As Sears gasps, Lampert turns to financial engineering to revive it

Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, November 11, 2014

Sears Holdings is dying a slow, sad death led by its chief executive, Edward S. Lampert, and his hedge fund, ESL Investments, yet Wall Street is going mad over its stock. … on the announcement that the company might engage in a bit of financial engineering.