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Sears CEO Bids $470 Million for Kenmore, Home-Improvement Units

Edward Lampert wants to slim Sears down so it can stay standing. Lampert, the chief executive officer of Sears as well as its largest shareholder, is proposing to use his hedge fund ESL Investments Inc. to buy the store’s Kenmore and Sears Home Improvement businesses at a valuation of around $470 million, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday. “We are prepared to move as quickly as possible to complete these transactions, which is in the best interest of all parties involved,” ESL said in a emailed statement to Bloomberg News. …read more […]

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Verizon Is Close to Apple, Google Deals for 5G TV

Verizon Communications Inc. announced deals making Apple Inc. and Google its first video providers for a superfast 5G wireless service the company plans to launch in four cities later this year. The home broadband service will debut in Los Angeles, Houston and Sacramento, California, as well as the newly announced fourth city of Indianapolis, Verizon said Tuesday in a statement. With the introduction, Verizon will provide 5G customers either a free Apple TV box or free subscription to Google’s YouTube TV app for live television service, according to people familiar with the plan. …read more […]

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Verizon Is Close to Apple, Google Deals for 5G TV

Verizon Communications Inc. is close to deals making Apple Inc. and Google its first video providers when it launches a superfast 5G wireless service in four cities later this year, according to people familiar with the situation. Under the deals, which could be announced as soon as Tuesday, Verizon will offer 5G customers a free Apple TV box or a free subscription to Google’s YouTube TV app for a live television service, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the agreements haven’t been announced. After shelving its own online TV effort, New York-based Verizon decided …read more […]