In news recently for upping his stake in U.S. electronics retailer Circuit City in November when it filed for Chapter 11.
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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After struggling to turn a profit for the past year and a half, troubled consumer electronics retailer Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.
The provincials have made their money doing anything as unexciting as selling livestock and frozen meat or even cheap electronics, whereas the city dwellers have made their money in manufacturing, property and investments.
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CarMax, the used-car dealer owned by Circuit City, the consumer electronics chain, has a tracking stock.
But these are no Silicon Valley techies in town for one of the city's massive electronics shows.
Meanwhile, Circuit City, a big electronics retailer, said it would cut about 17% of its workforce and close 155 of its stores ahead of the Christmas season.
Take a look at how important the electronics sector is to the Lion City: Manufacturing and services that support it make up 45%, or nearly half, of Singapore's total GDP.
In keeping with the budget theme, Wal-Mart will be the first to carry the players, with electronics chains like Best Buy and Circuit City following.
Even as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was unveiling the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, consumers in New York City were carting old appliances to an electronics recycling drive in Coney Island.
Units go on sale today at TiVo.com and should be showing up within the next week or so at Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, and Ultimate Electronics.
Government bureaucracy makes fine choices when the task at hand is bringing hundreds of millions of people from the country into the city to manufacture textiles and toys and assemble electronics.
While it was at Radio City Music Hall, it felt like a Consumer Electronics Show demo writ very large.
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He discovered it was sending stolen data to an Internet user in Tianjin, China's third-largest city and the second-biggest hub for manufacturing, particularly electronics.
The Lion City is not alone of course -- the PC slump is crippling electronics companies from Korea to Indonesia.
The consumer electronics company has been struggling to survive a consumer recession that has already sent rival Circuit City into liquidation.
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Retailers such as Circuit City and Best Buy were slammed by a 27% drop in sales of appliances and consumer electronics during the last holiday season.
In keeping with the budget theme, Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) will be the first to carry the players, with electronics chains like Best Buy (nyse: BBY - news - people ) and Circuit City (nyse: CC - news - people ) following.
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