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Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) -- The retailer lowered its second quarter earnings forecast and said same stores sales declined. It also announced a new share buyback.
Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) -- A federal judge ruled Friday that Novell, not SCO Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOX) was the rightful owner of the UNIX operating system. SCO, which has also sued International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), had claimed it owned Unix and was entitled to royalties from the popular free Linux operating system.
Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) -- The head of a Chinese toymaker at the center of huge recall involving Mattel's Fisher-Price unit committed suicide, according to state-run media.
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) -- Citigroup lost $700 million in credit business in recent weeks, according to the Financial Times.
Retailers can't wait for Black Friday, open Thursday
Tiffany's serves up solid quarterly earnings
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