Ex-CEO bids more than $5 billion to keep Sears openBy Marielle SegarraJanuary 17, 2019Most of the bankrupt retailer's creditors want it liquidated, but not former CEO Eddie Lampert.POSTED IN: business Sears bankruptcy Retail ListenreadDownloadDownload
A Hail Mary bid to save SearsBy Meghan McCarty CarinoDecember 07, 2018Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe chairman of the storied retailer has proposed a $4.6 billion bid to save what's left of the 130-year-old chain. POSTED IN: business Sears corporate eddie lampert SEC Securities and Exchange Commission bankruptcy loans debt ListenreadDownloadDownload
How Toys R Us workers got the retailer's private equity owners to pay severanceBy Marielle SegarraNovember 23, 2018Tim Boyle/Getty ImagesPOSTED IN: bankruptcy Toys R Us private equity KKR Bain business toys shopping Retail ListenreadDownloadDownload
Remembering SearsBy Barbara PlattsOctober 16, 2018Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesListeners describe their favorite memories of Sears over the years. POSTED IN: Sears bankruptcy reader comments Economy Amazon Target Walmart read
Sears teeters on the edge of bankruptcyBy Marielle SegarraOctober 10, 2018Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe company is more than $5.6 billion in debt.POSTED IN: business Sears Economy bankruptcy store closures investment Retail ListenreadDownloadDownload
Online mattress startups are disrupting the marketBy Erika BerasOctober 05, 2018ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty ImagesThe industry is crowded with internet competition, forcing one retailer into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.POSTED IN: business mattresses serta mattress industry consumers mattress firm bankruptcy casper disruption ListenreadDownloadDownload
A view from the center of the Lehman Brothers collapseBy Sabri Ben-Achour and Jonaki MehtaSeptember 14, 2018Kiyoshi Ota/Getty ImagesTom Russo, former general counsel at Lehman Brothers and AIG, talked to us about how the fall of Lehman Brothers could have been stopped. POSTED IN: Lehman Brothers lehman brothers collapse financial crisis bankruptcy ListenreadDownloadDownload
Brookstone saves airport-based stores from the chopping block. Here’s why.By Reema KhraisAugust 02, 2018Mario Tama/Getty ImagesPOSTED IN: business Economy airports Retail bankruptcy airport retail ListenreadDownloadDownload
How companies like Toys R Us get approval to pay executive bonuses during bankruptcyBy Marielle SegarraApril 10, 2018Leon Neal/Getty ImagesPayments, once justified as a way to retain leaders during the crisis, are now tied to performance metrics. POSTED IN: business Retail bankruptcy Toys R Us executive bonuses ListenreadDownloadDownload