Earlier positive comments from Susquehanna analyst Mehdi Hosseini seem to be driving Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) shares up over 3.5 percent at last check. According to Hosseini's Home Depot (NYSE: HD) survey, Cree's brand of LED light bulbs are being purchased more frequently compared to other store offerings.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Last week, I wrote about the divergence that exists between rivals Lowe's and Home Depot . Lowe's, which has been struggling for some time due to (among other things) lack of merchandising strategy, was coming off a disappointing first quarter, for which management blamed the weather. Meanwhile, Home Depot post better-than-expected first-quarter results and raised guidance. ...

By Dhanya Skariachan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top Office Depot Inc investor Starboard Value LP sued the second-largest U.S. office supply retailer on Thursday for not holding an annual shareholder meeting to elect directors, an unusual step on the eve of a merger. The activist investor said in the complaint the company had not held an annual shareholder meeting for ...

HD Supply Holdings Inc. expects its initial public offering of 53.2 million shares to price between $22 and $25 a share. The former commercial-supply arm of Home Depot Inc. HD had filed plans in April for an estimated IPO of up to $1 billion to raise funds for the repayment of debt and general corporate purposes.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- TheStreet continued its TheStreetMONSTER investment conference with a bang today, starting with Jim Cramer talking about the Federal Reserve and quantitative easing, and how it affects the individual investors. Cramer noted that the Fed's discussion of "stimulus on, stimulus off" has become the topic du jour, and investors were hurt by the recent rise in interest ...