preparing for a hard brags it but the real cost of bragg s it is still up in the air. u.s. retailers say as has been saved from bankruptcy its chairman has won approval for a multi-billion dollar plan to keep it afloat forty five thousand jobs and more than four hundred stores across the u.s. were on the line founded back in eighty eighty six sears had its heyday after that world war two but in recent times cutthroat competition from the likes of target and wal-mart as well as a hammering off the financial crisis left the american returns on. brink of collapse. you re watching the news from more news coming up at the top of the hour conference on some sebastian is not so staged thanks for joining the w. .