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• Federated to cut 290 jobs as it combines data centers

  - 2006-09-21

  Federated Department Stores Inc., the second-biggest U.S. department store company, will cut about 290 positions as the retailer consolidates data center operations in St. Louis and Lorain, Ohio. Federated will close its St. Louis operations in a six-month phase-out beginning in January, the Cincinnati-based retailer said Wednesday in...

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• BALANCE SHEET; WINNERS AND LOSERS ON THE FISCAL BATTLEFIELD.

  - 2006-07-03

  Byline: VICKI M. YOUNG Consumers were a bit more optimistic in June, sending the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index up slightly to 105.7 from 104.7 in May. The modest gain could be attributed to a slightly better outlook for the future, although short-term expectations...

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• Federated to Cut 155 Jobs, in Minneapolis, Chicago

  - 2006-06-05

  Federated Department Stores Inc., the owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, plans to cut 155 jobs mostly in the Minneapolis and Chicago areas as the company continues to absorb the Marshall Field's chain. Some of the cuts will involve Internet customer support jobs, as work from Marshall Field's is...

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• Federated Stores to lay off 2,299 May Store workers

  - 2006-03-07

  Federated Department Stores Inc. said it is firing 2,299 employees at former May Department Store Co. operations in five U.S. cities, beginning the job cuts it announced in September. Federated cut 490 jobs at the May headquarters and merchandising offices in St. Louis, effective March 1. Last week,...

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• Macy's marketer faces toughest job in Chicago; Calm Field's fans, create new mid-market retailer.

  - 2006-03-06

  Byline: LISA SANDERS AND MYA FRAZIER Crain News Service Transforming a well-known regional retail name into a national icon is a bold play, even for risk-taker Anne MacDonald. But Federated Department Stores Inc. Chairman and CEO Terry Lundgren Byline: LISA...

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• The Week: October 24-30.(The Insider)(The Cleveland Clinic)

  - 2005-10-31

  The big job cuts: Federated Department Stores Inc. (NYSE: FD) said it will cut nearly 800 jobs at credit operations in Lorain and Parma, the first local fallout from the Cincinnati-based retailer's merger with May Department Stores Co. Federated in s The big job cuts: Federated...

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• Federated growth is big score for Macy's; Marshall Field's will convert; 300 new jobs for NYC.(Federated Department Stores Inc.)(Macy's New York)

  - 2005-09-26

  Byline: Elisabeth Butler employees of macy's in New York must have felt a little smug when they heard the details of Federated's new strategy for creating a national chain with locations in just about every state and Puerto Rico. Though Federated...

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• Loss of May Department Stores will make it harder for St. Louis region to attract new business

  - 2005-03-05

  The economic impact of Federated Department Stores Inc.'s buyout of May Department Stores Co. is as yet unclear. However, there already is considerable speculation that the $11 billion deal will result in thousands of job losses in St. Louis and some - nobody knows for sure how many - store...

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• BALANCE SHEET; WINNERS AND LOSERS ON THE FISCAL BATTLEFIELD.(Federated Department Stores Inc.)(consumer confidence)

  - 2004-03-01

  The concept of a "jobless recovery" has hounded the economic recovery since its start. In 2003, individuals and families dealt with their own feelings of job insecurity, but 2004 is an election year and what previously had been a vexing problem is now a campaign issue,...

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• Burdines-Macy's Retail Merger May Result in Loss of Buyer Jobs in Miami.

  - 2004-02-10

  By Karen-Janine Cohen, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 10--When Federated Department Stores Inc. announced last year the operations merger of Burdines and the Florida Macy's stores, it said Burdines would bring its expertise about the Florida customer to...

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