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Employees waste enough time on “non-work tasks” to cost their employers some $134 billion in lost productivity.

Despite odds of one in 175 million, Americans are seeking tips to win Wednesday's Powerball with a record $425 million jackpot.

A reversal of the gender gap behind the wheel will likely lead to lower fatality rates, researchers say.

Hopes are running high that the record $425 million Powerball drawing could become bigger before the Wednesday night’s draw.

Food and Drug Administration officials suspended operations at the country’s largest organic peanut butter plant after a salmonella outbreak was traced to it. The shutdown of Sunland Inc.'s New Mexico factory is the first time the FDA has used new powers it was given by a 2011 food safety law.

The migration of shopping to virtual storefronts was in full display on “Cyber Monday,” the biggest online shopping sale day of the year.

Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities will pay $6.5 billion for U.S. apartment owner Archstone.

PNC Wealth Management’s annual Christmas Price Index estimates the cost of buying the 364 items listed in the "The Twelve Days of Christmas" carol to be $107,300.

Violence on Black Friday 2012 was as widespread as ever, with videos of frenzied shoppers erupting into fights all over the Internet.

A man, whose name has not been announced, died after a struggle with Walmart staff, who allege he stole two DVD players.

While virtually scouring the web for deals on Cyber Monday 2012, shoppers should stay alert for hackers and scams while shopping online for bargains.

U.S. online retail spending on Black Friday surpassed the $1 billion milestone for the first time, according to researcher comScore Inc.

Some 122 million Americans are expected to shop online on Cyber Monday, Shop.org estimates.

As the Powerball numbers announced Saturday night 22-32-37-44-50 did not find matching entries, the jackpot has soared a record $425 million for the next drawing and possibly higher, NBC News has reported.

Black Friday was a good-news, bad-news kind of day for U.S. retailers, based on estimates released by researcher ShopperTrak.

Driving to become the world's largest automaker by the end of this decade, Volkswagen AG said Friday it plans to make €50.2 billion ($64.7 billion) in strategic investments during the next three years.

The recall announcement by Ranbaxy comes almost a year after the U.S. Justice Department filed a consent decree against the company.

Despite Black Friday protests, Wal-Mart says it sold 5,000 items a second on Thanksgiving evening, before the big day began.

If you want to avoid crowds this Black Friday, check out these top online deals from stores such as Bloomindales, Neiman Marcus and more.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India’s largest drug manufacturer by sales, announced a voluntary recall of its generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor from the U.S. market.

Black Friday holiday shopping kicked off weekend rush to the stores as shoppers made a beeline to the shelves with a hope of winning the best bargains.

Walmart and Bharti Enterprises have suspended the chief financial officer and other staff belonging to their joint venture in India pending the outcome of an investigation into a bribery charge.

As always, here's your handy clip-and-save earnings watch list for this week.

Millions of Americans are heading home for holidays this weekend, and majority are traveling by car, early news reports on holiday travel state.

A lawsuit claiming United Airlines was responsible for the collapse of 7 World Trade Center, which fell after the jet collided with the north tower on 9/11, was rejected by a New York federal judge Wednesday.

Bankrupt Hostess Brands Inc. gained a court OK to wind down operations and fire 15,000 workers, one day before Thanksgiving.

A judge tossed negligence claims against United Airlines that it is responsible for suspected security breaches at a Maine airport just before the 9/11 attacks.

Hostess Brands Inc., the bankrupt maker of Twinkies, said Tuesday that mediation with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers Union had failed to reach agreement and it will seek to liquidate.

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