CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 7, 2008 | From the Associated Press
Harry Richard Landis, who enlisted in the Army in 1918 and was one of only two known surviving U.S. veterans of World War I, has died in Florida. He was 108. Landis, who lived at a Sun City Center nursing home, died Monday, according to Donna Riley, his caregiver for the last five years. He had recently been hospitalized with a fever and low blood pressure, she said. The remaining U.S. veteran is Frank Buckles, 107, of Charles Town, W.Va., according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
NEWS
January 22, 2002 | LESLIE EARNEST and LAURA LOH, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Kmart Corp. edged closer to Bankruptcy Court on Monday after its sole supplier of groceries halted critical shipments to the nation's second-largest discount retailer. Fleming Cos. said it took the action because Kmart failed to pay about $70 million that was due Friday. Fleming's move could prompt other Kmart vendors to follow suit, and, analysts said, it sharply increases the likelihood that Kmart will file for bankruptcy protection.
BUSINESS
February 20, 1998 | GEORGE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kmart Corp. has big hopes for Big K, redesigned discount stores touted in splashy commercials by Rosie O'Donnell, Bob Hope and Big Bird. The retailer is betting that Big K stores--with their large grocery sections and broad, easy-to-navigate aisles--will turn occasional customers into regular shoppers. Kmart is trying to catch up to swifter competitors. Dayton Hudson's Target, which describes itself as an upscale discounter, is considered the smartest apparel merchandiser.
BUSINESS
October 2, 1987 | CAROLINE E. MAYER, The Washington Post
K mart Corp. is looking for a little respect. By using celebrities to sell its goods and by expanding into a wide array of specialty stores from Waldenbooks to Builders Square do-it-yourself stores, the retailing giant is trying to move beyond its blue-light specials and blue-collar shoppers. "My goal is to make K mart the most respected dominant retailer in America," says Joseph E. Antonini, who this week assumes the chairmanship of the nation's second-largest retailer.
BOOKS
November 10, 2002 | Caroline Fraser, Caroline Fraser is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, among other publications.
Before he was a poet, before he had written any of the works that made his reputation, James Merrill was the son of Charles Edward Merrill, one of the most influential and inventive stockbrokers of all time, a man who predicted the stock market crash of 1929. Merrill's relationship with his famous father -- and everything represented by him -- animates much of the material in "Collected Novels and Plays," the second volume in a series edited by J.D. McClatchy and Stephen Yenser.