http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sears/ en-us Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:29:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003850/posts Sears Holdings Corp., the retailer being reorganized by hedge fund investor Edward Lampert, said Bank of America Corp. refused to renew a $1-billion letter of credit under existing terms, sending the shares down 3.2% in after-hours trading Friday. Losing the credit probably won't affect Sears' access to cash, the Hoffman Estates, Ill., company said in a regulatory filing. The retailer had $1.62 billion in cash as of Feb. 2, a 58% decline from a year earlier. Retailers use letters of credit to assure vendors that they have money to pay for goods, and losing a bank's backing may mean having... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003850/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:29:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993450/posts Jury finishes first day of deliberations in terror trialAssociated Press - March 28, 2008 5:33 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - A Florida jury has wrapped up its first day of deliberations in the trial of 6 men accused of plotting terrorist attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices. Before the deliberations started, prosecutors appealed to the jury not to buy defense claims that the plot was really just a con aimed at getting some money. The alleged ringleader testified that he faked interest in terrorism in an effort to scam $50,000 out of a man he thought had been... KJCT8.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993450/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:01:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986373/posts Democrats for Boeing The truth about the tanker deal. by Christian Lowe 03/24/2008, Volume 013, Issue 27 It was one of those insider deals that give the defense industry a bad name, conjuring up images of smoke-filled negotiations between the brass and corporate fat cats in plush leather chairs. By the time it was over, two fat cats were in jail, a top Pentagon official had been forced to resign, a corporate CEO had lost his job, and the reputation of an iconic company that had served American troops for decades had suffered irreparable damage. Then it turned out it... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986373/posts#comment Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:37:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962321/posts Firestone. American Motors. Texaco. Pan Am. Worldcom. At one point or another these large American companies were at the top of their industries. Pan Am was the leading global airline for decades. All are gone. Some were sold off. Others went bankrupt. Who could have predicted it? There are several iconic US companies that may well not exist at the end of 2008. Some may not even make it halfway through the year. Not all will go out of business. Some may simply be auctioned off in pieces. Others may be bought. These companies will not exist in their current... Wall Street 24/7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962321/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:09:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949935/posts If you've signed up to receive e-mails from Sears, and then clicked on to join the retailer's "My SHC Community," it's likely you've been providing more information to more people than you thought. Even more troubling, it turns out that you're not just sharing information with Sears, but also with a company called comScore, which tracks and aggregates Internet browsing habits. Installing the software from Sears results in the installation of software called VoiceFive, which provides data to comScore. It's essentially spyware. comScore is the company behind the (disputed) numbers that indicated more people were stealing Radiohead's latest album than... switched/Aol news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949935/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:28:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948400/posts Want to see all the major appliances and repair services that your friends and neighbors... (and anyone else who you can look up in the phone book) have ever purchased at Sears? Want to know what your mom might have purchased for your birthday? Want to know which houses in your neighborhood have really nice expensive TVs? Sears provides a website, www.ManageMyHome.com where anyone can look up anyone elses' entire purchase history at Sears—using only their name and address. This is especially convenient because these strange men keep dropping off huge lists of names and addresses on our door every... The Consumerist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948400/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:28:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1947463/posts Sears and Kmart are places you might go when you need a new air conditioner filter or a lawnmower; they're not generally thought of as havens for spyware. But that's what the two stores have become, at least online, where their websites were found to be installing software to track users' every online move—all without their knowledge. Security researchers are now hammering Sears (the owner of both Sears.com and Kmart.com) for the move, despite Sears' claims that users were notified adequately beforehand. The story goes like this: late last year, Sears.com and Kmart.com began asking users if they wanted to... ars technica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1947463/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:52:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942384/posts Holiday Fundraiser for Military Families Week of December 10, 2007 Sears recently launched a fund-raising effort in stores, and online, to benefit Heroes at Home, a charitable program created in association with the nation's leading non-profit home rehabilitation organization, Rebuilding Together. Heroes at Home seeks to improve the lives of military families and veterans by making necessary repairs, improvements or modifications to their homes. To help raise funds for this program Sears will make a donation to Heroes at Home for every credit card purchase made at any of its Sears stores through Dec. 28, 2008. Customers can also make... Military.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942384/posts#comment Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:44:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1936279/posts Liberty Counsel targets K-Mart, Sears for refusing to use 'Christmas' in ads Allie Martin OneNewsNow.com December 7, 2007 A Christian law firm is targeting two retail giants after they offended Christians with their advertising. Officials at Liberty Counsel say K-Mart and Sears have renamed "Christmas trees" to "holiday trees" in their advertising. According to Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver, a ministry supporter asked K-Mart why it took the action. "A representative from Sears Holding Corporation, which owns K-Mart as well, wrote back and said that Sears is a diverse company and it did not want to offend any of its... See Onenewsnow story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1936279/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2007 19:39:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932377/posts Shares of Sears Holdings dropped below the $100 mark on Thursday for the first time in their two-and-a-half year existence after the company reported disastrous third-quarter results that suggest its days as a retailer could be numbered. Fans of the company's chairman, Greenwich, Conn., hedge fund manager Ed Lampert, say that Sears may be a dying retailer, but it's cash can be invested elsewhere by a value-investing genius. Others say the path to riches at Sears lies in the hidden value of its real estate, which guarantees upside in the stock -- even in the event of a liquidation. With... The Street.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932377/posts#comment Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:24:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924457/posts A disappointing October sales report Thursday sent a clear signal to retailers that they’ll have to pull out all the stops to get shoppers into their stores this holiday as declining home values, tighter credit terms and rising gas prices appear to have left consumers feeling spent. The nation’s biggest chain stores posted the second consecutive month of weak sales results, underscoring their concerns that sales growth this holiday season could be the slowest in five years. “Consumers are exerting a lot of caution,” said Mandy Putnam, vice president at TNS Retail Forward Inc., a Columbus, Ohio-based market research and... The Tacoma News Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924457/posts#comment Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:39:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875952/posts A small leftist guerrilla group claimed responsibility for a homemade bomb that exploded outside a Sears store and another left outside a U.S.-owned bank in southern Mexico. The statement by the People's Revolutionary Army, or EPR, said the action was intended "to hit the interests of Mexican and foreign oligarchy." It was posted late Wednesday, hours after the blast, on a Web site that serves as clearinghouse for Latin American leftist and guerrilla groups. EPR statements with similar language and style have been posted there in the past. The bomb caused no injuries but damaged an entrance to the Sears... cnn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875952/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2007 18:42:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874900/posts OAXACA, Mexico — A small, homemade bomb exploded outside a Sears store in the troubled southern city of Oaxaca early Wednesday, damaging the entrance but causing no injuries, authorities reported. A similar bomb was found and deactivated outside the entrance of a nearby bank, state Attorney General Evencio Martinez told national radio station W Radio. "I believe it could be (the work of) local groups, given the type and style of device," Martinez said. He denied the bombs were related to the People's Revolutionary Army, a small leftist group that bombed gas pipelines in July. Sears in Mexico is operated... Houston Chronicle/ AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874900/posts#comment Wed, 1 Aug 2007 21:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859087/posts CHICAGO, June 29 (UPI) -- In a bold move to jump-start years of declining sales, Sears is reportedly placing some free-standing stores inside some K-Mart facilities. The discount chain is renting about 7,000 square feet inside existing Kmarts to Sears dealers in four towns -- Claremont, N.H.; Freedom, Calif.; Pell City, Ala.; and Zephyrhills, Fla. The dealers sell hardware, appliances, lawn equipment and some consumer electronics, the Chicago Tribune reported. Some observers see it as another step toward an expected merger. During the past year, Sears Holdings Corp. has been moving its best Sears brands into Kmart in an effort... United Press International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859087/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jul 2007 10:19:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842806/posts Sears corporate officials have apologized to two police officers who were told to leave the retailer's store at a Des Moines mall because their uniforms distracted the store's security guards. Officers Richard Glade and David Coy said they were kicked out of the Sears store in Merle Hay Mall in separate incidents this month. "They told me that while I was in the store, I'd probably interfere with thefts they were monitoring," Coy said. "I said, 'Well, that's great.' She said, 'No, it's not,' and that they paid people to monitor that activity." Kimberly Freely, a Sears spokeswoman at the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842806/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:35:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1802171/posts Sears Tower terror plot questioned CHICAGO, March 16 (UPI) -- Chicago officials say it is unlikely that the Sears Tower was the target of a terrorist plot. Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks -- told federal agents he planned and financed attacks on the Sears Tower and other U.S. skyscrapers, the Chicago Tribune reported. A spokesman for Sears Tower said there was never any credible threat to the building. "Federal authorities have not uncovered a specific threat or plot to target the Sears Tower," Mark Spencer told the Tribune. Chicago Police Supt. Philip... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1802171/posts#comment Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:20:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1755874/posts --> Merry Christmas, Aztlan! From Sears (Or is that, "Feliz Navidad"?) By Debbie Schlussel What is it with "American" retailers and t-shirts? First, we documented Wal-Mart's Nazi Death's Head Battalion skull t-shirts (which Wal-Mart is still selling, over a month later). Now, SEARS is selling "AZTLAN PRIDE" t-shirts. Reader Mary sent us the tip and writes this: I was shopping for my young cousins on Sears.com. They are wonderful young men who always want T-shirts for Christmas. So I was looking online this afternoon and look what I found. Apparently Sears supports the reconquista movement. I called and cancelled our... Debbie Schlussel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1755874/posts#comment Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750671/posts Two-minute infomercials sponsored explicitly by Sears helps keep the homosexual network on the air. Sears has thrown its support to the LOGO network. LOGO is the 24-hour cable television network dedicated to programming for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders according to a homosexual advertising website. It is carried on many cable systems around the country. Many of you have been forced to accept it as part of your cable package. Sears is now helping to make it mainstream! Sear's advertising will help LOGO air shows like "Sex 2K Drag Kings," "The Gayest and Greatest of 2006," and "Transgeneration." Sears advertising... AFA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750671/posts#comment Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750227/posts WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2006 -- Holiday shoppers turning to the Internet to avoid the mall crowds have an easy way to support servicemembers and their families this year thanks to a partnership between Sears Holdings Corporation and “USA Cares.”  America Supports You is a Defense Department program highlighting ways Americans and the corporate sector support the nation’s military. Sears Holdings is the parent company of Sears and Kmart department stores. “Sears has a longstanding commitment with the military, and we feel privileged to assist the troops and their families through this initiative,” Brenda Storch, a Sears Holdings spokeswoman, said. “We... America Supports You http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750227/posts#comment Fri, 8 Dec 2006 04:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657250/posts You've probably heard of Hooters -- the restaurant chain known for attracting male customers by hiring waitresses who are well-endowed and dressed to show it.The firm now employs more than 30,000 people. Some would consider this a success story, but our government didn't. Not because Hooters is using sex to sell -- but because its waitresses are -- get ready -- women!"Discrimination!" cried the federal government's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).The business of Hooters is food, said the government, and "no physical trait unique to women is required to serve food." EEOC lawyers demanded Hooters produce all its hiring data,... Creator's Syndicate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657250/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1654351/posts I just walked away from the press confrence on FOX about these 7 that were arrested for the plot to attack the Sears Tower. And I have yet heard them mention the fact that one of them was an ILLEGAL ALIEN! Do they not find this important? and I cant believe I havent heard one person from the press ask for them to comment on this yet. "Federal sources said five of the seven suspects were Americans, one was an illegal immigrant from Haiti whose visa had expired and one man was a resident alien."http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/23/miami.raids/index.html?section=cnn_topstories ME http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1654351/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:08:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654311/posts CHICAGO Managers at the Sears Tower in Chicago say law officials have told them there's never been "evidence of a credible terrorism threat" against the landmark. The statement comes after authorities arrested seven young men in Miami on terror charges tied to alleged plots, including one to blow up the Chicago skyscraper. The Sears Tower statement says authorities have never reported a threat "that has gone beyond criminal discussions." Workers at the Sears Tower this morning said they didn't plan to change their routines. A federal indictment says the suspects conspired with al-Qaida to "levy war against the United States."... WAVY Channel 10 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654311/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:18:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654285/posts A group of young men seized in a Miami warehouse have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiring with al Qaeda to commit acts of violence in the United States, including blowing up Chicago's Sears Tower. The seven individuals indicted by a federal grand jury were taken into custody Thursday when authorities swarmed the warehouse in the Liberty City area, removing a metal door with a blow torch. The indictment also alleges plans to blow a federal building in Miami in conjunction with the al Qaeda terrorist network. According to the indictment handed up Thursday, a young man identified... CBS NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654285/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:42:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654092/posts CHICAGO, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- "It would be inappropriate for us to confirm or deny details of news reports about federal law enforcement action before an official statement from the Justice Department. "However, Sears Tower security officials regularly speak with the FBI and local law enforcement authorities who track and investigate terrorism threats. Today was no exception. Despite new information, law enforcement continues to tell us that they have never found evidence of a credible terrorism threat against Sears Tower that has gone beyond criminal discussions. "Among commercial office buildings, Sears Tower sets the standard for security. We have implemented... http://orange.advfn.com/news_Statement-from-Sears-Tower_15884693.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654092/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645749/posts > I assume you have all seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up...Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs,for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution. > > > >... Ritewingwarrior http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645749/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:34:03 GMT