It wasn't as if his dad could afford to pitch in, and his mother's job at the mall didn't pay much more than Brendan's at OfficeMax.

他的父亲看起来不像是能为家庭谋生的人，而他母亲在购物中心的工资也没比丹在日用百货公司里的高多少。

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YCharts Pro says OfficeMax, widely considered the sick man of the three, is overpriced.

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Poor capital allocation decisions and the rise of online vendors put OfficeMax in a precarious position.

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OfficeMax shares have fallen by half since Slim's holding in the retailer surpassed 5% in January 2000.

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