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Sears Holdings says its hasn’t yet determined which 100 to 120 Kmart and Sears stores it will close after a disappointing holiday sales season.
The company, which has 4,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada, announced today that it would close this number of stores after sales at its Kmart and domestic Sears stores in this […]
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A half-century-old program that helps workers who lose their jobs to foreign trade holds the key to whether Congress may finally approve three long-delayed free trade agreements viewed by both the Obama White House and congressional Republicans as a way to invigorate the economy and create jobs.
It’s a classic Washington trade-off.
Many Democrats don’t like the […]
The media throughout the world like to portray themselves as the defender of the public good, a steadfast bulwark against government excess, a fearless watchdog ready to root out criminality.
But what happens when the press goes rogue, when reporters and editors break the law, and violate common decency as well? When reporters hack into a […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a partial ruling against Eastman Kodak Co. on Thursday in a high-stakes patent-infringement dispute with the makers of the iPhone and BlackBerry phones.
The trade-dispute arbiter in Washington, D.C., said it is essentially upholding an earlier ruling by one of its judges, which threw out the photography pioneer’s claims.
The federal […]
Have you ever wondered about your online reputation? Or how you might better look after it?
Google has now come up with a tool to do just that.
Called Me on the Web, it can be found on the Google dashboard, right below Account Details, when you sign on to your account.
According to the Google […]
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The drifting plume of ash from Chile’s erupting volcano forced new cancelations of dozens of flights on Monday in Argentina, Uruguay and other South American countries, even as airlines in Australia began trying to move a backlog of volcano-stranded passengers.
Buenos Aires’ two main airports reopened on Monday after halting flights for a day due to […]