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General Electric Co. Friday's close: $27.66, up 2.79 percent for week GE last week reported a 6 percent decline in its second-quarter earnings but still matched analyst's expectations. The industrial conglomerate earned $5.07 billion, or 51 cents a...Tags: Landmark Communications Incorporated, Weather Reports, Time Warner Inc., Office Depot Inc., Television Industry
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Earnings Roundup: Office Depot shares plunge on report of sales decline
Office Depot Inc. shares fell sharply after the office supplies company said Tuesday that sales slid and second-quarter earnings deteriorated more than it had earlier forecast. Office Depot fell $3.29, or 31.6%, to $7.12, the biggest drop since the...Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Office Depot Inc., Levi Strauss & Co., Alcoa Incorporated, Sales
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Retailers Face Tough Back-To-School Season
Associated PressConsumers, armed with government rebate checks, still have eyes only for heavily discounted items and necessities, and the critical back-to-school season is looking like another difficult period for the nation's retailers. U.S. retailers on Thursday...Tags: Accenture Limited, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., New Products, Sales, JC Penney Company Incorporated
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IN BRIEF
Office Depot Inc., the world's second-largest retailer of office supplies, had its biggest drop in New York trading yesterday after the company said sales slid and second-quarter earnings deteriorated more than it had forecast earlier. Shares fell $3.29,...Tags: Target Corporation, New York Stock Exchange, Office Depot Inc., Television Industry, Tribune Company
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OfficeMax eliminating 2,700 store positions
By Tribune staffOfficeMax Inc., the struggling office-supply retailer, said Tuesday that it is reducing the number of managers throughout its chain of 900 stores in an effort to streamline operations. The Naperville-based company, which has 50 stores in the Chicago...Tags: OfficeMax Inc., Naperville, Ratings
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Amid credit mess, Mastercard charts solid growth course
Tribune Media Services columnistQ: Do the shares of MasterCard Inc. still have potential, or have they already had their pop? --M.L., via the Internet A: A financial-services firm avoiding fallout from the credit crunch and increasing its profits? Priceless, as commercials for the...Tags: Mass Media, Personal Finance, Allergan Incorporated, Applied Materials Incorporated, Canadian Natural Resources Limited
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Staples profit edges up 1.5%
Strong sales of delivered office products to corporate customers at home and overseas helped Staples Inc. post a 1.5 percent increase in its first-quarter profit. The retailer said its net income rose to $212.3 million, or 30 cents per share, in the three...Tags: Sales
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Staples boosts bid for Corporate Express
Corporate Express NV is willing to talk about a possible buyout by office products rival Staples Inc., after the U.S. company sweetened its bid by 10 percent to $2.47 billion, and threatened to bring its takeover proposal directly to Corporate Express...Tags: Leveraged Buyouts
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Staples takes bid to shareholders
Staples Inc. brought its $2.47 billion hostile takeover bid for Corporate Express NV directly to the Netherlands-based office products firm's shareholders on Monday, as Corporate Express' management continued to call Staples' offer too low. In...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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April retail sales report, oil prices bring mixed day
From wire reportsWall Street turned in a mixed performance yesterday after a fresh report on retail sales and a new oil price record told investors the same old story: The economy is hurting and costs are rising, but things could be worse. "The numbers are coming out...Tags: Iomai Corporation, New York Stock Exchange, Financial Markets, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Energy Saving
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