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A judge on Thursday overturned a settlement allowing major outdoor advertising companies to convert more than 800 billboards in Los Angeles into digital displays, but declined to revoke permits already granted for about 100 conversions.

Amazon, Skechers, Bucyrus shine in Oct., but are they good buys? Published on Saturday, Nov 07, 2009 Bloomberg News The stock market's waters were languid in October, but some fish were jumping.

With another tough holiday season looming, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is ratcheting up a price war that could be good for shoppers but has competitors fearing the worst.

Its wall-to-wall influence in America may be waning, but Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is pushing its cart harder than ever to find its square inch in India.

At a McDonald's Corp. test kitchen in an unmarked Illinois warehouse, next year's menu plan for the U.K. has hit a snag.

As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.

Are the upscale grocery chain's best days behind it? Fourth-quarter net income soared to $36.4 million, or $0.20 per share, from the year-ago $1.5 million, or $0.01 per share.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.

Filed under: Deals , Oracle Corp As companies try to find ways to cut costs, one popular approach is to leverage software.

What do Zoolander , Bruno , and eBay have in common? If your answer is "they have all lampooned the fashion industry," sashay on down the catwalk and collect a prize.

The Midwestern chain of Meijer stores has entered a toy-pricing war with national retail giants Wal-Mart and Target, dropping prices 30 percent on more than 400 toys.

Consumers, enticed by cooler weather, early holiday discounts and an improving economy, spent a little more in October, handing the retail industry its second consecutive monthly sales gain after more than a year of declines.

The Wall Street Journal reported two days ago : Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, is eliminating paper payroll checks in the U.S., transferring workers' earnings to a debit card if they decline direct deposit to a bank.

Online photo service Snapfish by HP is partnering with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Inc to enable customers to pick up prints of photos they upload for processing to Snapfish.com at Wal-Mart stores.

A lawsuit settlement in a Walmart case involving alleged unpaid wages made both worker groups and the company happy.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is slashing prices on flat screen TVs and selling 12-pound turkeys for less than $5 each as the discounter looks to appeal to shoppers preparing for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

A judge has just approved yet another legal settlement for Walmart as part of the 63 cases they vowed to settle back in December of '08. It is not clear how many people will be effected in this particular class action suit, but it is clear that, once again, Walmart is coughing up a small bit of money for systematically cheating its workers out of ...

November 03, 2009 Walmart at $49.62 on a volume of 7.67M shares In a press release on November 03, Walmart and DreamWorks Animation Offer Exclusive Merry Madagascar DVD and Holiday Items in Walmart Stores Merry Madagascar Themed Pajamas, Plush, Puzzles and More in 'One-Stop' Area BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov 03, 2009 Families can cozy up for a new kind ...

Tue Nov 3, 2009 7:12am EST - Customers shop for meat at Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas, June 4, 2009.

The book price wars are no longer just for pre-orders. Amazon.com was offering hardcovers of John Grisham's "Ford County" and Barbara Kingsolver's "The Lacuna" for just $9 on Tuesday, the official release date for both books.