Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Sears' 'radical' past: How mail-order catalogs subverted the racial hierarchy of Jim CrowOct 16, 2018 1:00 am - Monday's announcement that Sears would file for bankruptcy and close 142 stores came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the retail giant's collapse in recent ...
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Sears posts job openings with bankruptcy filing ink still wetOct 15, 2018 1:00 am - Want to join the payroll of a bankrupt retailer this holiday season? Well, has Sears Holdings Corp. got a job for you. The department-store chain posted 75 new positions...
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The Sears bankruptcy is likely to inflict pain on mall owners for yearsOct 15, 2018 1:00 am - As Sears Holdings Corp. goes through bankruptcy, retail landlords wondering how they could be impacted might want to look at a 2015 deal. Mall owner Macerich Co. struck ...
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Sears files for bankruptcy just as things are looking up for U.S. retailOct 15, 2018 1:00 am - A year ago, a Sears bankruptcy would have fit better into the U.S. retail narrative, given the steady decline of shopping malls and foundering chains. Today, however, wi...
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The cannabis industry is hiring. One snag: Pot is still illegalOct 14, 2018 1:06 am - Mainstream executives want in on the cannabis craze. That's not surprising, with the value of some Canadian pot businesses topping $10 billion and Coca-Cola Co. and Mols...
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How the super-rich are stockpiling wealth in black-box charitiesOct 14, 2018 1:00 am - It's all the rage in charitable giving — and it's actually got some charities worried. Donor-advised funds — money that grows tax-free in individual accounts — are resha...
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Wall Street's new left: Millennials see a politics beyond profitOct 14, 2018 1:00 am - For 65 hours a week, Zack Truelson works for Wall Street's hyper-capitalists. On weekends, he hits the streets for America's socialists. Truelson, 27, is part of a new g...
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Nothing says rock 'n' roll like a speaker as loud as a jackhammerOct 13, 2018 1:00 am - Startup Devialet, which makes the high-end Phantom music speaker popular with pop-star A-listers, wants to broaden its appeal by selling a more affordable wireless versi...
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Billionaire's Sears fiasco is finally nearing its endOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Bit by bit, the smart money deserted Edward Lampert. Michael Dell, David Geffen, George Soros, the Ziff brothers - by 2012, all of them, and many more, had peeled away. ...
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Why it could take days to find out the midterm election resultsOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Voters planning to stay up late on Election Night to find out which party wins control of the House and Senate should be prepared for a possible marathon wait. The unusu...