{"id":264,"date":"2004-11-17T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-17T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=264"},"modified":"2004-11-17T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2004-11-17T18:42:00","slug":"264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2004\/11\/17\/264\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Big suprise&nbsp;today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2004\/11\/17\/news\/fortune500\/sears_kmart\/index.htm\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Sears and K-Mart Merges<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.cnn.net\/money\/2004\/11\/17\/news\/fortune500\/sears_kmart\/kmart_sears.01.gif?w=1122\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>11 Billion dollar merger.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>3rd biggest retailor in US, behind Wal-Mart and Home Depot<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/quote\/quote.html?shownav=true&amp;symb=S\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Sears stock up 17%<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/money.cnn.com\/2004\/11\/17\/news\/fortune500\/sears_kmart\/top_brands.gif?w=1122\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This should initally help Sears, who has lacked on clothing for years.. mainly what K-mart is good at.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The new company will be&nbsp;known as&nbsp;Sears Holdings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, Big suprise&nbsp;today&#8230; Sears and K-Mart Merges 11 Billion dollar merger. 3rd biggest retailor in US, behind Wal-Mart and Home Depot Sears stock up 17% This should initally help Sears, who has lacked on clothing for years.. mainly what K-mart is good at. 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