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Retail
Can Best Buy Thrive After RadioShack Collapse?
RadioShack sits in a class by itself, insofar as it appears to be the next huge retailer that could fall into pieces, much as Blockbuster and Circuit City did.
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8:55am ET
Apps & Software
Few Americans Trust Online Data Safety
After a series of high-profile data breaches, it should not be a shock that only one in five Americans have "a lot of trust" in businesses they regularly interact with to keep…
9:40am ET
Services
UPS Names New CEO
ThinkstockUnited Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) on Friday announced that current COO David Abney will replace retiring CEO Scott Davis effective September 1, when Davis retires as CEO and becomes the company’s…
6:47am ET
Retail
Barnes & Noble to Build Nook With Samsung
Barnes & Noble's Nook could begin a resurrection after years of poundings by Amazon.com's Kindle and the Apple iPad. The deeply trouble book retailer will produce co-branded Nook models with Samsung.
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Consumer Electronics
Will an Amazon Smartphone Destroy BlackBerry and Windows Phones?
Amazon.com is supposed to be releasing a new smartphone on June 18, 2014. The question is how Amazon can compete in the space, and who it is going after.
6:31am ET
Consumer Electronics
Amazon Phone’s Big Advantage? Customers
Amazon.com could release a new smartphone in the next few days that has been described as the first with a 3D screen, a Samsung Galaxy killer and its answer to the iPhone…
9:20am ET
Technology
After Huge IPO, Will Alibaba Change the Face of Internet Commerce?
Courtesy Alibaba GroupAs the highest profile initial public offering (IPO) this year, and in fact in many years, everybody from the biggest hedge funds and mutual funds, down to retail investors, are…
6:41am ET
Jobs
Could Amazon German Strikes Spread to U.S.?
The strikes by Amazon.com warehouse workers in Germany are no longer just a pesky problem. The Verdi labor union wants to move to collective bargaining to improve the lot of almost 10,000…
10:15am ET
Retail
Why J.C. Penney Is Down 50% in the Past Year
Following an initial rush of enthusiasm after the company reported fourth-quarter results in late February, shares of J.C. Penney have traded in a band between about $7.25 and $9.75.
11:10am ET
Technology
Microsoft Chasing More Sales in the Cloud With Salesforce.com
The announcement of a strategic partnership between Microsoft and Salesforce.com after markets closed on Thursday boosted the latter's shares in after-hours trading, but investor enthusiasm had waned by Friday morning.
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Jobs
Online Shopping Creates Growing Number of Jobs
ThinkstockA Census Bureau report released Thursday puts more precise numbers than ever before on the e-retail revolution. According to the Bureau’s newly published “County Business Patterns: 2012” report, it’s not just Amazon…
1:45pm ET
Retail
Is Target’s E-book Club a Shot at Amazon?
Wikimedia CommonsThe company that let sensitive data for millions of customers be ripped out of its computer systems last year now wants to be a supplier of an online book buying, sharing…
9:30am ET
Retail
Who’s Wearing the Black Hat, Amazon or the Book Publishers?
In a dispute that pits Amazon.com against Paris-based publisher Hachette Book Group, Amazon is being portrayed as the villain. It is worth remembering the background to this dispute.
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Media
Google Strengthens Position as Top U.S. Site
Google further cemented is position as the number one Web property in the United States based on April data. comScore reports that Google sites had 192.3 million unique visitors.
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Retail
Thousands of Major Retailer Locations Could Close This Year
As retailers post poor earnings, the possibility that major retailers will eliminate thousands of locations in total has increased. Some announcements about "downsizing" have already been made.