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FedEx announced on Monday, that it will hire about 20,000 new seasonal workers for the holidays, compared to just 17,000 last year. This increase will surely help some unemployed Americans, at least during the holiday season.

Apple has posted footage of a memorial for late executive Steve Jobs on its Web site.

The International Monetary Fund hailed the medium-term outlook for Ghana's oil-fueled economy as positive on Monday, but warned it would have to rein in public finances to keep the public deficit under control.

Netflix announced third-quarter Monday, and the company expects to take a big hit from its price hike, and flip-flopping on Qwikster.

FedEx Corp. expects a 12 percent jump in holiday shipments this year and will add about 20,000 workers to handle the record volume driven by online shopping.

Capelin roe and cases of sandwiches are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination, the manufacturers said.

Steve Jobs called long-time rival and Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates as unimaginative and not really a product person, according to a biography of the deceased Apple Inc chief executive.

E-commerce will drive record holiday shipments this year for FedEx Corp., the world's No. 2 package delivery company said on Monday.

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has spelt ghoulish Halloween spending this year in its’ 2011 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey. Overall, 2011 will see Americans spend about $6.86 billion on Halloween, according to the survey. The latest survey therefore could spell kudos for the food Industry and the retail sector in their ingenuity in marketing “Halloween” since its official inception in the 1920s. 40 years on, retail shelves scramble for volumes to spook us even before th...

Tata Group has not renewed a five-year agreement with Australia's largest retailer Woolworths for retailing consumer electronics in India, the Economic Times reported on Monday, quoting unnamed persons close to the development.

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs revolutionized multiple industries with his cutting-edge products but he was not the world's best manager, biographer Walter Isaacson said.

The rise of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is the Republican Party's worst nightmare. It’s an objective data point that no amount of liberal-bashing, Obama-bashing or jingoist appeal to patriotism can blot out: The U.S. economic system of corporate capitalism might need economic and fiscal reforms.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is set for a Nov. 8 release.

After dazzling onlookers with the one-shoulder purple gown worn by Michelle Obama, designer Doo-Ri Chung has hit the news again for being the next name for Macy's Capsule Collection Series.

McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food restaurant and a bellwether of the consumer economy in the United States, has been increasing prices on many of its offerings for months. If you haven't noticed, you're hardly alone.

Do the math: if AT&T is allowed to buy T-Mobile, it would become a monolithic provider in a period when competition should be free.

Air Products and Chemicals Inc forecast a fiscal first quarter profit below Wall Street's expectations, sending the industrial gas supplier's shares down as much as 5.1 percent.

Groupon is finally moving forward with its IPO, which was filed back on June 2. The company has solved some of its profitability and sustainability issues, but is it enough?

Five years after making a grand foray into retail, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries is nowhere close to the scale he had hoped his company, India's largest listed group, would achieve in a fragmented and fast-growing industry.

Five years after making a grand foray into retail, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries is nowhere close to the scale he had hoped his company, India's largest listed group, would achieve in a fragmented and fast-growing industry.

Here are eight reasons as to why Apple’s iPhone 4S is enough to see away any kind of threats from all the Android-based smartphones.