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

  - 2004-08-16

  Byline: Arnold J. Karr Like many observers of the retail landscape, we were glad to see MAY DEPARTMENT STORES CO. break with tradition and hold its first-ever earnings conference call following the release of its second-quarter numbers last week. We're delighted with any glimmer...

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• May halts stock buy; adding Marshall Field's

  - 2004-07-15

  ST. LOUIS -- On the verge of its anticipated closing on a $3.24 billion deal involving more than five dozen Marshall Field's stores, May Department Stores Co. said Wednesday it has indefinitely halted its $500 million stock-buyback effort. May's announcement came a day after the St. Louis-based operator...

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• New Nokia phone hacked?

  - 2003-11-12

  Hackers claimed Tuesday to have cracked the security code on Nokia's new N-Gage, saying they could play its games on other multimedia-capable cell phones. The company said it was investigating the claims. Several Web sites and online bulletin boards said the code that protects Nokia's proprietary software was broken. If...

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• May Department Stores CEO Paid $10 Million.

  - 1999-03-25

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 26 -- Eugene Kahn, who took the reins of May Department Stores Co. last year, received a pay package that totaled $10.4 million for the year. According to the proxy statement that May filed Thursday, Kahn was...

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• The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind., Business Digest Column.

  - 1998-08-09

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 10--SERVICE CORP. INTERNATIONAL BUYS NO. 4 FUNERAL COMPANY: Houston-based Service Corp. International said Thursday it has agreed to buy a Lufkin, Texas-based funeral firm for about $830 million in stock and debt. The sale takes recent consolidation in the funeral industry...

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• May Co. profits up 5.5%.(May Department Stores Co.'s financial results for second quarter of 1997)(Brief Article)

  - 1997-08-13

  ST. LOUIS -- Coming in about as expected, May Department Stores Co. reported second-quarter earnings up 5.5 percent to $116 million, or 46 cents a share, from $110 million, or 41 cents. The consensus estimate on Wall Street for the quarter was 46 cents. Per-share earnings...

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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 Philadelphia's Strawbridge & Clothier Costs 4,000 Jobs.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  - 1996-04-05

  PHILADELPHIA--Apr. 5--Strawbridge & Clothier, giving up its 128 years of independence, agreed to sell its department stores Thursday to the same company that converted John Wanamaker stores to Hecht's last year. The 27 Clover discount stores operated by the Philadelphia retailer will close after September,...

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