BY LOUIS LLOVIO
MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE ...more

November 13, 2009

Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second-biggest consumer electronics retailer, reached an agreement with liquidators on Friday to sell the merchandise in its 567 U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing deal. ...more

January 18, 2009

Red yard signs in front of the Circuit City store at Shelby Crossing say, "Ask Me About 36 Month Financing." ...more

January 17, 2009

Circuit City on Friday became the largest retailer to fall victim to the expanding financial crisis, announcing it will shut down its remaining 567 U.S. stores at the cost of 34,000 more jobs after failing to sell the business. ...more

January 17, 2009

Red yard signs in front of the Circuit City store at Shelby Crossing say, "Ask Me About 36 Month Financing." No one is sure how long that offer will stand. Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second-biggest consumer electronics retailer, said Friday it failed to find a buyer and will liquidate its 567 U.S. stores. ...more

January 16, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — A disheartened Wall Street fell for the third straight session Wednesday as investors absorbed another series of dismal corporate reports and news that the government won't buy banks' soured mortgage assets after all. The Dow Jones industrials fell 400 points, and all the major indexes dropped more than 4 percent. ...more

November 12, 2008

Circuit City Stores Inc. said Monday it is pulling the plug on about 20 percent of its U.S. stores in an effort to return the nation's No. 2 consumer electronics retailer to profitabilit ...more

November 3, 2008

A change at the top may not be enough to jump-start Circuit City Stores Inc., after the head of the nation's No. 2 consumer electronics retailer abruptly resigned amid plummeting stock prices and calls for his ouster. ...more

September 24, 2008

. Shares of Circuit City Stores plummeted to historic lows in trading Wednesday after Blockbuster withdrew its takeover bid, causing investors to question the consumer electronics retailer's future. ...more

July 3, 2008

Consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores said Friday that it will allow Blockbuster to review its books in connection with the video-rental chain's bid to buy the company. ...more

May 10, 2008