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Circuit City Shrinks In Bid to Save Cash

Nov. 4, 2008
Circuit City is shutting down 155 U.S. stores and laying off 17 percent of its workforce as sales continue to slump along with a sharp slowdown in consumer spending, the company said yesterday.
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