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Apple Inc. is facing heavy competition from other tablet makers. Adding heat to Apple is the news that on July 1 HP released its first WebOS-based tablet, TouchPad. Can HP TouchPad be an iPad killer?

Economists said in consensus America's June jobs numbers would be six times higher than they were. They are idiots.

Apple's iPad 3 is already under serious pressure from other tablet makers in the market.

The stock market was on fire today after investor confidence increased after two promising reports on the job market were released. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 94 points or 0.7%, closing at 12.720.

Stocks closed sharply higher and the Nasdaq notched an eighth day of gains on Thursday as improved labor market and retail sales data added to optimism a day before the critical June payrolls report.

Here's five stocks to avoid, unless you are a short-seller.

Top U.S. retailers reported better-than-expected sales gains for June after smartly targeted bargains lured shoppers contending with a wobbly economy.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Thursday are: Target Corp, Limited Brands, Urban Outfitters, Macy's, Gap, Sprint Nextel, Chesapeake Energy, Corning, Yum! Brands and Wellpoint Inc.

Top U.S. retailers are on pace to report better-than-expected sales gains for June after bargains lured shoppers contending with a wobbly economy.

Online retail giant Amazon has beefed up its Cloud Drive and Cloud Player storage plans, offering unlimited storage for music, free storage for all Amazon MP3 purchases.

According to the National Retail Federation, certain mainstays in the technology industry experienced the largest growth among all retailers in 2010.

HP TouchPad, the first WebOS-based HP tablet that was released on July 1, is set to welcome next month a bigger, more powerful sibling that threatens to blow Apple's iPad away.

The next and more probable date of Lion's release is July 14, according to 9to5Mac.

On the first day of July, Apple released a Gold Master build of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to developers, suggesting that the official release of the new operating system in the near future.

Thousands of people are expected at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, which is set to begin today with pre-show at 10 am.

I'm the only woman in the establishment, yet I barely notice, so at home do I feel. I've just perched myself in one of the lounge's lion-armed chairs, newspaper in hand, when from afar, a man bellows, Rocky Patel; toro; 1992; a Nicaraguan blend. I used to like those.

Apple released the gold master of its latest and greatest operating system, Mac OS X Lion, in a move that positions the company for a July roll-out.

T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide has got an exceptional camera but does the HTC-made smartphone have enough firepower to challenge the hegemony of Apple iPhone?

The Zynga IPO may be yet another way to buy Facebook and the future that is social networking.

The next generation Apple iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, could be released in September but it already faces threat from HTC myTouch 4G Slide.

Google is in preliminary talks with Hulu to purchase the streaming video company.