of sears and his hedge fund to keep this going and keep the stores open through the holiday season. thanks very mumch. sears, you know it well for its craftman tool brand. that was sold to black and decker last year. people know sears for its appliances and its tools. this is a tool in which they really tried to change. they bought k mart and sears at the same time and wanted to change that. there s a sears in santa monica, california. it s one of those landmarks. we go there all the time as a kid. that s where we got our sheets, tv. everyone s got a sears story. that s another big part of the issue. many of them are in malls. if you go to malls you realize
fights, and manafort was the master of this universe. he teamed up with a guy named roger stone who is going to be a recuring character in the manafort story and the story of donald trump. with manafort and stone, he became president of the young republicans, establishing the two as potential king makers. paul manafort came out of the womb as an operator. before his journey to washington, manafort s story began here in new britton, connecticut in 1949. new britton a known as the hardware state, the home of black and decker, very hard scrabble place. still, paul s grandfather, an italian immigrant, thrived here, starting manafort brothers, a demolition company that became a construction power house receiving government contracts
meetings, trump administration officials trying to reassure our allies, seems to be the word we use every time. the president has said nato was obsolete not doing anything. futures right now taking a little bit lower, so you could have a end to a rainy week, today marks the end of the first quarter. the dow up almost 5%. s and p almost 6% gain. sales for sears is plunging. they sold the craftsman brand to black and decker to raise cash. stock at an all time low and this week a big turn around. shares are up 56%.
can be fed peanut based foods at an appropriate age. interesting stuff. in our money lead, the end of an era for sears. following disappointing holiday results, the already struggling retailer announced it is shutting down more than 150 stores nationwide. the latest decision will affect 109 k-mart stores, which the sears parent company owns, and 41 of its name-sake outlets. once an iconic american retailer, sears is also trying to stem its bleeding by selling the popular craftsman brand toolmaker stanley, black and decker in a $900 million deal. as a result of this deal, stanley, black and decker will expand its manufacturing presence here in the u.s. to make more craftsman products. announcement come just a day after macy s announced it is closing more stores and sadly laying off more workers. be sure to tune into cnn sunday for town hall with bernie sanders. chris cuomo and live audience will ask the senator questions. then on thursday night jake
blender? look at this. not the case with this one. it s a little red hot rod. i mean come on. it s beautiful. anything that has the title blast in it you are going to love it. it s black and decker. it s $59. it s from wal-mart. what i really love about it four preprogrammed buttons. dabbingry, margarita, smoothie and shake. i mean my goodness. those are considered food groups in my house. i hear you. enough said. this one, okay please. blu-ray dvd. fifty shades of gray. it is the gift that keeps on giving. you can get it at target. the wine is great. it s $15. you can get it at any wine shop and it also is fifty shades of gray. you can do a combo platter. it will be fine. you might be able to combine that and this as well.