Struggling mall retailers are looking like buyout bait

Struggling mall retailers are looking like buyout bait
Retailer Chico's jumped over 14% in early trading on a report that the company could be considering going private. The mature women's clothing chain has struggled along with its competitors in this crowded field. However, its earnings seemed to be ...
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Empty wallets explain new levels of partisan hatred
A new study by Pew Research verifies much we already know about political extremism in America: It's getting worse and interfering with social and economic progress. The big question is: Why? Pew doesn't address that question, but here's a plausible ...
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Will Americans stop driving because of Uber?
Uber has already made it easy to quit using cabs in many cities. But can the service eventually inspire lots of Americans to forgo owning a car of their own? The mobile-phone on-demand car service is valued at more than $ 17 billion by private investors ...
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Operation Graduation helps struggling TC Williams students get diplomas

Operation Graduation helps struggling TC Williams students get diplomas
“At the end of the day, an adult tracking their ups and downs and victories and failures, cheering things on and believing in them, that can be utterly transformative,” said Dan Cardinali, president of Communities In Schools, a dropout-prevention group ...
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2016 campaign checklist: Chris Christie
Chris Christie speaks in Manahawkin, N.J. For almost a year, The Associated Press has been tracking movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates. Christie, asked in May during a fiscal conference in Washington if ...
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Presidential checklist: jockeying for position
For almost a year, The Associated Press has been tracking movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates. They are, for the Democrats, Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ...
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