Yippy, Skippy! Hormel buying peanut butter firm

Why car sales are strong in USA

Market soars 300 on budget deal

Wendy's moves past '99 cents' with new value menu of 99 cents to $1.99

Starbucks to roll out $1 reusable cups

NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks Corp. is rolling out a $1 reusable plastic cup at its cafes starting Thursday. The Seattle-based coffee chain already gives customers a dime discount each time they bring in reusable cups for refills. Now it's hoping the new cups - which bear its logo and resemble its white paper cups - will increase the habit. <p style="line-height: ...

Avis buying Zipcar in deal worth $491.2M

Firm: 2013 auto sales will be strong

Library websites get more mobile visits

NEW YORK (AP) - A new Pew study reports that around 13 percent of Americans aged 16 and older used a mobile device to visit a library website during the past year. Patrons ages 18-49 were the most likely to use a mobile device for the library, while those 65 and older were the least likely. According to Pew, a 2009 University ...

Last Borders signs come down at flagship store

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The signs have come down at the flagship store of the now-defunct Borders book store chain. Work crews on Monday removed the Borders signage from the site on East Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, where the chain began. AnnArbor.com says the building's owners are donating the letters to the Book Industry Charitable ...

Financial stocks were the biggest gainers of 2012 on S&P 500 index

Stocks shoot up as investors bet on 'cliff' deal

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Judge deciding if stores must post tobacco apology

World's longest fast train line opens in China

BEIJING (AP) - China on Wednesday opened the world's longest high-speed rail line that more than halves the time required to travel from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China. The opening of the 2,298 kilometer (1,428 mile)-line was commemorated by the 9 a.m. departure of a train from Beijing for Guangzhou. Another train left ...

Stores look for post Christmas retail sales boost

Post office reports loss of $5 billion for year

Retailers tap into Silicon Valley marketing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Software engineers wearing jeans and flip flops test the latest smartphone apps. Walls and windows double as whiteboards where ideas are jotted down. And a mini basketball net is in the center of it all.

McDonald's testing ‘have it your way’

Next wave of tech IPOs brews

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Just as one high-tech breakthrough often paves the way for the next big thing, technology IPOs move in virtuous cycles, too.

3 hurt in Tesla factory hot metal spill in Fremont

FREMONT (AP) - Three Tesla Motors employees were injured Wednesday after an aluminum casting press failed at its San Francisco Bay Area factory, officials said. One employee was seriously hurt and two other sustained minor injuries when the low-pressure press spilled hot metal shortly before noon, said Greg Siggins, a spokesman for the California Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration. "Hot metal somehow burned the workers," said Siggins, who added that there was no fire inside ...

New casino, restaurants in downtown Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The newest addition to Las Vegas' resurgent downtown announced itself this week with a marching band, a ribbon cutting and, of course, showgirls.

Macy's upbeat about holiday shopping

Next wave of tech IPOs brews

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Just as one high-tech breakthrough often paves the way for the next big thing, technology IPOs move in virtuous cycles, too.

3 hurt in Tesla factory hot metal spill in Fremont

FREMONT (AP) - Three Tesla Motors employees were injured Wednesday after an aluminum casting press failed at its San Francisco Bay Area factory, officials said. One employee was seriously hurt and two other sustained minor injuries when the low-pressure press spilled hot metal shortly before noon, said Greg Siggins, a spokesman for the California Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration. "Hot metal somehow burned the workers," said Siggins, who added that there was no fire inside ...

New casino, restaurants in downtown Vegas

Macy's upbeat about holiday shopping

New version of iPad Mini now available

CUPERTINO (AP) - Apple began selling a new iPad Mini on Tuesday without the usual fanfare. Apple usually announces the availability date in advance, allowing loyal customers to line up at stores overnight to be among the first to buy one. This time, Apple quietly issued a news release on its immediate availability. Supplies also are limited. People had to order them online to pick them up at Apple's retail stores. This suggests Apple may ...

Biometrics researchers see world without passwords

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Some Purdue University researchers are working on technology that could see all those passwords that computer users must punch in replaced with steps such as iris and fingerprint scans.

All day shopping frenzy on Thanksgiving?

Starbucks to pay $2.76 billion in coffee spat