Research analysts at BNP Paribas started coverage on shares of Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Briefing.com reports. The firm set a “neutral” rating and a $159.00 price target on the home improvement retailer’s stock. BNP Paribas’ price objective would suggest a potential downside of 3.63% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other research firms have also commented on LOW. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Lowe’s Companies from $149.00 to $156.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 17th. Guggenheim raised their target price on shares of Lowe’s Companies from $135.00 to $175.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Lowe’s Companies from $176.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August

Imagine a freak storm that causes a large branch from an oak tree outside to snap and damage part of your roof. Your homeowners insurance policy, a coverage designed to step in financially to back you up in these cases, will cover the cost of repairing the roof damage. Your insurance provider will send out a “preferred contractor” to handle the repair. You may think they’re doing you a great favor, but in many cases, these contractors are looking out for the insurance company’s best interests — and not yours, seeking to do the job as inexpensively as possible. 

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The low-cost approach may be acceptable for some types of damages such as replacing a few roof shingles, but as for other situations such as damage to your gorgeous granite countertops in your kitchen or replacing your custom closet cabinets,

Do you like Budweiser? I mean really like it? Well chances are slim that you enjoy the so-called ‘King of Beers’ as much as the former owner of this condo in Lake Worth, Florida. Located just south of Palm Beach, the 815-square-foot property—with two bedrooms and two baths—is covered from floor to ceiling in empty cans of Bud. That’s thousands of branded aluminum cylinders in total.

Although it went on the market earlier this year, the listing only recently started getting national attention after the country’s largest brewery posted it to their Facebook page. Accompanied by the sarcastic caption, “The perfect house doesn’t exi-”, it now boasts over 1,000 likes—and counting. The house, meanwhile, was originally priced at $110,000, but didn’t attract any offers until the asking cost came down by