That would be painful for landlords but nothing like the hit they took when bookseller Borders Group and electronics chain Circuit City liquidated.

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It had an on again, off again relationship with Best Buy, the Apple store within CompUSA was tucked into a back corner and lacked the Apple specialists needed to work with customers, and a fling with Circuit City came as that chain was on its way out.

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CarMax, the used-car dealer owned by Circuit City, the consumer electronics chain, has a tracking stock.

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Like other cities, Orlando has seen big national chain closures like Linen-N-Things and Circuit City.

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The short circuit resulted in a thermal runaway -- a chemical chain reaction -- in cell six, which spread to adjacent cells.

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Yet the chain's selling woes continued against the tough competition of big-box outlets Best Buy, Circuit City and Wal-Mart Stores.

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On Friday Circuit City Stores said it opened its books to would-be suitor Blockbuster and the rental chain's largest shareholder, billionaire activist investor CarlIcahnCarl Icahn.

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