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With Halloween 2011 just a day away there is still time to come up with a creative costume without having to break the bank. Here are some quick and easy ideas we have put together:

In recent years, a growing number of companies have been encouraging workers to voluntarily improve their health to control escalating insurance costs.

If you've been adamantly waiting to get your paws on an HP Touchpad during the $99 sale, the terms of how to snag a discounted tablet computer may come as a buzz kill for you: Best Buy announced the last TouchPad sale will be available exclusively in November...eligible for the discount price only with the purchase of a new PC.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. discriminated against female employees in Texas stores in pay and promotion decisions, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in Federal Court in Dallas.

Joseph Sellers, an attorney representing the female Wal-Mart employees, said as many as 15 class actions will be filed targeting the retail giant's regional areas.

Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is thumbing his nose at Wall Street again and some investors don't like it.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is shutting its New York fashion office and consolidating buying operations at its home base in Bentonville, Arkansas, after flopping in its attempt to attract customers by offering trendier clothes.

Halloween may still be a few days away, but people are already finding Halloween events to show up to in fully fleshed costumes. While Angry birds, Black Swan and Casey Anthony may be among the most popular items in costume shops, our slideshow also takes a look at some of the best creative traditional costumes that have been worn in so far in 2011.

Guns and bloodshed may be the perfect gifts to ensure a merry Christmas for Target Corp .

Netflix Inc lost more customers than it anticipated in the third quarter and warned of still more defections to come, pushing its shares down almost 20 percent as the one-time Wall Street star grapples with the fallout from a price hike and other unpopular moves.

Halloween may be fast approaching but with Oct.31 falling at the end of the month costumes can be an expensive stretch for the budget. Take a look at our compilation of costume ideas that can be bought on a budget but still look good.

David Prend is one of the most respected investors in green technology - but even he picks some losers.

David Prend is one of the most respected investors in green technology - but even he picks some losers.

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has spelt ghoulish Halloween spending this year in its’ 2011 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey. Overall, 2011 will see Americans spend about $6.86 billion on Halloween, according to the survey. The latest survey therefore could spell kudos for the food Industry and the retail sector in their ingenuity in marketing “Halloween” since its official inception in the 1920s. 40 years on, retail shelves scramble for volumes to spook us even before th...

The $99 HP TouchPad sale is expected to begin again, according to the Hewlett-Packard Co., which says it will release one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will no longer offer health insurance to new part-time U.S. employees who work fewer than 24 hours a week and will charge workers who use tobacco more for coverage as healthcare costs rise, the company said on Friday.

A.G. Lafley, the former chairman, president and CEO of Procter & Gamble, has joined the board of directors of Legendary Entertainment, the company announced Thursday.

Oracle announced plans to acquire privately held Endeca, a leader in business intelligence analysis to explore unstructured data.

Some analysts claim the closing of more than 20 Lowe's home improvement chain stores is a positive development.

Massmart Holdings, the South African retailer majority owned by Wal-Mart Stores, said on Monday first-quarter sales rose nearly 15 percent, and forecast a solid year ahead.

Apple Inc. has long denied the possibility of a 7-inch iPad to counter Android-based tablets tormenting the Cupertino-based tech giant with their low prices.