Thomas Cook to close 150 stores
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Business & money: Closure plans put up to 2,800 jobs at risk.
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Whirlpool Corp  said on Thursday  it planned to close two refrigerator plants and cut about 1,250  jobs in a restructuring expected to cost $15 million to $20  million.
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Struggling clothing retailer Wet Seal  Inc. WTSLA.O on Tuesday said it will close about 150  underperforming stores as part of a major restructuring plan  and layoff about 2,000 employees.
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Report: Retailer could terminate as many as 1,200 positions stemming from stores sold to Home Depot.
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NEW YORK -- A major owner of Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell franchises saw a majority of its New York City restaurants shut down yesterday as the fallout continued from a video showing rats overrunning one of its Manhattan eateries.
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Music retailer Fopp closes its 105 shops, becoming the latest victim of the slump in CD sales.
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The Saks Fifth Avenue store in the Carmel Plaza in Carmel is being closed as the upscale fashion retailer adjusts its portfolio. It&#39;s one of eight Saks stores and three Off 5th stores being shut down by Saks
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BOSTON  Â Talbots will close its 78 childrenâs and menâs apparel stores to focus on its core middle-age female customer, the company said Friday.
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Ailing supermarket chain Kwik Save announces it is to close more than a third of its stores immediately.
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At least 13 Tesco stores across the country are closed by police after a series of incidents.
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Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N on  Wednesday said it would close 19 superstores, five regional  offices and a distribution center by the end of the month, a  day after the struggling electronics retailer received a $3.25  billion takeover offer.
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Business & money: Supermarket chain to cut several hundred jobs, three months after saying its future was secure.
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Bank of America plans to cut about 150 city jobs as it trims its overall staff by 4,500, people familiar with the situation said. The cuts at the bank, which already said it would slash 12,500
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- Apparel Retailer Gap Inc.  said it will close its Forth & Towne store concept after an 18-month pilot, and it would affect about 550 employees.
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Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises plans to close its Off 5th store in the 100 Oaks Mall in Nashville. The closure is one of three Off 5th locations the company is shuttering, along with eight of its Saks Fifth Avenue stores.
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Pressured by declining sales and rising costs, specialty retailer Wet Seal said late Tuesday that it will close about 150 of its stores, leaving thousands of employees high and dry in early 2005.
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NEW YORK, December 29  - Clothing retailer Wet Seal Inc (WTSLA.NAS) announced today plans to close its 150 underperforming stores and layoff about 2,000 employees as part of its restructuring programme.