US Top News and Analysis | Home Depot says core shopper is resilient in the face of higher gas prices, sales rise 5%

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Home Depot reported first‑quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, with adjusted earnings of $3.43 per share versus the $3.41 forecast and revenue of $41.77 billion, up about 5% from a year earlier. Chief financial officer Richard McPhail said the retailer’s core “homeowner” shopper remains financially resilient despite higher gasoline prices, declining consumer confidence, and geopolitical tensions, though customers are still cautious about larger projects and tend to defer big‑ticket spending. The company reaffirmed its full‑year guidance, projecting fiscal‑2026 sales growth of 2.5%–4.5% and EPS growth of up to 4%. Home Depot is also expanding its professional‑contractor business, having acquired SRS Distribution, GMS, and the recent SRS purchase of Mingledorff’s, positioning itself to capture a share of the roughly $700 billion pro‑market.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/home-depot-hd-q1-2026-earnings.html

#HomeDepot #RichardMcPhail #SRSDistribution #GMS #WallStreet

In another sickening twist to Google's grasp on Android, Google can now require you to have an Android device with Google Mobile Services, or an iOS device with the reCAPTCHA mobile app installed, in order to solve CAPTCHAs.

https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652

and archive: https://archive.is/Fq196

#Google #reCAPTCHA #CAPTCHA #privacy #GMS #Android

Decided to try and learn some character design, so far it is going so and so, but at least it is going somewhere. What yall think?

#indiedev #gamedev #itchio #2D #character #pixel #pixelart #practise #gms

Việt Nam cùng quốc tế thúc đẩy du lịch bền vững, hướng tới phát triển hài hòa. Việt Nam cam kết đồng hành với các quốc gia GMS trong chia sẻ dữ liệu, hợp tác nghiên cứu và triển khai các hành động phối hợp nhằm đạt được mục tiêu phát triển bền vững chung của khu vực. #DuLịchBềnVững #PhátTriểnHàiHòa #GMS #SustainableTourism #SustainableDevelopment #DuLịch #Tourism #BềnVững #HàiHòa #QuốcTếHợpTác

https://vietnamnet.vn/viet-nam-cung-quoc-te-thuc-day-du-lich-ben-vung-huong-toi-phat-trien-hai-hoa-246