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Lampert tries to convince holders Sears is on the right track
ReutersBy Jessica Wohl HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., May 1 (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Eddie Lampert used the retailer's annual meeting on Wednesday to reassure investors that he planned to build on the foundation laid by the former...Tags: Mutual Funds, Economy, Business and Finance, Target, Shareholders, Sears Holdings Corp.
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Amazon warehouse worker lawsuit can proceed, court rules
Online retailer Amazon.com goes to great lengths to prevent employee theft, requiring thousands of its warehouse workers to pass through metal detectors at the end of their shifts. The threat of theft at its warehouses is significant because employees...Tags: Laws, Health and Safety at Work, Breinigsville, E-Commerce Industry, Career and Workplace
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Because you can't spell happiness without 'app'
Monday, April 15, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings and the federal income tax filing deadline, was the saddest day online in five years. At least that’s what the makers of the "hedonometer" computer program suggest. Scientists at the...Tags: Science and Technology, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Google Inc., The New York Times
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Column: Sales tax bill ill-advised
It was a happy day for me when, years ago, the Little Professor Book Center opened in Lakewood Mall. It was an equally sad day when it recently closed its doors. In today's environment, a small bookstore has one big problem and one insurmountable...Tags: U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Book, Arts and Culture, Politics
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Web's creative retail destruction has room to run
Reuters(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Robert Cyran NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The Internet is the economy's version of the Hindu deity Shiva - destroying multitudes of companies and...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, E-Commerce Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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FACTBOX-Paul Allen's investment hits and misses
ReutersSEATTLE, April 30(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has constructed a $15 billion portfolio of tech, sports, real estate and energy investments, while giving to a wide range of philanthropic causes. Not all his bets have been a success....Tags: Major League Soccer, Real Estate Buyers, Charity, Alzheimer's Disease, Charter Communications Incorporated
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FEATURE-Paul Allen gaining respect with sports, real estate moves
ReutersBy Bill Rigby SEATTLE, April 30 (Reuters) - Paul Allen, the lesser known co-founder of Microsoft Corp, has struggled for decades to make his mark as a business mogul beyond the software company he started with Bill Gates. Since he quit Microsoft in...Tags: National Basketball Association, National Football League, Microsoft Corporation, Paul Allen, Portland Trail Blazers
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Internet sales tax is good for Md. business
Imagine you are a benevolent monarch and you have the power to institute a sales tax. (Even benevolent government has to be financed, after all.) Would you set one up that gave preference to sellers located outside your kingdom and penalized your own...
Tags: Politics, E-Commerce Industry, Government, Heads of State, U.S. Senate
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Kindle TV? Amazon reportedly working on its own set-top box
Apple and Roku's dominance in the Internet-streaming TV set-top box market might be about to get interrupted by Amazon.com, which is reportedly working on a box of its own. The giant online retailer is working on a device due later this year that...
Tags: Apple iTunes, Apple TV, Marketing, Amazon Kindle, Netflix Inc.
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Romance mingles with social issues through Suzie Carr's novels
For romance writer Suzie Carr, inspiration comes from everyday life. Through her lesbian romance novels, she tackles topics such as adultery, temptation, bullying and coming of age. She says she hopes those themes resonate with her readers and bring...
Tags: Book, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Movies, Authors
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Sport Chalet joins Wal-Mart, Amazon in same-day-delivery parade
Specialty sporting goods store Sport Chalet Inc. is now offering same-day delivery service, hopping on a crowded bandwagon that includes Amazon, Wal-Mart, Google and EBay. “Sometimes there just is not enough time for a customer to visit our...
Tags: Walmart, Sport Chalet Incorporated, Tiffany Hsu, Google Inc.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos backs Henry Blodget with $5 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission may have booted Henry Blodget off Wall Street, but the former Merrill Lynch & Co. Internet analyst has attracted some big fans for Business Insider Inc., which he co-founded in 2007. A major endorsement for the...
Tags: Walmart, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jeff Bezos
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