Retailing Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies

The consumer spending slump and tightening credit markets are unleashing a widening wave of bankruptcies in American retailing, prompting thousands of store closings that are expected to remake suburban malls and downtown shopping districts across the country. Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, U.S.
Topics: Retail, U.S. Economy
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Apr 15, 2008 - 7:49 AM PDT
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by Mark Monday - Apr. 15, 2008

Nice piece of reporting, very thorough considering the amount of terriory to cover.

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by Lisa Flay - Apr. 15, 2008

Unusually good journalism for this source. Excellent analysis of the possible causes and effects from this segment of the financial collapse.

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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Apr. 15, 2008

A straight-forward piece of journalism about another trend of the worsening economic crisis. The author could have descended into hysterical prognoses and gone for the sensational punch. But given the fact that no one–expert or neophyte–has slightest cognition about what the world is really facing, nor how serious the crisis can become, nor how long it will last, forecasting is worse than ineffectual.

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by Kaizar Campwala - Apr. 15, 2008
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by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 15, 2008
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