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McDonald's Corp said sales at established U.S. restaurants fell for the second straight month as competitors like Burger King and Taco Bell pushed low prices to attract customers.

South Korea's anti-trust agency said on Wednesday it would impose fines totalling 669 billion won ($581 million) on six companies over their involvement in a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price cartel.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc's demand for rock-bottom prices from suppliers in China means some of these companies are forcing their employees to work in sweatshop-like conditions, a new report said on Wednesday.

J Crew Group Inc reported a quarterly net profit far above Wall Street estimates due to strong autumn sales of clothing and expanded profit margins from depressed year-ago levels.

Top U.S. booksellers Barnes & Noble Inc and Borders Group Inc will pay a price for coming late to market with electronic book readers, analysts said..

Talks on the sale of Vivendi SA's NBC Universal stake to General Electric Co hinge on when Vivendi would get paid as well as how much, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Democrats in the U.S. Congress are seeking government investigations into recent price increases of brand-name prescription drugs, as lawmakers finalize an overhaul of the healthcare system.

ECB governing council member Christian Noyer said on Monday that he didn't believe monetary policy played a central role in causing the global financial crisis, and that price stability should remain the main objective of central banks.

Investor Carl Icahn on Friday raised his offer for the senior notes of bankrupt CIT Group to $650 per $1,000 of principal notes tendered.

Nissan Motor Co Ltd will keep the price of its upcoming battery-powered Leaf competitive with similar-sized cars and expects to make money on the vehicle despite the cost of its launch, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on Friday.

The Philippines will lift a three-week long cap on fuel prices on its main island of Luzon on Monday, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said, responding to a clamour from oil firms. Subject to compliance to all agreements, we can now lift EO (Executive Order) 839, Arroyo told representatives of oil companies on Friday.

It's still not cheap, but Livin' La Vida Madoff may now cost a bit less. Asking prices for homes once occupied by now imprisoned Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff in Manhattan's Upper East Side and in Palm Beach, Florida, have been cut, after about two months on the market.

The Philippines edged closer on Tuesday to lifting a cap on fuel prices in the typhoon-stricken island of Luzon, after the country's president urged a government panel to decide if the area's calamity status should be removed.

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Dollar General is set to go public next week, but the discount retailer could see mixed results in its closely watched initial public offering as its private equity backers have valued the company richly.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Monday announced its second round of price cuts on toys as the world's biggest retailer backs up its intention to be the price leader this holiday shopping season.

More than 5,500 children across Africa have been given an experimental new malaria vaccine and the British drugmaker behind it, GlaxoSmithKline, promised on Wednesday that price would be no hurdle if it works.

Germany's Lufthansa and the airline industry's representative body provided a gloomy outlook for the sector as carriers around the world struggled to make a profit amid a fierce battle for business.

After weeks of buzz, Verizon Wireless today officially took the wraps off the Droid, a smartphone built by Motorola and powered by Google's Android 2.0 operating system, by confirming the new phone will hit stores on November 6.

The gains in U.S. home prices in recent months may not be sustainable and increases in some areas of the country appear to be in bubble territory, an economist known for his property market expertise said on Tuesday.

Wall Street analysts on Tuesday cut their price targets on Baidu Inc, after China's dominant search engine forecast a sequential decline in fourth-quarter revenue due to the transition to a new Internet advertising technology.