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• J.W. Mays to exit retailing by yearend. (department store to quit operations but will continue in real estate)

  - 1988-12-29

  J.W. Mays to Exit Retailing by Yearend NEW YORK FNS -- J.W. Mays, Inc., said Wednesday that it will get out of retailing after the end of the year, but will continue in business as a real estate company. Mays said it would...

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• J.W. Mays net drops 68.1%. (specialty stores)

  - 1988-03-16

  J.W. Mays Net Drops 68.1% J.W. Mays, Inc., reported its earnings plunged 68.1 percent in the second quarter and 74.1 percent in the six months ended Jan. 31. Earnings in the quarter came to $1,575,529, or 72 cents...

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• J.W. Mays. (earnings reported)

  - 1987-11-16

  J.W. Mays J.W. Mays, Inc., reported it returned to profitability in the fiscal year ended July 31 by virtue of selling the lease on one of its department stores. For the year, net income came to $1,862,986, or...

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• Men's dep't at J.W. Mays unit reopens.

  - 1987-08-05

  Men's Dep't At J.W. Mays Unit Reopens The men's and boys' departments at J.W. Mays, Inc., on Union Square reopened Tuesday after a water main break last Friday caused them to close, according to Max Shulman, chairman of the Brooklyn-based firm....

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• Men's dep't stays shut at May's 14th St. unit. (J.W. Mays Inc.)

  - 1987-08-04

  Men's Dep't Stays Shut At May's 14th St. Unit The men's and boys' wear departments of J.W. May's Union Square unit remained closed Monday as workers continued to clean up in the aftermath of last Friday's water main break. The men's...

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• 2d period net soars at J.W. Mays. (J.W. Mays Inc.)

  - 1987-03-19

  2d Period Net Soars at J. W. Mays BROOKLYN, N.Y. FNS -- Boosted by the sale of its leasehold on a store, J. W. Mays, Inc., reported that earnings increased more than twofold on a sales gain of 1 per cent in the second quarter ended Jan....

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• Investors group sues J.W. Mays and two execs.

  - 1984-12-17

  WASHINGTON FNS -- An investment group that owns 23 per cent of J.W. Mays, Inc., the New York mass merchandise department store, has sued the company and two of its executives, claiming they acted illegally in their unsuccessful efforts to block the investors from attempting to...

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• J.W. Mays' 100% plan OKd; DMA drops claim.

  - 1984-02-13

  NEW YORK FNS -- J.W. Mays, Inc., obtained confirmation Friday of its 100 per cent Chapter 11 plan, winding up two years in bankruptcy court reorganization proceedings. The way for final court approval of the plan was cleared erlier this month when...

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