Sears Holdings Corp

Retailer Covers CEO's Insane Commuting Bill

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.19.2012

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NEW YORK — Sears Holdings Corp. paid its chief executive $9.9 million last year, including incentives the ailing department store operator offer...

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Major Retailer CEO: $2.4 Billion Loss 'Unacceptable'

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AND MAE ANDERSON | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Earnings, Retailers, Sears, Sears-Closing-Stores, Quarterly Earnings, Video, Retail Sales, Sears Earnings 4q 2011, Sears Earnings, Sears Holdings Corp, Business News, Business News

NEW YORK — Sears said Thursday that it's unloading some of its profit-busting stores, but the retailer fell short of revealing how it plans to w...

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Alice Hines

Cities Fight To Keep Doomed Sears and Kmart Stores

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Kmart-Closing, Sears Rally, Cleveland Tn, New Smyrna Beach, Sears Holdings Corp, Sears-Closings, Jackson Mississippi, Harper Woods, Sears-Layoffs, Sears Petition, Business News

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Sears' Real Problems Caught on Camera by Retail Expert

Grant Cardone | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Lands Endings, S&p Downgrade, Sears, Department Stores, Retail, Sears Video, Kmart, Grant Cardone, Sears Holdings Corp, Video, Business News
Grant Cardone

Sears' failing sales is being blamed on the economy, but the reality is shoddy stores, poor customer service, no leadership and no attention to sales ...

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Sears Lists 79 Of Its Planned Store Closures

Reuters | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Retail News, Sears, Retail Sales, Kmart, Sears-Kmart-Stores-Closing, Sears Holdings Corp, Reuters, Business News, Holiday Shopping 2011, Business News

Sears Holdings Corp on Thursday identified 79 of the 100 to 120 Sears and Kmart stores it said earlier this week it would close, with the list split a...

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S&P Puts Sears On Review For Downgrade After Retailer Announces Major Store Closures

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Video, Kmart, Kmart Stores Closing, Retail Sales, Sears Holdings Corp, Business News, Credit Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, Sears Kmart Stores Closing, Business News

Standard & Poor's placed Sears Holdings Corp's credit rating on review for a possible downgrade on Wednesday, saying the retailer's plan to close ...

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Major Retailer To Close At Least 100 Stores

AP | MICHELLE CHAPMAN and CHRISTINA REXRODE | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Retail News, Sears-Closing-Stores, Sears, Holiday Shopping, Kmart Sears Stores Closing, Video, Kmart, Sears Holdings Corp, Business News, Holiday Shopping Season, Kmart Closing, Business News

NEW YORK — After a disastrous holiday shopping season, the parent company of Sears and Kmart will close at least 100 stores to raise cash &ndash...

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Illinois House Blocks CME, Sears Tax Break Bill

AP | By CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Video, Illinois Unemployment, Sears Holdings Corp, Illinois Business, Corporate Tax Breaks, Illinois Veto Session, Sears Leaving Illinois, Cme Group Leaving Illinois, Illinois Economy, CME Group, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- What a state takes away, it also can give back. Less than a year after raising personal and corporate income taxes, Illinois off...

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Quinn: Ohio Offers Sears $400 Million To Leave Illinois

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Illinois Budget, Illinois Unemployment, Pat Quinn, John Bradley, Cme Group Illinois, Sears Holdings Corp, Illinois Business, Sears Leaving Illinois, Illinois Economy, CME Group, Chicago News

With the Illinois state legislature still deliberating a tax incentive package to lure both Sears Holdings Corp. and the CME Group to keep their opera...

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Veto Session Updates: Red Light Cameras, Gambling, Pensions & More

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Illinois Casino Expansion, Illinois Casinos, Pat Quinn, Sears Holdings Corp, Illinois Politics, Sears Leaving Illinois, Illinois Veto Session, Buttongate, CME Group, Terrence Duffy, Illinois Budget, Aaron Jaffe, Illinois Pension Reform, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois General Assembly, Gery Chico, Lou Lang, Illinois Gambling, Tom Cross, Cme Group Tax Cut, Illinois Pensions, Chicago News

As the Illinois General Assembly's fall veto session rallies on in Springfield, debates over gambling, pension reform, red-light cameras in Chicago an...

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Tax Cuts For Corporations Could Be Approved Tuesday

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Illinois Companies, Pat Quinn, Illinois Business, Sears Holdings Corp, Sears Illinois, Illinois Veto Session, Cboe, Illinois Jobs, CME Group, Illinois Budget, Barbara Flynn Currie, Occupy Wall Street, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Business, John Cullerton, Chicago Board of Options Exchange, Illinois Economy, Chicago News

Though a proposal that would have drastically cut the state income taxes of CME Group, CBOE Holdings and Sears Holdings Corp. stalled in the Illinois ...

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Sears Leaving Illinois? Company In Talks With Two Other Locations

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Illinois Taxes, Cme Illinois, Sears, Pat Quinn, Illinois Income Tax Increase, Sears Holdings Corp, Illinois Business, Ford Illinois, Sears Illinois, Illinois Tax Increase, Sears Leaving Illinois, Illinois Business Climate, Chicago News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sears Holding Corp. said Wednesday that it is talking with two prospective destinations for its headquarters even as it talks ...

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Higher Prices Hit Cash-Strapped Back-To-School Shoppers

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Sales, Deflation, Lands' End, Inflation, Con-Flation, Sears Holdings Corp., Great Recession, Clothes Prices, Labor Department, Back to School Shopping, Consumers, The NPD Group, School, Consumer Price Index, Back to School, Business News

NEW YORK — Stores are trying everything they can think of to disguise the fact that you're going to pay more for clothes this fall. Some are us...

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Veterans Day Every Day

Tom Aiello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Sears, Afghanistan Veterans, Veterans Day, Kmart, Heroes at Home, Sears Holdings Corp, Veterans, Politics News
Tom Aiello

I think of the brave soldiers I served with, who saved my life. Unless you have been on the front line, you cannot imagine the levels of bravery and fortitude that engaging in combat requires.

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Eddie Lampert's Latest Bid to Lift Sears

Pattie Sellers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pattie Sellers

Lampert, who made his billions by playing contrarian, refuses to let the rising chorus of critics distract him.

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Embattled Sears CEO To Step Down

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edward S. Lampert, Aylwin B. Lewis, W. Bruce Johnson, Department Stores, Kmart, Sears Holdings Corp, Sears, Business News

CHICAGO — Sears Holdings Corp. abruptly announced the departure of president and chief executive Aylwin B. Lewis on Monday, leaving a management...

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