In the eyes of 8- to 24-year-old consumers, M&Ms are cooler than Google. That’s according to a new poll by Harris Interactive, which found that sugary snacks made up four of that age group’s top 10 favorite brands.
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More shoppers are flocking to the Web for the holidays, boosting online retail sales 12% over a year ago. In five weeks ending Dec. 3, Americans spent $17.5 billion on retail items on the Web, up from $15.7 billion in the year-…
Initial jobless claims fell more than expected last week.
Claims dropped 17,000 to 421,000 in the week ending Dec. 4, the Department of Labor said. The revised figure for the previous week was 438,000.
A survey of analysts by Reuters forecast claims…
In the latest of many recent successful Chinese IPOs, E-Commerce China Dangdang — often called the Amazon of China — saw its shares soar in its New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday.
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BMW saw its sales jump 20% in November, driven by growth in Germany, China and the U.S. The German automaker sold more cars than the Mercedes-Benz or Audi brands. Its sales growth for the year so far also is outpacing that of i…