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• Federated, May to have shareholders vote July 13

  - 2005-05-27

  Federated Department Stores Inc. and May Department Stores Co. will hold meetings on July 13 to allow stockholders to vote on Federated's plan to buy May. The companies announced the date in a joint U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. Federated will hold its meeting at at...

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• Shareholders Push for Boardroom Democracy in Missouri.

  - 2003-08-03

  By Jerri Stroud, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 3--Most investors wouldn't think of $5 billion as chump change. Gary Findlay, executive director of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System, known as MOSERS, says the fund's $5 billion...

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• St. Louis-Based May Department Stores Announces Merchandise, Layout Changes.

  - 2002-05-25

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--HOUSTON--May Department Stores Co. said Friday that it is going more casual in all areas of its business, from the goods in its department stores to its advertising, as the...

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• May Department Stores Rejects Proposal to Annually Elect Board of Directors.

  - 2001-12-14

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 14--May Department Stores Co. has rejected a proposal that would have allowed shareholders to elect the board of directors annually, according to a regulatory filing. The move comes more than...

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• MAY COMPANY PLANS TO OPEN 19 STORES IN '98.(May Department Stores Co.)

  - 1998-05-25

  ST. LOUIS -- Presiding over his first annual May Department Stores Co. shareholder meeting, Gene S. Kahn expressed confidence in his corporation, predicted good results for the duration of 1998 and disclosed a hefty five-year schedule of store openings. Kahn, president and chief executive officer, officially...

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• Strawbridge & Clothier Shareholders Vote to Sell 128-Year-Old Business.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  - 1996-07-16

  PHILADELPHIA--Jul. 16--In a shareholders' meeting that was a cross between a family reunion, with hugs and kisses all around, and a wake, Strawbridge & Clothier's shareholders voted overwhelmingly Monday to sell their 128-year-old business. The $600 million deal will net shareholders $210 million, with the ...

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• Sale of Strawbridge & Clothier to May Department Stores Still Up in Air.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  - 1996-04-24

  PHILADELPHIA--Apr. 24--The banner headlines have come and gone -- at least for now -- in the dismantling of Strawbridge & Clothier's retail legacy. Nearly three weeks ago, Strawbridge & Clothier moved to the top of the news when it announced that May Department Stores Co., which...

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• May Co. to spin off Payless Shoes.(May Department Stores Co., Payless ShoeSource)(Brief Article)

  - 1996-01-18

  NEW YORK FNS -- Following a trend to more sharply focused businesses, May Department Stores Co., plans to spin off its $2.3 billion Payless Shoesource operation to concentrate on its department stores. The spiry-off to May Co. shareholders will result in a special pre-tax charge...

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• Men's business improving at May Co. (May Department Stores Co.) (Brief Article)

  - 1993-05-24

  ST. LOUIS FNS -- After a sluggish start, men's apparel business has improved in recent weeks, David C. Farrell, chairman of May Department Stores Co., told DNR following the annual meeting of shareholders here Friday. He noted, however, that there's "a lot of...

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