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Black Friday shopping became a deadly holiday pastime on Friday when a West Virginia man was pronounced dead after he collapsed in a Target followed by a stampede of shoppers. More violence erupted nationwide as other major retailers with Black Friday deals, like Walmart, opened their doors. Here are some of the worst videos of frenzied shoppers getting violent on Black Friday across the web.

President Barack Obama, eager to spur growth and hiring, took his daughters on an early Christmas shopping trip on Saturday in Washington as the U.S. retail sector got its vital holiday season underway.

India's growth story is still credible and the move to open up the economy to global supermarket chains will help growth and control inflation, says RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao.

Customers can avail an additional savings of 25 percent, if they use the code SAVE25 at checkout.

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Reliance Industries and Bharti Enterprises have agreed to end negotiations over the sale of the latter’s stakes in two insurance services firms, set up in a joint venture, with France’s AXA.

India's move to open its supermarket sector to foreign investors brought relief to its capital-starved local chains but failed to impress small-shop owners.

There's not much to be thankful for if you were working on Wall Street this week. Stocks tumbled for the seventh session in a row, helping push the Standard & Poor's 500 down 4.7 percent.

Unnerved by a second profit warning in a month, investors sent HTC Corp shares tumbling for a second straight day on Friday on concern the world's No.4 smartphone maker may be running out of ideas in an increasingly competitive market.

Indian Rupee gained Thursday, breaking an eight-session losing streak, after the country's central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), took several measures to stem the fall of rupee against the greenback.

Apple Inc.'s customers were able to get $101-off on MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMacs, $41-off on the first-generation iPad, $21-off on the iPod touch and $11-off on the iPod nano for Friday. This is unchanged from the deals announced last year.

The iPhone 4S, the final gadget unveiled during Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' lifetime, hit Indian stores on Friday with a starting price of 44,500 rupees.

Occupy Wall Street protesters are aiming their new target: Black Friday

India threw open its $450 billion retail market to global supermarket giants on Thursday, approving its biggest reform in years that may boost sorely needed investment in the country.

The holiday shopping season is in full swing on Thursday, with retailers hoping consumers will spend big despite worries about the fragile economy and their own precarious finances.

Appliances, computers, electronics, cameras, clothes, watches, ribbons or bows, you name it and it's for sale on Black Friday, the most important retail day of the year.

Shares of Daily Deals site Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) fell 15.5 percent, or $3.11, Wednesday to $16.96, more than $3 below its initial trading price of $20.

Cyber Monday is around the corner and with it comes a number of sizeable discounts on a whole lot of gadgets. Several top-notch retailers offer the convenience of shopping online for exciting items. Other prominent retailers like Dell, ThinkGeek and Sony are also expected to offer deals for their products on their Web sites.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on Monday started notifying customers of United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Italy that it would hold its annual one-day shopping event on Friday, a day after Thanksgiving, at its retail stores and on online store.

Knee-deep in foul-smelling water, workers are piling office equipment, documents and food onto fiber boats that ferry them from one building on Hana Microelectronics' 12-acre company site to another with more space on higher floors.

The market is expecting that China would loosen its monetary policy in the coming months, and many believe a selective easing has already begun, and that more serious easing will come soon.