Wal-Mart lowers fee for holiday layaway program

McDonald's to beef up in India with meatless menu

Diet Pepsi getting a sweetener tweak

Bernanke hints at more stimulus action

Benefits for grandchildren are rare

Ford on track to beat Toyota with best-selling car

Ross Stores key revenue metric up 8% in August

PLEASANTON (AP) - Ross Stores' August revenue at stores open at least a year climbed 8 percent as shoppers looked for back-to-school bargains. The performance topped analysts' estimates. According to a Thomson Reuters poll, analysts expected a 5.8 percent rise. This figure is a key indicator of a retailer's health because it excludes results from stores recently opened ...

Retailers report best sales growth since March as transactions up 6%

Twitter unveils new targeting tool for advertisers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twitter is offering a new way for advertisers to deliver their marketing pitches to the people who are most likely to buy their products and services. The targeting tool introduced Thursday allows ads to be sorted into different categories of interest. Once an ad has been tagged under a specific topic, such as "dogs" or "animation," it could ...

Walgreen rolling out first rewards program

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Walgreen Co. said Thursday it will launch its first ever customer rewards program in September. The largest U.S. drugstore chain said its Balance Rewards program will allow shoppers to gain points at both Walgreen and Duane Reade stores and for online purchases. They can earn 500 points for prescriptions in some states and also get points for "healthy ...

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LINKEDIN PLANS TO EXPAND TO SUNNYVALE: SUNNYVALE (AP) - Professional networking website LinkedIn plans to expand its California operation to a new campus in Sunnyvale.

Kim Kardashian and Old Navy settle lawsuit over ad

5 big banks have given $10.6B in homeowner relief

Sony to sell ultra-HD '4K' TV set in US stores

Yelp shares surge as insiders hold on

Intel taps COO Krzanich as chipmaker's next CEO

SANTA CLARA (AP) - Intel, one of the pillars of Silicon Valley, is following its traditions and promoting an insider to the job of CEO. The world's largest chipmaker is tasking Chief Operating Officer Brian Krzanich with steering it through an industry shake-up that is seeing tablets and smartphones overshadow Intel's base in personal computers. <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in ...

Taco Bell: New value menu may come soon

Is antibacterial soap safe or even effective?

PG&E 1Qnet income rises 3 percent

Fed keeps stimulus, says federal taxes and cuts have hurt economy

Electric car maker CODA files for Chapter 11 after selling 100 cars

Mobile ads help grow Facebook's 1Q revenue 38%

Visa card use up but 2Q profit slips nearly 2 pct

Pickups spur increase in April auto sales

State suing Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods over candy containing lead

Judge halts NYC taxi e-hailing

Pepsi pulls Mountain Dew ad after criticism

China career boost can come with health risks

Apple selling record amount in bonds

Yahoo CEO ranked 2nd on firm’s pay scale