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Dillard's Department Stores incurred another round of attacks this week from an activist shareholder group and research analysts in the wake of reporting a $25.2 million quarterly loss. On Tuesday, Dillard's announced the financial bad news, which it blamed on slower sales and efforts to reduce excess inventory. The next day, research analysts blasted the company's performance in a series of memos to investors. Barington Capital Group, which owns 3.7 percent of Dillard's stock and has pushed the retailer to make corporate changes, released a third letter publicly on Thursday calling on the board of directors to take action. Dillard's had no comment on the activities beyond its earnings press release. Alltel shareholders approve buyout By a 97 percent margin, Alltel's shareholders voted to accept a $71.50 per share offer by TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs to take the nation's fifth largest wireless carrier private.
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