Date: Nov 22 2013
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Consumer GoodsWireImage/Getty Images
From a poorly planned food drive to "mislabeled" bibles to a run on recliners, here's a rundown of the week's best and worst moves in the business world.
La-Z-Boy (LZB) -- Winner
It's not easy ...
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Date: Nov 22 2013
Filed under: Careers, Personal Finance, Budgeting, How to Save MoneyAlamy
I'd say there's a good chance I inadvertently messed up a few orders at my first minimum-wage job. I was a freshman in college, still learning the basics of burger-grilling as ...
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Date: Nov 22 2013
Regulator backtracks after uproar from travelers opposed to lift of cellphone call ban.
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Date: Nov 22 2013
Elon Musk, leader of upstart automaker, says hybrid car will be cleared in federal probe.
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Date: Nov 22 2013
The S&P 500 closes above 1800 for first time in history as 2013 bull market rolls on.
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Date: Nov 21 2013
Investors focus on talk that the Fed may begin stimulus tapering earlier than expected
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Date: Nov 21 2013
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Retail, Consumer Goods, StocksElise Amendola/AP
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Sears' third-quarter loss widened as the ailing department store operator's results were hurt by weaker sales at its Kmart and Sears stores.
The quarterly results underscore the challenges ...
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Date: Nov 21 2013
Filed under: Telecommunications, Sprint, Consumer Issues, Mobile Technology, Consumer ElectronicsMichael Sohn/APSprint CEO Dan Hesse
Sprint has been ranked last among U.S. cellphone service operators in a customer satisfaction survey by the influential Consumer Reports organization, scoring dismal marks for measures ranging ...
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Date: Nov 21 2013
Filed under: Travel, Gas Prices, Economic Recovery, Consumer IssuesAlex Brandon/AP
By Robert Gibbons
NEW YORK -- Fewer Americans will travel during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend as economic uncertainty in a sluggish recovery curbs travel plans, travel group AAA said Wednesday.
AAA expects 38.9 ...
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Date: Nov 20 2013
Is this a great big year for stock-fund investments? Yes, but it's still a piker compared to 2000.
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