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Shoppers Facing Sold-Out Favorite Items
NEW YORK (AP) ―
Looking for UGG boots? Or what about the last string of holiday lights or inflatable Santas to spruce up the lawn? You might be out of luck.
Some last-minute holiday shoppers are facing disappointment. Stores are running out of key
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Drugstores, convenience stores offer solace to the heaviest holiday procrastinators
For serious holiday shopping procrastinators, drugstores and convenience stores are offering last-minute deals. Even better for the desperate, many of them will still be open at, say, 3 a.m. Dec. 25.
The last-minute rush tends to make these stores
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Fewer Katrina, Rita trailers but challenges left
Case managers and housing advocates say many of those still living in trailers continue to be among the disasters' neediest and most vulnerable victims, people on the social or economic fringes before the storms, or pushed to them since. Those include
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Stores hope gift cards give post-Christmas lift
NEW YORK — As merchants look to this weekend and the rest of the Christmas aftermath, they're counting on droves of gift card-toting customers to return to malls.
But those numbers may be smaller as the industry braces for what some analysts believe
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Sparse shelves greet post-Christmas deal hunters
Shoppers headed to America's malls Saturday, many with gift cards in hand, hoping to snag after-Christmas discounts.
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Sparse Shelves Greet Post-Christmas Shoppers
NEW YORK (AP) ―
Shoppers headed to America's malls Saturday, many with gift cards in hand, hoping to snag after-Christmas discounts. They were greeted with big markdowns in some cases topping 75 percent off but often found limited
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North Jersey mall sales get boost from post-Christmas bargain shoppers
NEW YORK — Holiday shoppers spent a little more this season, according to data released Monday, giving merchants some reason for cheer.
The spending bounce means retailers managed to avoid a repeat of last year's disaster even amid tight credit and
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Police: Accused Shoplifters Cause Chaos at Walmart
Chattanooga police said a couple they believe tried to steal a cart full of TVs and a computer caused chaos at a Walmart. According to a news release, Officer Josh Wright was off duty when he saw a man trying to force his way past a greeter with about $2
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Texting while driving, public smoking, cooking with trans fats targeted in states’ 2010 laws
Texting while driving, smoking target of '10 laws
MADISON, Wis. — Texting while driving, smoking in public and cooking with artery-clogging trans fats will be that much harder under a bevy of state laws set to take effect Friday.
Faced with huge budget
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2010 Laws Will Target Vices As States Face Budget Gaps
MADISON, Wis. — Texting while driving, smoking in public and cooking with artery-clogging trans fats will be that much harder under a bevy of state laws set to take effect around the country on Friday.
Faced with huge budget shortfalls and little extra
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Saudi, Norway gov'ts, Streisand, give to Clinton
WASHINGTON -- Foreign countries including Saudi Arabia and Norway gave millions of dollars to former President Bill Clinton's charity, and donors ranging from entertainer Barbra Streisand's foundation to bailout beneficiary American International Group
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News: Officials urge New Yorkers to get H1N1 shot
ALBANY - Now that swine flu vaccine shortages are over, New York health officials are urging people who haven't been vaccinated to get the shots - as new waves of illness are expected in coming weeks.
"When it's in a shortage, everyone clamors for it,"
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Toilet paper trumps decor at Target's Great Save
Starting on January 3, Target, the No. 2 U.S. discount retailer, is introducing "The Great Save" in its 1,740 stores.
In the space where it typically sells seasonal merchandise, Target is setting up a "warehouse-club-like experience," taking aim at the
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Report: TSA Special Agent who threatened blogger spaces out, drops notebook in public place
Would you define such a misstep as complete ineptitude? Would you wonder how the agency protects the information it gleans from other - more important - investigations (you know, ones involving threats against our nation)?
Such tough questions! These
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Visa Dominates Debit Card Market by Charging More
Interesting analysis of the debit card industry by Andrew Martin, who explains how Visa gained dominant market share by charging more for its services.
When you sign a debit card receipt at a large retailer, the store pays your bank an average of 75
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Retailers report modest sales, strong profits
NEW YORK — Holiday shoppers bought a little more jewelry, electronics and boots but passed by the women's clothing racks, according to figures released today.
The latest figures from MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse also offered confirmation that
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Cops: Pa. man steals $50, flees on Walmart scooter
Cops: Pa. man in hospital gown nabs $50 from ex-girlfriend, flees on Walmart motorized scooter
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a Pennsylvania man in a hospital gown stole $50 from his ex-girlfriend at Wal-Mart, then tried to flee on a store-owned
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Alabama will display BCS championship trophy at Walmart
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University of Alabama is going to display its new national championship football trophy at a place where most anyone can see it: Walmart.
The school says the Coaches' Trophy will be on display at a Walmart Supercenter in
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Walmart fires greeter attacked by customer
PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- A central Florida Walmart greeter seen on video getting punched by a customer says he's been fired.
A Walmart statement says Bauman violated company policy on how they treat customers, and his actions put other customers' safety
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AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids' jewelry from China
Children don't have to swallow an item to be exposed - they can get persistent, low-level doses by regularly sucking or biting jewelry with a high cadmium content.
To gauge cadmium's prevalence in children's jewelry, the AP organized lab testing of 103
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Study finds toxic metal in children's jewelry items
LOS ANGELES — Barred from using lead in children's jewelry because of its toxicity, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the more dangerous heavy metal cadmium in sparkling charm bracelets and shiny pendants being sold throughout the
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Walmart pulling jewelry cited in AP cadmium report
LOS ANGELES - Federal and state watchdogs have issued stern warningson the use of toxic ingredients in Chinese imports, and Walmart has pulled children's jewelry items cited in an Associated Press report on cadmium contamination.
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Consumer chief warns: take cheap jewelry from kids
In this Dec. 17, 2009 photo, Jeff Weidenhamer, professor of chemistry at Ashland University, holds a "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", charm in Ashland, Ohio. Barred from using lead in children's jewelry because of its toxicity, some Chinese
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Dec. Retail Sales Drop; More New Laid-Off Workers
WASHINGTON (AP) ―
Retail sales unexpectedly fell in December, leaving 2009 with the biggest yearly drop on record and highlighting the formidable hurdles facing the economy as it struggles to recover from the deepest recession in seven decades.
In
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P&G jumping into retail online :Consumer product maker tests 'eStore.'
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CINCINNATI — The maker of Tide detergent, Pampers diapers and Gillette shavers is taking hundreds of its popular consumer products directly to shoppers through a new Web site.
The "eStore" Procter & Gamble Co. is testing — an
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The Critics' Choice Movie Awards Select Katherine Bigelow as Best Director for 'The Hurt Locker,' Making Her the First Female to Win the Award
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards earlier this evening. The star-studded ceremony was hosted by Kristin Chenoweth at the Hollywood
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Web to overtake brick-and-mortar as retail bread-and-butter
The battle for the shrinking American budget is moving online this year with a vengeance.
While the recession took its toll on shopping centers and strip malls around the country, the economic downturn has left the Internet poised to enter 2010 as a
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Why Haiti must stay on the CSR agenda
Big multinational food corporations have already made generous donations. Walmart has given $600,000 to the Red Cross, plus $100,000 in pre-packaged food kits. Coca Cola has raised $1 million. Unilever $500,000.
It is easy to imagine the pot of cash
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At least 600,000 cribs recalled after child death
WASHINGTON — A Barbados-based company on Tuesday recalled about 635,000 cribs sold by Kmart, Sears, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of a 6-month-old boy and multiple reports of injuries.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the
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Graco stroller recall
Published January 20, 2010 08:07 am - bout 1.5 million Graco strollers sold at Wal-Mart, Target and other major retailers are being recalled after some children's fingertips were amputated by hinges on the products.
The recall by Graco Children's
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Strollers pulled after severing fingertips
WASHINGTON -- About 1.5 million Graco strollers sold at Wal-Mart, Target and other major retailers are being recalled after some children's fingertips were amputated by hinges on the products.
The recall by Graco Children's Products Inc. includes
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Cellu Tissue shares dropping in IPO debut
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Shares of Cellu Tissue Holdings are trading about 5 percent lower after the tissue paper maker's initial public offering priced below expectations.
Cellu raised about $107.9
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Blockbuster keeps credit rating despite warning
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NEW YORK -- Blockbuster Inc.'s junk bonds won't be downgraded further despite the movie rental company's warning that earnings for 2009 will come in well below expectations, a credit ratings agency said Friday.
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Wal-Mart to cut more than 10,000 jobs at Sam's Club
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, will eliminate more than 10,000 jobs at its Sam's Club membership warehouse stores because it has hired an outside firm to conduct the in-store demonstrations and product sampling previously performed
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Walmart cuts about 11,200 Sam's Club staffers
NEW YORK -- Walmart Stores Inc. will cut about 11,200 jobs at Sam's Club warehouses as it turns over the task of in-store product demonstrations to an outside marketing company.
The move is an effort to improve sales at Sam's Club, which has
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Google negotiating ways to keep presence in China
BEIJING – Even if Google's stand against censorship leads it to
close its search engine in China, the company still hopes to
maintain other key operations in the world's most populous Internet
market.
Google Inc. is in delicate negotiations with the
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Sacramento-area scam artists turn to text messages
Text this message: Your cell phone could be sending you the latest identity theft scam.
At least two Sacramento-area residents have recently been targeted by text messages that promised $200 gift cards or alerted them to bank account problems.
In both
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Teen gets prison in NH killing of Wal-Mart cashier
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'Princess and Frog’ pendant recalled for cadmium
WASHINGTON -- Federal consumer safety regulators are announcing a recall of “The Princess and The Frog” movie-themed children’s pendants, citing high levels of the toxic heavy metal cadmium.
Friday’s recall affects about 55,000 items, sold exclusively
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Walmart pendants recalled as Disney bans cadmium
Federal consumer safety regulators on Friday announced the recall of “The Princess and The Frog” pendants sold at Walmart stores because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, an unprecedented action that reflects concerns of an emerging threat
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Walmart of weed opens in Oakland
In a 15,000-square-foot warehouse just down the road from the Oakland Airport, an entrepreneur is opening a one-stop shop for medicinal marijuana cultivation that's believed to be the largest in the state.
"A lot of people don't know much about
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Super Bowl's Saints had humble start in Big Easy
FILE - In this Sept. 18, 1967 file photo, New Orleans Saints running back John Gilliam (42) steps out on his 94-yard touchdown scamper on the opening play of the game against the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans, La. Unable to catch the Saint is Rams
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Super Bowl's Saints had humble start in Big Easy
By BEN WALKER AP National Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - They were an odd aggregation, a collection of misfits, nomads and newcomers eager to show off football, New Orleans-style. Those early Saints of the late 1960s and '70s didn't win a lot. No
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Group Finds Toxic Cadmium in Adult Jewelry
(AP) Concern about the heavy metal cadmium in jewelry grew Tuesday as a California environmental group said new testing of adult necklaces and bracelets bought at three leading retailers, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Aeropostale, detected high
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First-time US jobless claims rise unexpectedly
WASHINGTON— The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.
The rise is the fourth in the past five weeks. Most economists hoped
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Health tech's naked-photo cache unnerves Ohio town
TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) -- A medical center technician secretly captured dozens of photos and videos of women and girls undressing during exams and recorded hundreds of more women at stores, playgrounds and high school sporting events, shaking up residents
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Man's naked-photo cache unnerves town
TIFFIN, Ohio - A medical center technician secretly captured dozens of photos and videos of women and girls undressing during exams and recorded hundreds more women at stores, playgrounds and high school sporting events, shaking up residents in this
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Cheapest route from China may skip Buffett's RR
Chinese toys and sneakers headed to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. on the U.S. East Coast may bypass Warren Buffett's $33.8 billion railway as the expansion of the Panama Canal slashes the cost of shipping them by sea.
The deeper, wider canal
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Ahead of the Bell: Analyst upgrades Amazon.com
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PHILADELPHIA -- An analyst upgraded Amazon.com Inc. Monday on the belief that Wall Street is underestimating the market power of the company's Kindle device as consumers increasingly gravitate toward reading books
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West African workers claim discrimination at mountain Wal-Mart stores
SILVERTHORNE — A small group of West African men who came to the Rockies in search of economic opportunity are embroiled in a dispute with Wal-Mart, accusing it of a raft of discriminatory actions. Most say they were dismissed because supervisors
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Man walks into Wal-Mart, smashes 29 TVs with bat
Police are investigating what may have caused a man to walk into a Wal-Mart and destroy 29 flat-screen televisions. Police charged a 23-year-old man with 29 counts of criminal damage to property in the second degree. Just after noon Wednesday,
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Cops: Man smashes 29 TVs with bat at Wal-Mart
LILBURN, Ga. Police in Georgia say a 23-year-old man grabbed a baseball bat inside of a Wal-Mart and smashed 29 flat-screen televisions. Police in Lilburn near Atlanta have charged Westley Strellis with 29 counts of criminal damage to property in the
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Retail Sales Up 0.5% in January
(AP) Retail sales posted a better-than-expected increase in January, a welcome development that could mean stronger U.S. economic growth in coming months.
The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales increased by 0.5 percent last month,
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Snow could take toll on economic recovery
WASHINGTON -
A modestly better-than-expected report on retail sales for January could suggest stronger economic growth in coming months. But this week's severe snowstorms will likely depress activity in February.
The 0.5 percent gain the Commerce
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Greek Drama Plays out on Wall Street
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks could struggle to make headway this week if a meeting of European finance ministers fails to reassure markets that they can contain Greece's debt problems. Greece's financing problems have focused investors' attention on
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Police: Man stabs, kills estranged wife at Walmart
Police: Man stabs, kills estranged wife in Walmart parking lot where they met to exchange kids
SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) -- Police in Georgia say a man stabbed his estranged wife to death in a Walmart parking lot where they met to exchange custody of their
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Fla. Family Wants out of North Dakota Town
(AP) A tiny North Dakota town's promise of cash and free land lured only one family from out of state. Now, Michael and Jeanette Tristani and their 12-year-old twins are trying to move from the town without a traffic light back to Miami.
Tired of
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Tila Tequila, Merriman settle dueling lawsuits
SAN DIEGO - Attorneys say San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman and reality television star Tila Tequila have settled dueling lawsuits.
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Wal-Mart's profit rises 22 percent for 4Q
NEW YORK —
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a 22 percent increase in its fourth-quarter profit as the world's largest retailer cut costs and slimmed down its inventories.
But a key measure of sales showed its third consecutive quarterly decline, the
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Wal-Mart profit up, but U.S. sales dip
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NEW YORK Wal-Mart Stores Inc., one of the recession's biggest beneficiaries, felt the pinch during the fourth quarter as quarterly sales fell at U.S. Wal-Mart stores for the first time.
Still, overseas growth and a concerted
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A Burst of Boosts
-- Coca-Cola (ticker: KO), the world's beverage king, served up the largest, sweetening its quarterly common payout 7.3%, to 44 cents a share from 41 cents. Coke's 48th consecutive annual increase gives the stock a 3.16% yield. In 2009, the company, a
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Despite reforms, costly loans and cards remain
The lenders serving risky borrowers say high fees and interest rates are necessary because their customers are more likely to default on loans. Restrictions on what they charge could put them out of business, and leave the neediest with no options at
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Pa. girl's 25-year-old case lends hope to others
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Steam from vents below envelops an enclosed overhead walkway as a woman crosses between buildings in downtown Pittsburgh, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.
This image provided by The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows a
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Wal-Mart to buy digital movie provider Vudu
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday it will buy broadband entertainment provider Vudu, a deal that gives the world's biggest retailer the ability to sell movies directly through TVs and Blu-ray players over the Internet.
The deal could give Wal-Mart a
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Clean, cheap power from fuel cells in a box?
Silicon Valley start-up Bloom Energy is unveiling a fuel-cell product Wednesday that can power a small office building. It expects to have home systems within a decade that are about the size of a loaf of bread, it says.
Bloom's technology gives users
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Wal-Mart to push suppliers to cut emissions
NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wants its suppliers to reduce 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2015.
The world's largest retailer's push goes beyond its efforts to date to reduce its own emissions by designing more
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Wal-Mart's green push leaves questions unanswered
Often a villain in campaigning circles, Wal-Mart is keen to be seen to be green.
The world's largest retailer had already put down a marker with its "sustainability" index but yesterday (25 February) the company set out its stall to cut carbon
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Rajan Bharti Mittal is new FICCI president
New Delhi, Feb 27 – Rajan Bharti Mittal, vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises, Saturday took over as the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Fifty-year-old Mittal took over the charge from
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Chile Earthquake Rescue Ramps Up
CONCEPCION, Chile --
Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile's shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors and the government sent soldiers to quell looting. The death toll climbed to 708 in one of the biggest
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Chile quake death toll over 700 as rescue ramps up
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile, setting off tsunami warnings for the Pacific basin.
CONCEPCION, Chile — Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as
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Wal-Mart to pay $12M in bias suit
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Wal-Mart Stores will pay nearly $12 million and change its hiring practices to settle a sex-discrimination suit over hiring at an eastern Kentucky warehouse.
The retail giant reached the deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
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Govt slow to regulate deadly window blind cords
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shopping for her nursery, Kelly Horvath bought a new window shade because its label advertised its child safety features. She later found her 16-month-old son dead in his crib, the shade's cord wrapped around his neck, another young
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Wal-Mart raises annual dividend
The Associated Press | BENTONVILLE, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is increasing its annual dividend by 12 cents to $1.21. The world's largest retailer says the dividend will be paid in annual installments of slightly more than 30 cents for the year ending
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Stock watch: March 5, 2010
NEW YORK — Stock futures rose Friday as optimism grows about the government's February jobs report.
The Labor Department's monthly report is widely seen as the most important economic indicator because jobs growth is considered a key ingredient for a
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Many made long journeys for their chance to vote in Iraqi elections
they could vote in Iraq's second democratic election.
For the Hassans, voting in Iraq's election to chose the county's next leader was a family affair.
Albo Hassan, a San Jose handyman who left Iraq in 1991, said it was important for him to bring his
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Officer kills gunman outside Walmart in east Texas
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A Puyallup police dog was injured this morning while arresting a suspected shoplifter who had stabbed a Wal-Mart store employee and ran from police officers.
NEW YORK â With less than a week to go before Christmas, division CEO
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Suspected gunman killed outside Walmart in Texas
COMMERCE, Texas - A man walkedinto a Walmart carrying at least two guns before engaging in a shootout with police outside the store, authorities said.
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Politics and retail a no-win mix
Starbucks has found itself in the middle of just such an argument as its stores became forums for demonstrations by both pro-gun and gun-control advocates. All for a firearm policy that hasn't changed and is the same as most retailers': follow the
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Wal-Mart spent $1.78 million lobbying in 4Q
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NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, spent nearly $1.78 million lobbying in the fourth quarter on a wide range of issues from health care reform to organized crime and food safety issues, according to a
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Morrisons prepares for new chief'
With profits up and a further 60 stores planned, the supermarket chain is ready for new chief Dalton Philips Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire/Press Association Images
The board of the supermarket chain Morrisons signalled its confidence in the
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Retail sales rise 0.3 percent in February
WASHINGTON —
Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from storming the malls. The advance, the biggest since November, provided hope that the recovery from the Great Recession is
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Retail sales rose in February despite snowstorms
A woman shops for beach towels at a Century 21 department store in New York earlier this month. Sales at general merchandise stores — such as Century 21, Walmart and Macy’s — rose 1 percent in February after a 1.3 percent rise in January.
WASHINGTON —
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US looks to Shanghai Expo to help ease distrust
"When was the last time the United States got to talk directly and intimately to millions of Chinese? We look at this as a chance to convey the story of the USA in a way that's going to be very memorable and very positive."
A taste of Hollywood and
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How the major stock indexes fared on Monday
Investors turned cautious Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates. Major stock indexes closed narrowly mixed after trading lower for most of the day. An analyst upgrade of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. helped lift the Dow Jones
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Stocks narrowly mixed ahead of Tuesday's Fed meeting
Stocks narrowly mixed ahead of Tuesday’s Fed meeting The Associated Press More News Investors turned cautious Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting on interest rates. Major stock indexes closed narrowly mixed after trading lower for most of the
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NJ Wal-Mart probes racial comment
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Wal-Mart officials are reviewing security tapes after an announcement was made for "all black people" to leave a southern New Jersey store.
Shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday, a male voice came over the public-address system at the
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Black people must leave, NJ Walmart announcer says
A worker gathers shopping carts near a Wal-Mart store Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in Washington Township, N.J. Wal-Mart officials are reviewing security tapes after an announcement was made for "all black people" to leave the southern New Jersey
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vistafans01: The Broken Society
This confluence of crises has produced a surge in vehement libertarianism. People are disgusted with Washington. The Tea Party movement rallies against big government, big business and the ruling class in general. Even beyond their ranks, there is a
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Borders extends open invitation to book clubs
In the increasingly brutal book wars, Borders Group Inc. is learning what coffeehouses long have known: Encourage shoppers to think of you as a home away from home and they'll spend more, maybe even become regulars.
To spur that feeling, Borders
