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Home Depot nixes design center chain, cuts 7,000 jobs

Long Island?s construction industry was hit with a blow Monday, as Home Depot announced it is cutting 7,000 jobs nationwide while it eliminates all of its Expo Design Center stores. Forty-three Expo

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