>>> Home Depot : CEO: Guides FY14 SSS 4.6%; housing market remains a modest tail

CEO: Guides FY14 SSS 4.6%; housing market remains a modest tailwind for our business, saw an acceleration of big-ticket spending in the quarter - conf call 
- SSS growth to be 80 bps higher in the second half than in the first half of 2014 
- Price appreciation continues, to continue in the second half of the year, is a positive for our business. 
- Web sales +38% y/y 
- To repurchase $3.5 billion of stock in the balance of the year, for total 2014 stock repurchases of $7.0 billion