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Barnes & Noble hopes to rely less on book sales, better compete against e-commerce rivals.

Sprint Nextel has announced the HTC EVO Design 4G and it will hit retail stores on October 23 for $99.99, with a new two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. The phone is smaller and less powerful than last year's HTC EVO 4G, though it has the same price.

Here is a list of the top 10 child-friendly restaurant chains in the U.S., as of 2011.

Apple Inc. received an overwhelming response from all around the world for iPhone 4S. iPhone 4S is expected to face competition from Android devices like Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Droid RAZR, HTC EVO Design 4G, Motorola Atrix 2, and Samsung Captivate Glide.

Microblogging service Twitter is looking for a director to bolster its board's business credentials and diversity, and candidates include a former Google Inc executive, a person familiar with the matter said.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said banks' reasoning for imposing consumer debit card fees was "disingenuous."

The U.S. economic outlook grew dimmer in September, leading businesses to be wary of spending and of building up inventories ahead of the holiday sales season, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.

Groupon Goods has announced a big discount on two lower-end tablets running the Android operating system. Users can receive up to 50 percent off the retail price.

This sure isn't as hyped as the $99 HP TouchPad sale, but Groupon is selling tablet computers, for a limited time, at heavily discounted prices: the Android Skypad Alpha Tablet for $129 and the Skytex Primer Pocket Tablet for $65.

Asia's gold buyers trimmed purchases as prices rebounded, but demand is expected to stay firm as India approaches key festivals next week, underpinning sentiment in the precious metal.

China will establish new rules to govern the country's booming e-commerce sector after online protests against a fee hike caught officials off-guard, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, quoting a Ministry of Commerce spokesman.

Millions of homeowners are trapped in properties with underwater mortgages, with no intention (or incentive) on the horizon to make home improvements.

Apple Inc plans to shutter U.S. retail stores for several hours on Wednesday so employees can take part in a company-wide celebration of co-founder Steve Jobs' life, a person familiar with the celebration said.

Apple plans to close down U.S. retail stores for several hours on Wednesday so employees can take part in a company-wide celebration of co-founder Steve Jobs' life.

Apple Inc.'s projection of selling 25 million iPhones by the end of 2011 lends credence from the registered sales of 4 million units of iPhone 4S during the opening weekend.

Skylanders uses physical toys to control virtual characters in what Activision hopes will be this holiday seasons must-have product.

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace in more than two years as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.

Regardless of doleful predictions of an epic fail, Apple Inc. has struck again with yet another out-of-the-park home run with its new iPhone 4S. The Cupertino-based tech giant announced on Monday that it has sold more than four million units of the new iPhone 4S during its first weekend (just three days after its launch on Oct. 14).

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace in more than two years as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) said its third quarter earnings grew 21 percent on improving credit quality. Its earnings came in above Street's view.

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace since early 2009 as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.