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Report: Appeal filed against building permits for Walmart store in Los Angeles’ Chinatown
New York -- Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, a Los Angeles community group, as filed an appeal against the building permits granted to Wal-Mart Stores to build a store in the city's Chinatown neighborhood, the Associated Press reported.
The chain obtained necessary permits to build a 33,000-sq-ft. store last week, one day before the City Council was due to vote on a building moratorium for large retail chains in Chinatown, the report said.
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Report: Sears to sell off Lands’ End
Hoffman Estates, Ill. -- Multiple reports on Thursday said that Sears Holdings Corp. is considering a sale of its Lands’ End mail-order catalog business, as part of its move to raise up to $2 billion.
The New York Post reported that Sears is in talks with several private-equity firms about the potential sale.
Sears chief Eddie Lampert is said to be likely to hire Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for Lands’ End.