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More U.S. retailers looking for fresh markets are turning to Canada, lured by their northern neighbor's resilient economy, strong currency and the familiarity with their brands.

Research In Motion (RIM) started slashing the price of its BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet in order to boost its lagging sales.

Netflix customers are still livid over the price hike and Qwikster announcement. CEO Reed Hastings hopes to regain favor with these customers by signing Dreamworks Animation, the company behind hits like Shrek and Madagascar.

The Cultural Landscape Foundation published it's Landslide list on Saturday, which tracks the places of highest environmental risk in the United States.

Unionized Southern California supermarket employees at Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons ratified a contract deal reached last week that averted a threatened strike, said the union representing the workers.

Amazon appears ready to release its new tablet, hailed by some observers as a legitimate threat to Apple's global-leading iPad. Amazon's PR firm sent an invitation to journalists Friday afternoon announcing a press conference in New York City on Sept. 28, when the company is expected to reveal its new consumer tech weapon -- the Kindle tablet. But while the tablet hasn't been revealed publicly yet, it is apparently quite real -- seen by one tech journalist already with other strong hint...

Less than three months ago, Netflix had the tiger by the tail. But now, the tiger has turned and the streaming video and Qwikster DVD service is getting eaten one big bite at a time. Netflix's growth halted in July after the company stunned customers with a 60 percent price hike on streaming video and DVD-by-mail services. The high-flying company was adding thousands of new customers each week, but the way the hike was handled, which CEO Reed Hastings has now apologized for, caused customer d...

Forbes' latest list of billionaires, which was published on Wednesday, has a few surprises on it. The world has now 1,210 billionaires, with a total net worth of $4.5 trillion. The number of billionaires has doubled in China while Moscow surpasses all other cities in the number of billionaires.

2011 Forbes list of Americas top ten wealthiest men.

Investor George Soros, at 81, has for the first time made the list of the 10 wealthiest Americans, Forbes Magazine reported on Wednesday in the 2011 edition of its annual rich list.

Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons remained in talks with the union representing 62,000 Southern California supermarket workers as the deadline for canceling their labor contract passed on Sunday evening.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a listeria outbreak that's killed four people and sickened others across six states including Texas and New Mexico.

The union representing many of the 62,000 workers at Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons supermarkets in southern California issued a required 72-hour notice of its plan to cancel its extended contract, a move that could pave the way for a strike.

Wal-Mart announced it plans on sourcing $20 billion in products from female-owned businesses in the U.S. over the next five years, while also enacting a number of programs aimed at helping women across the globe.

The Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains, among others, have partnered with Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, and will make big changes to their menus to provide healthier food for children.

The number of cases which are confirmed to be the lethal infection connected to Rocky Ford cantaloupes have gone up to at least 17 nationwide.

If you weren't one of the door busters or quick-fingered enough to snag a Missoni item for sale at Target on Tuesday, there are countless other designer collections offered at discount prices through retail chains.

A whopping 82 percent of those surveyed by America's Research Group said they planned to spend less or the same as last year -- an early sign that retailers will have to try harder to win shoppers in the biggest selling season of the year.

Toyota Motor Corp is battling with plaintiffs' lawyers over how many vehicle owners the company can interview ahead of a potential trial over sudden unintended acceleration claims.

Take it from Wal-Mart: Losing can be winning, as the company stands to get some major benefits from a class action lawsuit filed by angry consumers regarding its agreement with Netflix.

Rogers Communications is applying to Canadian authorities to open its own banking unit, enabling the telecommunications company to offer its own credit cards.

The incendiary remarks prompted an outcry from Tea Party officials who demanded that Hoffa personally apologize and that Obama rebuke the union boss.

Amazon is nearing release of its first tablet, and the Amazon Kindle is creating a storm on the Internet as news and speculation about the forthcoming product rivals what Apple has experienced with its popular iPad and iPhone. Also, Amazon's new Kindle tablet is expected to be the first serious contender to Apple's global tablet-industry leading iPad. In preparation of Amazon's tablet release, here are 5 things to know.

Talk of a new, forthcoming tablet from Amazon that run's on Google's Android operating system, is heating up the Internet these days -- as the product as seen by many industry observers and consumers as the first bona fide competitor to Apple's tablet-leading iPad.In preparation of Amazon's Kindle tablet release, here are five things to know.

Exxon Mobil Corp and Rosneft on Monday announced a deal to extract oil and gas from the Russian Arctic, marking a significant milestone in Russia's patchy history with foreign corporate investors.

Some think Apple's pay for its new CEO might be risky because nobody replaces Steve Jobs.

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the richest person in the world for the second year in a row, Forbes said on Wednesday.

Hurricane Irene sent East Coast shoppers into stores to stock up on essentials this week, instead of the clothes, notebooks and other supplies that retailers were counting on selling as children get ready to go back to school.

As the HP TouchPad sale was expected to continue this weekend, an announcement from HP's social media manager has rendered this false, as there will be no news on HP TouchPad availability this weekend and no $99 tablets for sale.