Staples Inc.

Staples to close stores, cut costs, boost online presence

2012-09-25 08:36:00

Staples Inc. is speeding up store closures, shaking up management and boosting its online business as the office-supply chain implements a multiyear plan to cut costs. The Framingham, Mass.-based company is looking to save $250 million, before taxes,...

Staples stock jumps on report Bain, others are considering buyout

2012-09-14 08:26:00

A report that several private equity firms -- including original investor Bain Capital -- are considering buying Staples Inc. pushed the office supply chain’s stock up as much as 6.2% on Friday. Acquisition talks are still preliminary and any offer...

Mitt Romney says reducing spending a 'moral responsibility'

2011-11-03 18:06:00

Portraying himself as a frugal turnaround expert who helped launch the Staples office supply chain, Mitt Romney told a New Hampshire audience Thursday night that he was uniquely qualified to whittle down the nation’s budget deficit and improve...

Staples Center's name will never change, new agreement says

2009-10-20 04:33:29

Bloom Energy feels the (alternative) power

2010-04-12 16:35:31

The day ahead in business May 22

2013-05-22 03:30:00

Reports: MBA mortgate index for week ended May 18, 6 a.m.; Existing home sales for April, 9 a.m.; Bernanke testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, 9 a.m.; Crude inventories for week ended May 18, 9:30 a.m.; Minutes of FOMC meeting May...

OfficeMax's sluggish sales disappoint

2013-05-08 00:00:00

OfficeMax Inc. reported Tuesday that first-quarter sales declined more than 5 percent and earnings fell short of analyst expectations, sending shares down nearly 2 percent. The Naperville-based office supply retailer's shares closed down 22 cents, at...

Earth Hour to be observed Saturday

2013-03-20 05:06:00

Williamsport will hold Earth Hour on Saturday. The community is invited to be part the worldwide initiative. Residents are encouraged to switch off nonessential lights at home and join friends and neighbors at Springfield Farm Barn on Saturday,...

Molex heir launches A Better Chicago

2011-12-04 00:00:00

Online job postings hint at more U.S. hiring ahead

2011-09-01 05:46:00

OfficeMax, OfficeDepot downgraded by S&P

2011-07-07 16:34:56

The week ahead

2007-05-20 00:00:00

Monday: -- Earnings: Campbell Soup Co.; Lowe's Cos.; Pacific Sunwear of California Inc.; Perry Ellis International Inc.; Saks Inc.; Westell Technologies Inc. Tuesday: -- Earnings: American Eagle Outfitters Inc.; Analog Devices Inc.; AutoZone Inc.; BJ's...

The struggles of fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin to compete with real-life office-supply chains like Staples Inc. are a running joke on NBC's "The Office." Now, an online outlet owned by Staples is using the Dunder Mifflin name to try to sell more copy paper. >> Read the full story.

2011-12-01 12:02:42

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