USA (Notifix).- The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer, reported third quarter of fiscal 2010 net earnings of US$834 million, compared with net earnings of $689 million, in the same period of fiscal 2009. Sales for the third quarter totaled US $16.6 billion, a 1.4 percent increase from the third quarter of fiscal 2009. "Our third quarter sales reflect the fourth consecutive quarter of positive same store sales for our business. As the business stabilizes, we continue to improve our operational performance. We are exercising good control over our expenses but we're also investing in the business to drive improvements across customer service, merchandising and our supply chain," said Frank Blake, chairman & CEO.