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- <text id=92TT2036>
- <title>
- Sep. 14, 1992: Business:Et Cetera
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Sep. 14, 1992 The Hillary Factor
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 17
- BUSINESS
- Et Cetera
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- <p>SETTLING AN EMBARRASSING SUIT
- </p>
- <p> Generations of Americans, it once seemed, could count not
- only on death and taxes but also on Sears, Roebuck & Co. Faith in
- the department-store chain was shaken in June when the California
- attorney general accused Sears auto-repair centers of
- performing second-rate or unnecessary work. Sears soon faced 19
- class-action suits and the possibility that all of its 72 auto
- shops in California would be closed. But last week the legendary
- retailer announced a $15 million settlement, including refunds
- of $50 and up to auto customers who had counted themselves among
- Sears' suckers.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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