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It's difficult to remember, harder to spell and may go down as one of the biggest brand blunders in recent memory -- meet Qwikster.

Finally, there's some good news for U.S. motorists. Gas prices, down about 10 cents per gallon in the past month to an average of $3.60 per gallon for regular unleaded, are likely to continue to decline, assuming no oil disruptions from major oil producers or a large storm in the Gulf of Mexico.

The auction of online video site Hulu has been slowed by recent developments which could derail it completely, according to sources familiar with the process.

Groupon seeks to go public in October or November, people familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Wednesday, a week after the daily deals website put its IPO on hold for a few weeks as it waited to ride out global market turmoil.

The Internet is blazing Tuesday with two red hot retail deals that some consumers can't get enough of and some consumers have already had enough of. One is the Whole Foods/LivingSocial deal offered Tuesday, in which the daily deal company is offering a $10 coupon for $20 in food. The other is the launch of Missoni for Target line of clothing and accessories.

Private equity group CVC is considering a bid for Orange Switzerland despite resistance from seller France Telecom to let it into the auction for Switzerland's third largest mobile phone company, four people familiar with the situation said.

Private equity group CVC is considering a bid for Orange Switzerland despite resistance from seller France Telecom to let it into the auction for Switzerland's third-largest mobile phone company, four people familiar with the situation said.

Kleenex is hoping that consumers will pay significantly more per tissue to soothe their noses with coconut oil, aloe extract and ingredients often used in anti-aging creams.

Google Inc's effort to break into the daily deal industry and challenge industry leaders Groupon and LivingSocial is not going well, according to data released on Monday.

Most than a quarter of Americans expect to spend less during the holidays this year, a survey showed on Monday in an early sign that retailers will have to try harder to win shoppers in the biggest selling season of the year.

Most Americans expect to spend less or the same on the holidays this year compared with last year, a survey showed on Monday, an early sign that retailers will have to try harder to win shoppers in the biggest selling season of the year.

Silver, bronze, ebony and plastics are seeing greater use in jewelery as surging gold prices put off price-conscious consumers, jewelery makers at an international trade fair said.

Amazon.com Inc is in a deal with legislators to avoid a ballot battle over the state's insistence that the online retailer collect state sales tax on purchases by Californians, the LA Times said.

It's not open to the public quite yet but trademark holders can register for domain names to protect misuse of their name on the new adult network.

France's highest administrative court rejected a bid by telecom operator Iliad to block the government's auction of fourth-generation mobile licenses.

Groupon has put its IPO on hold for at least a few weeks, hoping to ride out global market turmoil while dealing with regulatory questions surrounding its highly anticipated public float, two sources with knowledge of the deal said.

Many storewide sales end on Labor Day, though a few extend the discounts throughout the week

The story about Apple's lost iPhone 5 prototype just keeps growing, with San Francisco police involvement while the company has no comment. Employees are just laughing all the way to the corporate bank, ready to pile more onto the company's $76 billion cash hoard once the iPhone 5 is released to unprecedented global smartphone demand.

San Francisco police said on Friday that they helped Apple security hunt for a lost item, without explicitly mentioning what the lost item was. However, an inadvertent clue left by the police says that the lost prototype was indeed the iPhone 5. The San Francisco Police Department's Friday press release about the hunt was called iphone5.doc, an apparent reference to a new version of the mobile phone that tech industry watchers expect to be released soon, a Reuters repo...

Labor Day weekend is just around the corner so take advantage of the Labor Day sales offered by countless retailers. Here is a list of the 25 places to score the best deals during the Labor Day weekend sales both online and in stores.

An iPad app gives users access to more than 6,000 corporate white papers.