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When Syms Corporation sought to buy the struggling Filene's Basement in 2009, it partnered with an engimatic building owner that is no stranger to troubled retail: Vornado Realty Trust.

The new Apple Store app allows customers to make online orders for in-store pickups, and even check-out from the physical retail stores directly on their own iOS device.

In order to survive in the rapidly changing tablet PC industry, the Nook Color 2 must be $200 or less.

El Paso Electric reported its third quarter revenue grew year over year but fell below market expectations.

Bank of America Corp. employees are flooding rival companies with resumes as a major cost-cutting program gets under way at the second-largest U.S. bank

U.S. private employers added more jobs than expected last month, while planned layoffs dropped sharply, underscoring the view the economy is on a path of slow growth.

Applications for U.S. home mortgages were little changed last week as purchase demand improved but refinancing activity stagnated, an industry group said on Wednesday.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 0.6 to 1 percent.

U.S. banks have not done enough to ensure they are well capitalized, and getting back to a system where retail and investment banking are separated would be attractive in terms of reform, Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, said on Tuesday.

Although Bank of America will drop its $5 monthly fee on debit card use that was expected to begin next year, some people have called the move a day late and a dollar short.

Gold prices fell sharply Tuesday but regained much of the lost ground to close down 0.8 percent on reports that retail investors are increasing their exposure to gold-back exchange-traded products.

Most retail chain stores had limited growth in New York City during the last year, according to a study by the Center for an Urban Future, a public policy group.

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (WINN) reported a first-quarter net loss of $24.1 million ($0.43 per share) on Monday, improving on its first-quarter losses from a year ago by nearly one-third.

America's state governments won't see many revenue gains any time soon if they triumph in battles to tax sales by out-of-state Internet retailers, a leading Wall Street credit-ratings group said on Monday.

It's true, she really is pregnant.

Apple has announced the availability of the iPhone 4S in Hong Kong, South Korea and 13 additional countries beginning Nov. 11.

The discounted HP TouchPad is back on sale now. Best Buy is selling the 32GB model of the HP TouchPad for its fire sale price of $149. But the deal is not as simple as it looks; the tablet is eligible for the discount price only with the purchase of a new PC.

When Brian Williams unveils NBC's newsmagazine show on Monday night, he'll be broadcasting from the venerable office complex that gives Rock Center its name.

The Royal Canadian Mint will begin offering exchange-traded receipts, a way to let investors own and trade gold bullion, late next month in an initiative expected to raise about $250 Canadian.

Colorado-based UDR Inc. reported third quarter funds from operations of nearly $73 million, or 32 cents per diluted share, up from $46.9 million, or 27 cents per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2010. UDR had a loss of 7 cents per share, down from a loss of 16 cents per share in 2010.

Black Friday will be starting earlier this year. Both Macy's and Target have announced that their doors will open at midnight after Thanksgiving. When the clock strikes 12:00 a.m. on Friday Nov. 25, the Black Friday midnight madness will begin.