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Department store vendors received a boost on Friday when the latest government data showed a 1.2% increase in U.S. retail sales. Nordstrom Inc. JWN, + 3.04% shares up 5.8%; Kohl’s Corp. KSS, + 3.19% stock was up 6.6%; and Macy’s Inc. M, + 4.80% shares jumped 9.3% on the news. …

TribLIVE’s Daily and weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and the information you need straight to your inbox. A three-day break might have been the best thing for the Pittsburgh Pirates to snap a losing streak of three games, so it was no surprise to hear players treat …

Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press Los Angeles Lakers (1) on Trail Blazers or Grizzlies (8) If the Blazers are hanging on to the eighth seed they recently snagged out of the Grizzlies, this series has some potential. Damian Lillard is sitting on an absolute tear in the bubble. If he’s …

Duck Creek Technologies Inc.’s share of DCT, + 52.22% began its public life with a major rally, as the initial trade was 55.6% above the initial price of the officially offered $ 27, which was above the previously expected range. The Boston-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company for the real estate and …

Former President Barack Obama slammed President Donald Trump in an interview released Friday for “trying to cut the postal service” to vote on mail in the 2020 election and urged lawmakers and citizens to take action for “integrity” to protect “from the elections. Obama spoke on the podcast of his …