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Vicki M. Young

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Barneys a Done Deal? Jones Apparel Said To Be Surprise 11th-Hour Buyer

It was down to the wire in the race to buy Barneys New York, and the buyer appears to be Jones Apparel Group.

Federated Surprises With 10.4% Rise in Profits

Federated Department Stores delivered a 10.4 percent gain in third-quarter income to $74 million on flat…

Magli U.S. Arm Ok’ed for Revamp

The U.S. arm of Italian firm Bruno Magli received confirmation of its reorganization plan and is expected to…

Analysts Nix Federated-May Report

NEW YORK -- Wall Street's not buying the latest mega-merger talk.

Financial analysts and other market observers…

Adamson CEO At Kmart

NEW YORK -- Charles C. Conaway just saved beleaguered Kmart Corp. several million dollars.

The bankrupt retail…

Closing Begin For Kmart

NEW YORK -- The store closures at Kmart have started, but they're far from over.

After much waiting, bankrupt…

Duo Awaiting Word On Fingerhut Offer

NEW YORK -- Two parties interested in acquiring Fingerhut -- Ted Deikel, its former president, and Thomas…

Kmart CEO Charged In Suit

NEW YORK -- A shareholder lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed last week in a Detroit federal distric

SEC To Discuss Changes In Disclosure

NEW YORK -- As Washington continues to brace itself for more fallout from the collapse of Enron, the…

Claiborne Earnings Up 4.8%

NEW YORK -- Multibrand and multichannel diversification strategies helped Liz Claiborne Inc. post fourth-quart

BDG Confirms Interest In Fingerhut Buy

NEW YORK -- Business Development Group said Thursday that it has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent…

Berkshire Said Eyeing Tyco’s CIT Finance Unit

NEW YORK -- Berkshire Hathaway is reportedly among the parties interested in acquiring Tyco International's CI

Wall Street: Efficiency, Not Expansion

NEW YORK -- Forget ROI. The retail acronym for 2002 is destined to be ROE.

Expansion still has its place, but i

Fingerhut Shareholder Fights Liquidation

NEW YORK -- A Fingerhut shareholder on Thursday filed a lawsuit for and against Federated Department Stores…

Kmart Turns To Bottle For Boost

NEW YORK -- Kmart Corp. wants to bring new meaning to "liquidity" in its bankruptcy proceedings.

Seeking to…