US CREDIT-Kmart acquisition hits Sears credit
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Credit investors found it difficult to muster much joy over Kmart Holding Corp.&#39;s (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) plan to buy Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as  retailers Kmart and Sears announced a $11.5 billion merger,  signaling corporate America's confidence in the economy, while  Hewlett-Packard's better-than-expected earnings helped boost  tech shares with the hope of increased spending in the sector.
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Two struggling retailers with dismal sales merge, and how do investors react? They send the stocks of both companies soaring. With last week&#39;s surprise announcement that Kmart Holding Corp.
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The discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. is combining with one of the most venerable names in US retailing, Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co.
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Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. and department store operator Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co. said Wednesday that they agreed to merge in an $11 billion cash and stock deal that will create the nation&#39;s third largest
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NEW YORK - US department store operator Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co. and discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. Wednesday said they would merge in an $11 billion deal to form the third-largest US retailer.
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Evidence of an abrupt slowdown in consumer spending mounted Monday as Sears Holdings, the owner of Sears and Kmart, warned that its profit would most likely plunge as much as 57 percent for the three months ending in early February.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corporation announced an agreement to merge into a new retail giant named Sears Holdings Corporation by March 2005, in a deal worth some 11 billion dollars (8.4 billion euros).
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Kmart Holding Corp. posted its fourth straight quarterly profit on Wednesday as the discount retailer and Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced an &#36;11 billion merger.
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Description: Two of the nation&#39;s oldest and best-known retailers -- Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart -- agree to merge in a deal worth an estimated $11 billion.
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Kmart Holding Corp. (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it would sell 45 stores for $524 million to Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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Kmart Holding Corp. has finalized the sale of 50 of its stores to Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $575 million, the retailer said Wednesday.
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TROY, MICH. - Kmart Holding Corp. will sell 45 of its stores to Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $524 million, Kmart said late last week.
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Two battered icons of the American shopping landscape, Kmart and Sears, yesterday announced an $11 billion merger that will create the nation&#39;s third largest retailer, with 3,500 stores.
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The merger with Sears, Roebuck and Co. has possible negative implications for Kmart Holding Corp.&#39;s future in Michigan, some analysts and observers said Wednesday.
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In the early 1980s, Sears and Kmart were American retail giants, with gobs of money, huge portfolios of real estate and loyal customer bases that should have made them fast-growing fulfillers of Americans&#39; insatiable demand for more stuff.
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The US retail companies Sears Roebuck and Company and K-Mart have agreed to merge in a deal they say is worth $11 billion. The merger announced early Wednesday will create a new company called Sears Holding Corporation.