public education.

Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation has awarded more than $2 million in Lowe’s Toolbox for Education® grants to 588 schools for school-improvement projects benefiting K-12 public education.

Antique Reclaimed Lumber (ARL) of Nebo recently received a $23,000 Recycling Business Development grant from the North Carolina Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach.

Antique Reclaimed Lumber (ARL) of Nebo recently received a $23,000 Recycling Business Development grant from the North Carolina Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach.

Antique Reclaimed Lumber (ARL) of Nebo recently received a $23,000 Recycling Business Development grant from the North Carolina Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach.

Woodworking businesses, large and small, are no longer bound by the controversial “Ambush-Election” union rules that went into effect April 30.

Woodworking businesses, large and small, are no longer bound by the controversial “Ambush-Election” union rules that went into effect April 30.

Woodworking businesses, large and small, are no longer bound by the controversial “Ambush-Election” union rules that went into effect April 30.

Woodworking businesses, large and small, are no longer bound by the controversial “Ambush-Election” union rules that went into effect April 30.