Lowe's (LOW: news, chart, profile) reports Monday, with its rival Home Depot (HD: news, chart, profile) delivering Tuesday. Wal-Mart (WMT: news, chart, profile) is also on tap Tuesday, along with Saks (SKS: news, chart, profile), Nordstrom (JWN: news, chart, profile), JC Penney (JCP: news, chart, profile) and Staples (SPLS: news, chart, profile). Wednesday's results include PetsMart (PETM: news, chart, profile) and Longs Drug Stores (LDG: news, chart, profile). Ringing it up Thursday are The Gap (GPS: news, chart, profile) and Limited Brands (LTD: news, chart, profile). Other big names in the week's results include Hewlett-Packard (HPQ: news, chart, profile) and Walt Disney Co. (DIS: news, chart, profile). http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&gui...
The white man seeks to conquer nature, to bend it to his will and to use it wastefully until it is all gone and then he simply moves on, leaving the waste behind him and looking for new places to take. Chiksika (Kispokotha Shawnee),March 19,1779