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• FIELD'S TO BECOME MACY'S AT STATE STREET; FEDERATED TO SPRUCE UP FLAGHIP BOTH INSIDE AND OUT WHEN IT CONVERTS TO NEW NAME THIS FALL.(Federated Department Stores Inc. acquires Marshall Field's)

  - 2006-05-01

  Byline: ROBERT SHAROFF CHICAGO - It's official: Marshall Field's is history. As of September, the new name of Field's 1.8 million-square-foot downtown store will be Macy's at State Street. But Federated Department Stores, Field's new owner, promised to uphold the traditions and...

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• Operator of Macy's/Bloomingdales to sell 10 mall department stores

  - 2006-02-07

  After being an anchor at White Marsh Mall for nearly 25 years, the Macy's department store there will soon close its doors and reopen as a Boscov's, a family-owned department store chain.Two other Central Maryland Macy's stores will also become Boscov's.Federated Department Stores Inc., the operator of Macy's and Bloomingdales,...

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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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• Federated Reports 4th Quarter and Annual 2004 Earnings

  - 2005-02-22

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(PCX:FD) today reported diluted earnings of $2.55 a share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, which was at the high end of the company's prior guidance of $2.50 to $2.55 a share. Earnings in the quarter ended January 29, 2005 topped earnings of...

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• Federated Department Stores hires former CEO of Galyans to head Macy's.

  - 2004-12-02

  By Madhusmita Bora, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 2--Federated Department Stores Inc. announced Wednesday that Edwin J. Holman, former chief executive officer of Galyans Sporting Goods and Outdoor, will head its Atlanta-based Macy's Central division effective Jan. ...

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• Federated 3Q Earnings Exceed Expectations

  - 2004-11-10

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD) (PCX:FD) today reported diluted earnings per share of 42 cents for the third quarter of 2004. This compared to diluted earnings per share of 36 cents in the same 13-week period last year. For the first three quarters of 2004, Federated reported...

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• Federated 1Q Earnings Exceed Prior Forecasts; Company Raises Sales and Earnings Guidance, Excluding Home Store Centralization Costs

  - 2004-05-12

  Business Editors CINCINNATI--BUSINESS WIRE--May 12, 2004 Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(PCX:FD) today reported diluted earnings per share of 52 cents for the fiscal first quarter of 2004, reflecting strong sales and margin performance in the first 13 weeks of the retail year. Earnings per share in the quarter...

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• Federated Flirts with Marshall Field's Purchase.

  - 2004-04-15

  By Scott Carlson, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--Industry observers have touted Federated Department Stores Inc. as the most likely buyer for Marshall Field's. On Wednesday, the Cincinnati-based owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's took...

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• Federated Department Stores Is Likely Buyer of Minneapolis' Marshall Field's.

  - 2004-04-15

  By Scott Carlson, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--Industry observers have touted Federated Department Stores Inc. as the most likely buyer for Marshall Field's. On Wednesday, the Cincinnati-based owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's took...

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• Burdines President Named.

  - 2003-12-20

  By Karen-Janine Cohen, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Just weeks before Burdines and Macy's merge operations, the parent of both firms, Federated Department Stores Inc. named Nirmal Tripathy president and chief operating officer of the Miami-based Burdines division....

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