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Embattled department store retailer gets fresh cash infusion from owner
As it heads into its most important selling season, Sears Holding Corp. is receiving another cash infusion from its CEO and largest shareholder. Sears is borrowing $100 million from units of CEO Eddie Lampert's hedge fund ESL Investments for "general corporate purposes," according to a regulatory filing. The new infusion brings the total of Lampert's outstanding loans to Sears to $499.4 million. -
Amazon gets bill for back taxes
The European Union has hit Amazon with a tax bill. The online giant was ordered to pay 250 million euros ($294 million) plus interest in back taxes to Luxembourg on Wednesday after the European Commission said the retailer had received illegal tax benefits. "Luxembourg gave illegal tax benefits to Amazon. As a result, almost three quarters of Amazon's profits were not taxed," Margrethe Vestager, the EU's commissioner for competition, said in a statement.

