FILE - This May 4, 2011 file photo shows the entrance to the Sears Holdings Corp. Prairie Stone campus area in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Sears Holding Corp. spokesman Chris Brathwaite told

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FILE - This May 4, 2011 file photo shows the entrance to the Sears Holdings Corp. Prairie Stone campus area in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Sears Holding Corp. spokesman Chris Brathwaite told Crain's Chicago Business the company is laying off "about 100 people" Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at its headquarters in Hoffman Estates. He says the layoffs take effect immediately. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Mark Welsh, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, TV OUT less