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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Sears Announces Closure Of 79 Stores, Including 2 In NH « CBS Boston

Sears Announces Closure Of 79 Stores, Including 2 In NH « CBS Boston

BOSTON (CBS) –Two outlet stores in New Hampshire are among the first 79 Sears and Kmart stores to close after lower-than-expected holiday sales.

“Grant/Essentials” Sears stores in Nashua and Keene will close at some point, the company announced Thursday.

Sears didn’t list the number of employees that would be affected, but did say each store set to close employs between 40 and 80 people.

No Massachusetts stores were included in the first round of store cuts.

Sears plans to close 21-41 more stores nationwide. Complete PDF:

Verizon Wireless To Charge $2 Fee For Some Bill Payments « CBS Boston

Verizon Wireless To Charge $2 Fee For Some Bill Payments « CBS Boston

BOSTON (CBS) –Verizon Wireless plans to starting charging its subscribers $2 every time they pay their wireless bills online or directly over the phone.

The new “convenience fee” will start January 15.

Verizon issued a statement explaining the move on its website Thursday.

“The fee will help allow us to continue to support these single bill payment options in these channels and is designed to address costs incurred by us for only those customers who choose to make single bill payments in alternate payment channels (online, mobile, telephone). It is waived for those who pay by electronic check or enroll in AutoPay —