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		<title><![CDATA[First Data Announces Credit Card Processing Partnership with Citibank]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER -- Electronic commerce and payments leader First Data (NYSE: FDC) announced today that it has expanded its relationship with Citibank and that the two companies have signed a long-term processing agreement that would expand their existing relationship to include processing services for the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Card Portfolios.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears, ex-exec in talks on defamation suit; Company fired head of credit business in '02.(News)(Sears, Roebuck and Co.)(Kevin Keleghan)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200501/ai_n20211946]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: SANDRA JONES    Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the fired head of the retailer's  former credit card business are in talks to resolve a defamation lawsuit  sparked by the executive's dismissal.    Kevin Keleghan, the former Sears credit executive who  Byline: SANDRA...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears, Roebuck & Co.(Retailing)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6654/is_200403/ai_n26123591]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago -- posted a record $2.75 billion profit for the fourth  quarter thanks to the sale of its credit-card unit to Citigroup, but  with retail sales sagging, the company lowered its estimate for ...  Chicago -- posted a record $2.75 billion profit for the fourth  quarter...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Selling units, Sears triples profits.(Business Today)(department store Sears, Roebuck and Co.)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200402/ai_n17264396]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- Banking $4.1 billion from the sale of its  credit-card and financial-services business, Sears, Roebuck and Co. more  than tripled fourth-quarter profits, which soared by 224.2 percent, to  $2.7 billion from $848 million last y    HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- Banking $4.1...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Orleans call center to be closed by Citigroup]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20040202/ai_n10174576]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New York-based Citigroup Inc. will close a New Orleans call center that employs 847 customer-service and collection representatives. Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Sears, Roebuck & Co. ran the center before Citigroup bought Sears' credit card division in November. Citigroup will close call centers in at least nine other locations, including Atlanta...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5273/is_200311/ai_n20956159]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sears completes credit card unit sale    HOFFMAN ESTATES - Citigroup Inc. completed the $31.8 billion  acquisition of Sears Roebuck & Co.' s credit card and financial  products business Monday, opening the door for the nation's biggest  financial services company to start nursing the struggling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Buyback doesn't address the bigger issue at Sears.(Opinion)(Sears, Roebuck and Co.)(credit card business to Citigroup Inc.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sears, Roebuck and Co. has answered the question of what it will do  with $3 billion in proceeds from the sale of its credit card business.  It will once again buy back stock, which is bound to please investors.  But CEO Alan Lacy has yet to answer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Americas: Citigroup pays $5 billion for sears' credit card unit, The]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3715/is_200310/ai_n9321533]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Citigroup agreed to acquire the credit card and financial products business of Illinois-based Sears, Roebuck for an estimated $5 billion.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mixed profit story as Sears pares its forecast.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200307/ai_n17265851]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL -- Raising $93 million from the previously  announced sale of bad debt in its credit card business, Sears, Roebuck  and Co. boosted second-quarter profits by 34.9 percent, to $309 million  from $229 million a year ago.      HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears' new challenge: spinning retail gold; Credit card sale puts focus on Lacy's big-box plan.(News)(Sears, Roebuck and Co. sells credit card business to Citigroup Inc.)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200307/ai_n20197146]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: SANDRA JONES    When Sears, Roebuck and Co. wraps up the sale of its credit card  business to Citigroup Inc. later this year, the shrinking company will  be relying solely on its chain of stores for the first time in its  110-year history. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BIG STORE'S BIG GAMBLE: Cutting the card; Once unthinkable, sale of credit unit ends an era at Sears.(Finance)(consumer credit programs)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200307/ai_n20190854]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: SANDRA JONES    When Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold its first product on credit in  1911-a cream separator for skimming the cream from milk-all it required  from customers was a letter from their banker stating that they were  "reliable.''     ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears sees profits nose-dive. (Business Today).]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200304/ai_n17265406]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL -- Plagued by bad weather that stunted sales  and continuing woes in its big credit card business, first-quarter  profits before one-time at Sears, Roebuck and Co. tumbled by 39.6  percent, to $192 million from $318 million last ye    HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears looks to bail out of decades-old credit business - Sears, Roebuck & Co]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_7_42/ai_99982366]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. surprised investors last week when it announced plans to sell its massive $31 billion credit card portfolio. Sears ceo Alan Lacy said assets from the sale would provide a windfall for investors and help the company trim its debt and focus on its troubled...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears banks on retail; credit biz on the block.(Sears, Roebuck & Co. to sell credit card portfolio)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200304/ai_n17263474]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL -- Seeking to boost its sagging share price and  bottom line, Sears, Roebuck & Co. is putting up for sale its $30  billion credit card portfolio. The business has vexed management in  recent years as consumers stopped paying th    HOFFMAN ESTATES,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Once credit biz is sold, what becomes of Sears?(Opinion)(Column)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200303/ai_n20191356]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In a stunning about-face, Sears, Roebuck and Co. plans to sell its  $30.8-billion credit card portfolio, the nation's eighth-largest  and the company's largest profit generator. Now, the question for  Sears is: Without credit, what's left of the empire?  In a stunning about-face, Sears, Roebuck and Co....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Local Focus.(Business)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sears CEO salary, bonus rose 78%    HOFFMAN ESTATES - Sears, Roebuck and Co. paid Chief Executive  Officer Alan Lacy 78 percent more in salary and bonus last year, as  concerns about the company's credit-card division shaved off half  the company's share price. Lacy received...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears' finances show soft side.(News)(Sears Roebuck and Co.)(Company Profile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200303/ai_n20191251]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: SANDRA JONES    Operational problems are turning into financial woes for Sears,  Roebuck and Co.    Sears' inability to stem the long-term decline of its stores  and to cap rising delinquencies in its credit card portfolio has begun  to erode th ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Names in the News).(Ppaul Liska to run the credit-card and financial-products business)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6626/is_200211/ai_n26073553]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[* PAUL LISKA Chicago Chapter, Executive Vice President and CFO of  Sears, Roebuck & Co., is moving to run the ...  * PAUL LISKA Chicago Chapter, Executive Vice President and CFO of  Sears, Roebuck & Co., is moving to run the credit-card and  financial-products business, assuming...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Store's big worry: card unit; Troubles erupt at wrong time for Lacy.(News)(Sears, Roebuck and Co., Alan Lacy)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200210/ai_n20188145]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: SANDRA JONES    The profit engine fueling CEO Alan Lacy's drive to reshape  Sears, Roebuck and Co. is sputtering at precisely the wrong time.    Until now, Mr. Lacy has counted on the company's highly  profitable credit unit to placate Wall Stre ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rays of hope for Sears shares.(Sears, Roebuck and Co. predicted second-quarter results)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200107/ai_n20184818]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hoffman Estates-based Sears, Roebuck and Co. gave its shares a  boost with the news that second-quarter results won't be as bad as  many had expected, despite an array of special charges. The retail and  credit card concern said it expects a net loss of  Hoffman Estates-based...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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