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Target Corp. said Tuesday it was pulling its Valentine's Day "Message Bears" from store shelves after California's attorney general raised concerns that the toys have illegal levels of lead.

Feb. 9 -- Kenneth Langone, founder of Invemed Associates Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about investors' appetite for risk in equity markets and the prospects for the U.S. Langone, co-founder of Home Depot Inc.

Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.

Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard.

U.S. stocks fluctuated as analyst recommendations lifted Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc.

Rentrak Corp. said Monday that it is about to become the only company to measure media viewing habits in all 210 U.S. television markets, after inking an agreement with DISH Network LLC.

Reuters reports that Barnes & Noble is finally going to start selling its Nook ebook reading device.

Minneapolis Target shoppers no longer need to carry their Target GiftCards in order to redeem them, thanks to the Target Mobile GiftCard.

CVS Caremark Corp. posted a bigger-than-expected rise in quarterly profit Monday as it began to attract more business to its pharmacy benefits management unit.

An analyst upgraded Amazon.com Inc. Monday on the belief that Wall Street is underestimating the market power of the company's Kindle device as consumers increasingly gravitate toward reading books electronically.

Beanie Babies maker Ty Inc. is suing Toys R Us Inc. for slapping the Beanies label on stuffed animals Ty didn't make.

A jury has found that AutoZone Inc. forced its Oregon employees to work off the clock.

Football fans from across the country have spoken. After nearly 1.5 million votes, the fans have selected Cris Carter, Charles Haley, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith for the inaugural Van Heusen Pro Football Hall of Fame Fan's Choice Class of 2010.

Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group is joining fellow iPad launch publisher Macmillan in plans to demand higher prices for its e-books, the WSJ reports .

A federal judge in New Jersey has allowed two proposed class action lawsuits to proceed against Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Johnson & Johnson over the sale of children's shampoo and baby wash allegedly containing a toxin linked to cancer.

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Bill Kurtis, broadcast journalist and host of A&E's Cold Case Files, American Justice, and Investigative Reports, was in West Michigan Saturday.Kurtis visted the Meijer in Cascade Township to promote healthy living and eating habits through the grass fed beef company he created four years ago.Kurtis became famous for his ...

For the 16th straight year, Ross Stores has hiked its dividend. The 45% increase pushed the quarterly dividend to 16 cents a share, the company said late Thursday.

Children's apparel retailer Gymboree Corp. said Thursday that Blair Lambert will retire from his role as chief financial officer after the third quarter ends.

Locally based Dollar General Corp. says it plans to open 600 new stores over the coming year in response to greater demand for discount stores during the recession.

Amazon.com Inc ., the largest Internet retailer, resumed selling Macmillan books on its Web site, ending a week-long fight with the publisher over the price of electronic books.