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SHANGHAI — /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. , a leading economy hotel chain in China, today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2006 results after the U.S. market closes on March 7th, 2007. Home Inns’ management will hold an earnings conference call at 8 PM on March 7th, 2007 U.S. Eastern Standard Time (9 AM on March 8th, 2007 Beijing/Hong Kong time).

Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows: China Mainland (toll free): +1.800.299.8538 Hong Kong: +852.3002.1672 U.S. » Read more after the jump →

SHANGHAI — /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Home Inns & Hotels Management
Inc. (Nasdaq: HMIN), a leading economy hotel chain in China, today
announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter
and full year 2006 results after the U.S. market closes on March 7th, 2007.
Home Inns’ management will hold an earnings conference call at 8 PM on
March 7th, 2007 U.S. Eastern Standard Time » Read more after the jump →

ATLANTA — /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Home Depot(R), the
world’s largest home improvement retailer, today reported its financial
outlook and key priorities for driving retail growth in 2007 and beyond at
its Annual Investor and Analyst Conference.
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Chairman and CEO Frank Blake stated that the Company does not expect
residential construction and the housing market to improve until late in
the second half of 2007 or early 2008. The Company’s outlook for 2007
reflects this broader economic dynamic, as well as the Company’s customer
priorities and strategic investments. » Read more after the jump →

U.S. Concrete Inc. said Monday that a charge associated with its Michigan operations was largely responsible for a fourth-quarter net loss of $23.8 million, or 63 cents loss per diluted share, compared with net income of $4.1 million, or 14 cents a share, for the same period in 2005.

The results include a $26.8 million after-tax, non-cash charge to reduce the carrying value of the Houston-based concrete products company’s goodwill related to its Michigan operations. Excluding that item, U.S. Concrete’s (NASDAQ: RMIX) net income was $3 million, or 8 cents a share. » Read more after the jump →

A 9 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit helped push InVentiv Health Inc.’s annual income up nearly 17 percent.

Somerset, N.J.-based InVentiv, which employs 400 at its communications division in Westerville, said for the three months ended Dec. 31 it earned $9.8 million, or 32 cents a share. During 2005’s fourth quarter, it earned $9 million, or 31 cents a share. » Read more after the jump →

KAMPALA, Uganda — South African President Thabo Mbeki on Monday named an interim health minister to replace the ailing but controversial Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, whose reluctance to embrace lifesaving AIDS drugs provoked international rebuke and landed her the derisive nickname Dr. No.

Transport Minister Jeff Radebe is the new interim health minister. South African officials would not say when–or if–Tshabalala-Msimang would return to the job. » Read more after the jump →

Massachusetts public health programs including those focused on children and disease prevention will receive a $72 million boost in the Fiscal Year 2008 state budget Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick will file on Wednesday.

The funding represents a 15 percent increase over the Fiscal Year 2007 budget. Under the Patrick/Murray administration’s leadership, funding for Early » Read more after the jump →