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Mixed retail earnings keep stock gains in check
Stock indexes are inching higher in early trading Thursday after two giant U.S. retailers turned in mixed earnings reports. Wal-Mart's stock dropped ...
Target has earlier start for holiday kickoff
Target Corp. will open its doors at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, three hours earlier than a year ago, to kick off the holiday shopping season.
US futures rise on earnings and jobs data
Futures rose Thursday after a pair of employment reports and also some strong numbers from another U.S automaker. Dow Jones industrial futures rose ...
Sandy unlikely to damage US economy, analysts say
Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, stranding travelers around the globe. Insurers are bracing for possible damages of $5 billion.
Target to sell credit card business to TD Bank
Target Corp. on Tuesday said it reached a deal to sell its entire consumer credit card business to TD Bank Group, ending an almost two-year search for ...
NM peanut capital at heart of national recall
The country's largest organic peanut processing plant is scrubbing its facilities top to bottom and hopes to get back in production soon after a ...
Search for NH student's body focuses on water
Authorities in Maine and Massachusetts are being asked to watch their shores for the body of a University of New Hampshire student believed to have ...
Suspect called upbeat after UNH student's killing
An actor and martial arts instructor accused of killing a female University of New Hampshire student last week was upbeat and described his life as ...
AP Impact: Feds muff kid jewelry cadmium crackdown
Federal regulators failed to pursue recalls after they found cadmium-tainted jewelry on store shelves, despite their vow to keep the toxic trinkets ...
More retailers object to credit card settlement
A group of retailers and trade groups has launched a last-ditch effort to stop a settlement worth at least $6 billion that Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc.
EBay unveils big redesign with a nod to Pinterest
EBay has redesigned its website to encourage visitors to browse and collect items they might want to buy later with something it calls the "feed." The ...
Problems found at peanut butter plant in 2010
The Food and Drug Administration found what it called "objectionable conditions" at a New Mexico peanut butter plant in 2010, two years before the ...
Retailers report slower sales growth in Sept
Americans may have slowed their spending in September after splurging during the start of the busy back-to-school shopping season in the month before.
Barnes & Noble launches new Nook HD
Barnes & Noble is rolling out two new versions of its Nook tablet with sleek new hardware and a sharper high-definition screen. The bookseller's move ...
Wal-Mart will stop selling Amazon.com Kindles
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is phasing out the sale of Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle e-readers, the second major retailer to stop offering the ...
Kroger adds clothing to shopping list in Ohio
Add a pair of blue jeans to the grocery list. Starting Friday, shoppers at a remodeled Kroger store in Ohio will be able to buy clothing in addition ...
Apple: iPhone 5 orders topped 2M in 24 hours
Orders for the iPhone 5 topped 2 million in their first 24 hours, more than double the amount of its predecessor over the same period. Since Apple ...
Gas prices, cars push US retail sales up 0.9 pct.
U.S. retail sales rose in August from July because consumers paid higher gas prices and bought more cars and trucks. They were more cautious ...
Former Penney president to join Gap marketing team
Michael Francis, the former J.C. Penney president and chief marketing officer at Target Corp., has found a new home. Gap Inc., which operates stores ...
Retail group says it opposes card fee settlement
The National Retail Federation is opposing a proposed $7.25 billion settlement that Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and major banks have agreed to pay ...
Asian markets lower after Wall Street decline
Asian markets fell Friday after Wall Street declined on pessimism about fuel prices and stagnant job growth while investors waited for a speech by Fed ...
Retailers report best sales growth since March
This summer, Americans were walking contradictions: They opened their wallets despite escalating fears about the slow economic recovery and surging ...
The market's August lull nears an end; stocks fall
The late-summer lull is about to end. Stocks fell Thursday, with investors too worried about high gas prices and stagnant employment to be impressed ...