BENTONVILLE, Ark. (Nov. 13) - A year after its worst holiday sales season ever, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may rebound to have a good season after finding the right mix of merchandise and marketing to complement its return to a focus on low prices.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Bank of America Corp. said Tuesday itwill write down the pre-tax value of its collateralized debtobligations by $3 billion in the fourth quarter.
NEW YORK (Nov. 13) - A lawyer for Tiffany &Co said that eBay turned a blind eye to the sale of counterfeit Tiffany jewelry on its Web site, as the trial in a closely watched trademark lawsuit opened on Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 — Bonnie Brown was fresh from a nasty divorce in 1999, living with her sister and uncertain of her future. On a lark, she answered an ad for an in-house masseuse at Google, then a Silicon Valley start-up with 40 employees. She was offered the part-time job, which started out at $450 a week but included a pile of Google stock options that she figured might never be worth a penny.
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 13) - The New Frontier casino-hotel was imploded early Tuesday, giving a violent end to the second property to open on the Las Vegas Strip.
WASHINGTON — Gasoline prices could rise as much as 20 cents in the next few weeks as the price at the pump catches up with the recent surge in oil costs, the head of the Energy Department's analytical arm said Monday. "We haven't seen the full pass-through yet,"Energy Information Administration head Guy Caruso said.
To hear the hype, you'd think that 529 savings accounts were the greatest invention since the GI Bill when it comes to covering college costs. The hype is mostly right. The state-sponsored plans provide shelter from federal and state income taxes, give grandparents a good way to chip in for their grandkids'education, and do little damage to your chances for financial aid. In more than half of the states, they also deliver a state tax deduction or other tax benefits in exchange for your contributions.
