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Circuit City Stores Inc.

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    July 19, 2010

    Pressuring 'Rat'-ner in Brooklyn

    ​Either this rat really can't wait to get shop at Best Buy, or somebody hasn't negotiated with the union. It is of course the latter. Local 79 was protesting this morning outside of the old Circuit City in the Atlantic Mall in downtown Brooklyn, which went belly-up last October. Like the Cir ... More >>

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    December 28, 2009

    A Eulogy For Tower Records

    Tower, no more. Photo via yanec's photostream.​Courtesy of F2K mastermind and SOTC affiliate Maura K. Johnston: Chains of Fools, an aughts-spanning retrospective ode to those sad big box retailers that "shuffled off the turnpikes during this decade." Circuit City, Bennigan's (ha!), and Steve & ... More >>

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    January 16, 2009

    Circuit City Dies, 30,000 to be Laid Off

    You may remember that in the early days of the TARP, people would ask why we were bailing out banks but not Circuit City, the troubled electronics chain that went bankrupt in November. They were told then that private sector capitalism would sort it out, and in late December Circuit City got a $1.1 ... More >>

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    December 17, 2008

    Dying GM Drops Yankee Deal, Sticks with Mets

    You may remember that in the early days of the TARP, people would ask why we were bailing out banks but not Circuit City, the troubled electronics chain that went bankrupt in November. They were told then that private sector capitalism would sort it out, and in late December Circuit City got a $1.1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    2-Year College Attendance Up; Need to Earn Living Drives Growth

    You may remember that in the early days of the TARP, people would ask why we were bailing out banks but not Circuit City, the troubled electronics chain that went bankrupt in November. They were told then that private sector capitalism would sort it out, and in late December Circuit City got a $1.1 ... More >>

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    October 20, 2008

    Daily Flog: Powell confined to Barack's; oil prices, Red Sox, confidence in economy all fall

    You may remember that in the early days of the TARP, people would ask why we were bailing out banks but not Circuit City, the troubled electronics chain that went bankrupt in November. They were told then that private sector capitalism would sort it out, and in late December Circuit City got a $1.1 ... More >>

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    August 29, 2008

    NYC RFD: Celeb Swim Class, DWI, Cab-Robber, Hair Loss

    You may remember that in the early days of the TARP, people would ask why we were bailing out banks but not Circuit City, the troubled electronics chain that went bankrupt in November. They were told then that private sector capitalism would sort it out, and in late December Circuit City got a $1.1 ... More >>

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