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Sears results miss estimates
NEW YORK : Retailer Sears Holdings Corp reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday as weak sales and bigg
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The parent of Sears department stores and the Kmart discount chain said its second-quarter net loss had widened to $146 million, or $1.37 a share, from $39 million, or 35 cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the loss was $1.13 a share. Analysts on average were expecting a loss of 64 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Sales fell 1.2 percent to $10.3 billion, while analysts expected $10.5 billion.
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