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Can Sears save these 4 San Diego stores? - The San Diego Union-Tribune

11/28/18

Can Sears save these 4 San Diego stores?  The San Diego Union-Tribune

A bankrupt Sears is hoping to save 505 stores from extinction, including four in San Diego.

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GM plant closings: good business, tough optics - Hartford Courant

11/28/18

GM plant closings: good business, tough optics  Hartford Courant

Watching Donald Trump carry on about General Motors's announcement that it's closing plants and firing almost 15,000 workers is like walking into a movie ...

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Turns out, there were too many Mattress Firm stores: How a frenzied expansion brought down the company - Chicago Tribune

11/28/18

Turns out, there were too many Mattress Firm stores: How a frenzied expansion brought down the company  Chicago Tribune

Mattress Firm blamed overexpansion and above-market rents in its bankruptcy filing and jettisoned about a fifth of its stores in the restructuring.

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Retirement Assets Received in Divorce Settlement May Be Available to Creditors - Financial Planning

11/28/18

Retirement Assets Received in Divorce Settlement May Be Available to Creditors  Financial Planning

Advisors may now have to rethink their guidance on how clients should treat retirement assets acquired during a divorce after a recent bankruptcy court ruling.

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Eddie Lampert's fund, ESL Investments, reportedly partnering with Cyrus Capital Partners in Sears bid - CNBC

11/28/18

Eddie Lampert's fund, ESL Investments, reportedly partnering with Cyrus Capital Partners in Sears bid  CNBC

Eddie Lampert has said in court filings his hedge fund, ESL Investments, is planning to buy roughly 500 of Sears' stores, helping it to emerge from bankruptcy.

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MainStrasse association blames rain, heat for bankruptcy - Cincinnati.com

11/28/18

MainStrasse association blames rain, heat for bankruptcy  Cincinnati.com

The Mainstrasse Village Association filed for bankruptcy this week following a year of hard losses.

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