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Warren, Ocasio-Cortez demand answers on Sears bankruptcy from Mnuchin

By Abha Bhattarai The Washington Post
May 23, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are calling on U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to be more transparent abou...
Women's clothing chain Dressbarn to close all its 650 stores

By Lauren Coleman-Lochner WP Bloomberg
May 21, 2019 1:00 am - Ascena Retail Group Inc. will start winding down its Dressbarn clothing chain, the latest upheaval in a continued retail shakeout. After trying to find a new owner, Asce...
Cops and Crime: One in four people who buy online gets counterfeits

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
May 17, 2019 5:30 am - That designer handbag you bought at a deep discount online? It's a fake. The rare autographed sports collectible you found on an online auction site? Counterfeit. Those ...
Amazon is the third superpower heightening the drama of the US-China trade war

By Jeanne Whalen The Washington Post
May 17, 2019 1:00 am - LORTON, Va. - Maxsa Innovations, a small business selling electronic gadgets on the outskirts of Washington, was already reeling from the U.S.-China trade war when it re...
Dog sweater or your sweater, tariffs mean its price will rise

Abha Bhattarai The Washington Post WP Bloomberg
May 17, 2019 1:00 am - There is only one way to save his business, says Charlie George: by raising the price of dog sweaters. His company, PetRageous Designs, in Wilmington, Massachusetts, has...
White Castle giving away free sliders Wednesday

Daily Herald Report
May 14, 2019 1:00 am - In honor of National Slider Day, White Castle is giving away one free slider and small drink to all customers on Wednesday, May 15. In order to claim their freebie, cus...
You got the new house! Now, how do you afford to furnish it?

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet
May 12, 2019 6:00 am - Congrats on saving up for that down payment! And hats off for committing to mortgage payments, homeowners insurance and property taxes. Now for your reward: home sweet, ...
Shhhhh, big dairy is in bed with almond milk

Lydia Mulvany, Deena Shanker and Leslie Patton Bloomberg
May 12, 2019 6:00 am - Dairy farmers are indignant about beverages calling themselves milks when they are actually made of oats or almonds or sunflower seeds. Even worse, these impostors have ...
How the Apple store lost its luster

Mark Gurman and Matthew Townsend Bloomberg
May 11, 2019 6:23 am - Web Smith's recent experience at his local Apple store in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, has been an exercise in frustration. There was the time he visited the Easton To...
End of an icon: 136-year-old Zimmer Hardware in Palatine closes

By Bob Susnjara
May 06, 2019 5:00 am - Remembered for a certain charm that included its legendary basement and the kind of odds and ends typically not found at big retailers, a suburban hardware store has clo...

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