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- Market Basket sold to ousted CEO Arthur T. DemoulasThe New England supermarket chain was sold for a reported $1.5 billion to ousted CEO ARthur T. Demoulas after a six-week long power struggle between management and employees.
Spiders prompt not so itsy bitsy Suzuki Kizashi recallSuzuki is recalling 19,000聽Kisashi sedans manufactured between 2010 and 2013 because spider webs can clog the car's fuel vapor vent hose. The Suzuki recall isn't the first spider-related auto incident this year.聽
CBO: US economy to grow by 1.5 percent in 2014The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday forecasts that the US economy will grow by just 1.5 percent in 2014, less than聽the Obama administration's prediction last month that the economy would expand by 2.6 percent.聽Looking ahead, the聽CBO聽said it expected the economy to grow by 3.4 percent over 2015 and 2016.
Caesar salad kits recalled from Sam鈥檚 Club for possible listeria contaminationA recall of prepared chicken Caesar salad kits includes nearly 93,000 pounds of products that may be contaminated with listeria. The recalled Caesar salad kits from California-based APPA fine foods were sold at Sam's Club Caf茅 restaurants nationwide.聽
Stock market downturn? How to cope.The stock market has been roaring in recent years, but that's no reason not to prepare for an eventual downturn. Read on for tips on how to weather a stock market storm.聽
Coolest cooler sets record for most-funded Kickstarter project. Yes, a cooler.Coolest cooler, a high-tech cooler that is part cooler,聽 part blender, part waterproof bluetooth summer DJ speaker system, 聽and part USB recharge station, 聽just became the most-funded Kickstarter project ever, raising聽$10,340,520 as of early Wednesday.聽
IMF chief Christine Lagarde under investigation in FranceFrench authorities are looking into a possible improper multimillion dollar payment to a businessman.
Zara pulls 'Nazi concentration camp' shirt off the marketThe Spanish company, Zara, stopped selling a children's shirt with black and white stripes and a yellow star which bore an unfortunately resemblance to Nazi concentration camp uniforms.
American, US Airways pull flight listings off Orbitz. Why?American Airlines and US Airways are pulling flight listings from Orbitz websites in a long-running dispute over fees that the travel company charges to list and sell the flights. The Orbitz removal will mostly affect American Airlines and US Airways passengers booking domestic flights.聽
Laptop deals: Students and faculty can save big on a MacBook AirLaptop deals this week include a super low price on MacBook Air for students and faculty. But if you aren't a Mac fan, there are still great laptop deals to be had on Dell, Acer, Lenovo, and more.聽
Time Warner Cable customers back online after nationwide outagesTime Warner Cable says it has largely restored service after a routine maintenance problem caused a nationwide outage of its Internet service for hours on Wednesday morning. Tim Warner Cable says聽the problem affected all of its markets and started at 4:30 a.m.聽
Burger King merger: Do 'tax inversions' really make sense?Burger King鈥檚 buyout of Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons 鈥� and shift of its legal address and corporate tax payments to Canada 鈥� isn鈥檛 necessarily a winning strategy, some business gurus say.
How does your state do on gender equality?WalletHub compared metrics聽for men and women in 10 key areas, including number of lawmakers in state and federal government, pay, number of executives, unemployment rate, life expectancy, and educational attainment.
S&P 500 index closes over 2,000 for first time everThe index, which briefly reached the 2,000 mark before finishing below it Monday, was part of a profitable day on Wall Street Tuesday.
Hewlett-Packard recalls 5 million power cords over fire dangerHewlett-Packard聽has received 29 reports of聽power聽cords聽overheating and melting or charring, resulting in two claims of minor burns and 13 claims of minor property damage.
Labor Day travel: why 35 million drivers are hitting the road this weekendLabor Day road-trippers are going to have a lot of traveling companions this weekend. In fact, the number of motorists hitting the road this Labor Day is expected to reach a six-year high.聽
Home prices on S&P/Case-Shiller index dip in June. That's a good thing.Home prices dipped slightly in June and growth slowed year-over-year, according to S&P/Case-Shiller's 20-city composite index. But according to analysts, a home prices slowdown could help bring the housing market more in line with the rest of the economy.聽
Back to school, and to widening inequalityAmerican kids are heading back to school, but they're entering back into a school system that is widening the achievement gap between lower and higher-income children. Here's what we can do about it.聽
Gift cards and sales tax: How not to get dupedGift card purchases are supposed to be tax-free, but some retailers are breaking state rules or finding loopholes so that gift cards are taxed twice. Here's how to keep your gift card purchases tax-free, the way they should be.聽
Tim Hortons-Burger King deal finalized, with Warren Buffett on boardTim Hortons and Burger King have finalized a deal to merge, becoming the world's third-largest fast-food company. Under the deal announced Tuesday, Burger King will move its tax residence to Tim Hortons' base in Canada, thus avoiding higher taxes in the United States.聽
