Canadian retail sales rose a seemingly healthy 0.7 percent in June from May, but the figure prompted little enthusiasm from analysts who noted a one-off jump in auto sales had fueled most of the gain.
It may look fresh and the label may read sustainable, but Chilean sea bass is not always what it appears to be on store shelves, a biologist from Clemson University has found. Some of the fish labeled in shops are not sustainable and some are not Chilean sea bass at all.
HP creates a TouchPad buying frenzy, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's whereabouts are still unknown, Hurricane Irene is headed to the United States, and more in today's Daily Scoop.
HP has marked down its short-lived TouchPad tablet so much that the customer can have the 16GB model for $99, and the 32GB model for $149. But is it even worth it at $99?
Hewlet-Packard, commonly known as HP, announced Thursday that it would stop selling its recently launched TouchPad tablet as well as all WebOS-based smartphones, such as the Palm Pre 2, HP Veer, and the upcoming Palm Pre 3.
U.S. retail gasoline prices fell 2.3 cents to $3.58 a gallon during the last week, the third consecutive drop this month, the U.S. Energy Department said.
He won't be wearing a meat dress nor engaged in a same-sex kiss, but rapper Lil Wayne still hopes to create big media buzz after MTV's Video Music Awards by releasing his new CD minutes after Sunday's TV show.
Chilean sea bass is not always what it appears to be on store shelves a biologist from Clemson University has found. Some of the fish labeled in shops are not sustainable and some are not Chilean sea bass at all.
Previous rumors suggested the Cupertino-based company may delay the launch even further up to October.
Apple will kick off the trial production of iPad 3, the next generation model of its best-selling tablet iPad in October and is gearing up for a full-fledged launch in early 2012. But what features will it boast of?
With over 160 years' history as the ceremonial heart of San Francisco, today's Union Square has served as one of the main retail and cultural centers in the city.
With a $99 price tag, Hewlett-Packard's WebOS TouchPad joined Dell Streak 5 in the tablet graveyard after just seven weeks on shelves, and given the weak sales of many other players, it looks like similar deaths are bound to follow.
A woman from Florida reportedly left her five-year-old daughter in her stroller at 10 pm on the rainy night of Thursday, outside a bar, to enjoy a couple of drinks. The 34-year-old mother, Sarah Lynn Cheek, has been charged with child neglect after some bystanders reported the incident of child-torture to the authorities.
Gold buyers in India, the world's largest consumer of the yellow metal, are investing in it on expectations prices may rise, but imports are likely to fall as limited budgets buy less gold, the head of India's biggest importing bank told Reuters on Saturday.
Bank of America Corp plans to cut 3,500 jobs in the next few weeks as CEO Brian Moynihan tries to come to grips with the bank's $1 trillion pile of problem home mortgages.
Which sectors log the most hours in the U.S.? As you'll see from the Bureau of Labor Statistics data, Americans are a hard-working bunch.
Gold rose 1.5 percent on Friday, setting a record high for a second straight day and heading for its biggest one-week gain in 2-1/2 years on worries about stalled U.S. growth and Europe's debt crisis.
Retail store Abercrombie & Fitch is offering to pay Mike The Situation Sorrentino and the Jersey Shore cast not to wear its products on the show. Apparently, MTV's most popular show has done some significant damage to the A&F image.
House prices are skyrocketing in the sun drenched Lebanese capital of Beirut, forcing working families to find affordable housing miles outside of town.
An exploding monetary indicator suggests that there could be a flight from European banks into America.
Verizon provides a very high annual dividend yield -- on the order of 5.6 percent.
Adrian Tan owns two Mercedes sedans and is looking to buy a third car. The 36-year-old financial trader was shopping with his wife on a Singapore street lined with luxury car dealerships and said he may stick with Mercedes or go for an Audi or a BMW.