Despite a late spring deterring trips to farm and ranch retailers and hardware stores, Tractor Supply Co. posted solid sales and earnings during the first quarter.
ESL Investments, the hedge fund run by Sears Holdings Corp. chairman and CEO Eddie Lampert, has thrown another lifeline to the struggling department store retailer to help raise cash.
As members of True Value consider an offer to sell 70% equity of the company to Acon Investments, Chicago-based True Value Company has added a week to the voting deadline.
