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• MERGER TALK RESUMES AS KAHN EXITS; MAY CO. CHIEF'S DEPARTURE SPURS DISCUSSION OF NEW LEADERSHIP AND POSSIBLE FEDERATED TAKEOVER.(May Department Stores Co)(Kahn, Gene)

  - 2005-01-24

  Byline: Jean Palmieri, David Moin, Arthur Zaczkiewicz NEW YORK -- Federated's not talking, but the Federal Trade Commission might be looking at a potential merger between the country's two largest department store operators. The news was all over the airwaves...

  Tags: CEO, FINANCE, Investment, Marshall, May Department Stores Co., merger

• May CEO departure spurs speculation of a buyout

  - 2005-01-19

  AUSTIN, Texas (Dow Jones/AP) -- May Department Stores Co. stock surged Tuesday amid renewed optimism for the company in the wake of chief executive Gene S. Kahn's abrupt resignation Friday. The shares rose $4.37, or 16 percent, to close at $32.21 on the New York Stock Exchange. ...

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• THE POWERS THAT BE; HFN'S FIRST LISTING OF THE 100 BIGGEST MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE HOME FURNISHINGS INDUSTRY.

  - 2003-06-30

  Forgive us, Francis Bacon: Knowledge is not power. Money is power. And don't anyone forget it. In this, the premiere edition of HFN's Power 100 ranking of the most powerful people in the home furnishings industry, a number of criteria...

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• May Department Stores Announces Executive Retirements.

  - 2002-03-02

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 2--In an executive shuffle Friday, May Department Stores Co. said the chief executive and the chairman of its merchandising and sourcing division both will retire by October. ...

  Tags: CEO, chairman, May Department Stores Co., sourcing, Strategy

• 3,500 INDUSTRY EXECS VOTE PRO-KAHN; MAY CO. CEO IS HONORED AT FIT EVENT THAT HELPS TO RAISE $7M FOR EDUCATION.(Fashion Insistute of Technology honors Gene Kahn of May Department Stores Co.)(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)

  - 1999-11-17

  It's not every executive who can fill the Hilton Hotel's Grand Ballroom to overflowing. But then, Gene Kahn is not just any executive. He's the CEO of May Department Stores Co., the nation's second-largest department store company. As such, 3,500 industry executives turned...

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• Retail scorecard. (top executives of leading US retailers)

  - 1995-05-22

  The top executives of 19 of the US' leading clothing retailers are listed. Each listing includes a brief description of the store's operations. The listed executives include Wal-Mart Stores Inc Pres and CEO David D. Glass, Kmart Corp Chmn Donald S. Perkins, and Sears, Roebuck Chmn and CEO Arthur Martinez....

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