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• Judge Bars May Department Stores from Using 'Be' Brand on New Clothing Line.

  - 2002-10-22

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 22--A federal judge has barred May Department Stores Co. from using its "be" brand on a new apparel line, saying the trademark is "confusingly similar" to a competitor's. ...

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• MOODY'S CUTS MAY CO. DEBT.(May Department Stores Co.)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-05-27

  NEW YORK -- Moody's Investors Service reduced its rating on May Department Stores Co.'s debt to "A2" from "A1" with a negative outlook due to "competitive challenges, sated consumer apparel demand and the company's more aggressive financial policy." The...

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• May Co., Mercantile nets rise in second quarter. (May Department Stores Co., Mercantile Stores Co.)(Brief Article)

  - 1995-08-08

  NEW YORK -- Cost controls and stronger sales of women's apparel and shoes in July lifted second-quarter earnings higher than Wall Street estimates at May Department Stores Co. and Mercantile Stores Co. The profit gains came despite heavy promotions. May Co.'s earnings for the...

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• May sees suit sales suffering. (May Department Stores Co.)

  - 1989-05-03

  MAY SEES SUIT SALES SUFFERING NEW YORK -- The May Department Stores Co. expects unit sales of men's suits to be down this fall in light of significant price hikes, according to David Farrell, chairman. Farrell was in New York to address a meeting...

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