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Bonnie Brooks, president and CEO of The Bay, speaks during an interview prior in New York on March 28 2012.

A shoplifting case turned into an armed-robbery arrest Monday when a man showed a store loss-prevention officer a handgun, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

Over the past few years, Citigroup Inc has been grappling with an unusual problem - how to incur more U.S. taxes.

Since Starboard Value LP was spun off as a separate hedge fund just over two years ago it has been fast gaining a reputation for aggressive shareholder activism, pushing for change in household names including AOL and Office Depot Inc. Initially investing in small cap value companies, Starboard quickly gained a reputation in Silicon Valley as a ... (more)

Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway Inc. is moving to keep its footing in the District in the face of increased competition, The Washington Post reported.

Office Depot Inc on Monday said it will hold its annual shareholder meeting on August 21, after its top investor sued the second-largest U.S. office supply retailer for not holding one in the past year to elect directors.

Prosecutors in northern Indiana are dropping child neglect charges against a mother whose two young sons locked themselves in the trunk of her car and died.

A lawsuit claims billionaire hardware kingpin John Menard pressured the wife of a business partner to have sex with Menard and his wife and retaliated with firings and lawsuits when she turned him down.

A Florida man has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for sending counterfeit Gillette razor blades to Meijer stores in western Michigan.

Does cast-iron skillet cornbread, hot and crispy from the oven, transport you back to your grandma's kitchen? Do you cook with certain ingredients as a link to your roots in the South? If so, " A Spoken Dish " wants to hear your story.

College students Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora were just a few months short of careers in corporate banking when they learned in a class lecture that it was possible to grow gourmet mushrooms on leftover coffee grounds.

Orchard Supply Hardware Stores, spun off by Sears Holdings less than two years ago, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, partly blaming hefty dividends paid out to its former parent.

Wednesday, May 29 5:33 p.m. - Police arrested Kelsey Rose Hoehn, 24, of Middle Street, for driving with a suspended license, after she was stopped while driving north on Tower Hill Road with no front license plate.

Tokyo, June 17, 2013 - - Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. today announces the July 5, 2013 opening of two Grameen UNIQLO stores in Bangladesh, in another step towards the vision of a nationwide chain of Grameen UNIQLO locations across the country.

Shoe Palace has opened in the outdoor portion of the mall, its first in the area.

A man has been jailed for six years after police found he had nearly 4,000 ecstasy tablets stashed at his mother's home, a court heard.

Quarterly reports from FedEx will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week.

Michael Schratter is a Vancouver school teacher and newspaper columnist who grew up here in the Okanagan.

The showers, toilets, washing machines, garden hoses and other thirsty devices can spray your water bill with charges.

Side by side, 373 years after rolling off the press as the first book printed in what would become the United States of America, two copies of the Bay Psalm Book will be on display Wednesday at the Rosenbach Museum & Library.