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Circuit City completes sale of Canadian assets

Jul. 2, 2009
Electronics retailer Circuit City, which closed all its U.S. stores, has sold its Canadian stores to telecommunications company Bell Canada. The entity Bell Canada acquired, InterTAN Canada, controls 750 The Source electronics stores. Bell Canada bought it...
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