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Circuit City will finally flicker out when its last 567 stores close this year, but the bankruptcy of the nation’s second-largest electronics retailer will ripple across the U.S. economy for years.
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Circuit City Stores Inc. is eliminating three executives and cut its board of directors by more than half as part of its wind-down process, according to a filing with...
made popular Mar 19 2009
AP, Richmond
What began 60 years ago as a humble television store in this sleepy Southern capital ended Sunday as Circuit City closed its doors for good _ its 567 remaining U.S....
made popular Mar 8 2009
AP, Richmond
Circuit City Stores Inc. received permission Wednesday to pay executives and other workers incentives to stay with the company as it winds down operations for what was...
made popular Feb 25 2009
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In a Feb. 4 story, The Associated Press quoted Chris Yount, an employee of Circuit City in Peoria, Ill., saying that company layoffs of 30,000 were equivalent to the...
made popular Feb 10 2009
AP, Richmond
Circuit City Stores Inc. is asking a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge to allow it to give incentives to executives and other workers to stay with the company during the...
made popular Feb 10 2009
AP, St. Petersburg
Electronics parts maker Jabil Circuit says it is cutting 3,000 jobs, or nearly 4 percent of its work force, because of the global economic turmoil.
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Bankrupt Circuit City Stores Inc., unable to work out a sale of the company, said Friday it will go out of business _ closing its 567 U.S. stores and cutting 30,000...
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AP, New York
A bankruptcy judge says Circuit City Stores Inc. can liquidate its remaining 567 U.S. stores.
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Circuit City Stores Inc. says it has reached an agreement with liquidators to sell the merchandise in its 567 U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing...
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AP, Richmond
Circuit City Stores Inc. said Friday it is in talks with two interested parties about the terms of a going concern transaction.
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AP, Richmond
A federal bankruptcy judge has given Circuit City final approval for $1.1 billion in financing to operate while it is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
made popular Dec 22 2008
AP, Richmond
A U.S. Bankruptcy judge is allowing Circuit City to continue paying nearly 600 employees laid off at its headquarters before it filed for bankruptcy protection.
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The Supreme Court took aim at one of its favorite targets Tuesday, criticizing a California-based federal appeals court for its ruling in favor of a criminal...
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A spokesman for a Mexican billionaire who owns a large stake in Circuit City says there’s great market opportunity in the company, which is under bankruptcy...
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AP, Richmond
A Mexican billionaire who controls a chain of electronics stores in Latin America now holds a 13 percent stake in Circuit City Stores Inc., which is under bankruptcy...
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A look at the history of consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc.:
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AP, New York
Circuit City Stores has filed for bankruptcy about a week after it said it would close 20 percent of its stores.
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Circuit City Stores Inc. said Monday it is closing about 20 percent of its U.S. stores _ cutting thousands of jobs _ in an effort to return the nation’s No. 2...
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The 155 stores Circuit City Stores Inc. said it will close by Dec. 31:
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Benjamin Garcia spreads ice melt in front of a Circuit City store in Matthews, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. Circuit City will finally flicker out when its last 567 stores close this year, but the bankruptcy of the nation’s second-largest electronics...
