<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://charlotteraleigh.citybizlist.com/14/2010/12/31/Despite-All-the-Right-Moves-Lowes-Hit-by-Fall-in-Discretionary-Spending.aspx"><b>Despite All the Right Moves, Lowe&#039;s Hit by Fall in Discretionary Spending</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Citybizlist (press release)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">By Zacks.com Being the world&#039;s second largest <b>home</b> improvement retailer, Lowe&#039;s Companies Inc. (LOW) boasts a proven strategy of investing in stores to <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"></font><br /><font size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://charlotteraleigh.citybizlist.com/14/2010/12/31/Despite-All-the-Right-Moves-Lowes-Hit-by-Fall-in-Discretionary-Spending.aspx"><b></b></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>