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Groupon Goods has announced a big discount on two lower-end tablets running the Android operating system. Users can receive up to 50 percent off the retail price.

This sure isn't as hyped as the $99 HP TouchPad sale, but Groupon is selling tablet computers, for a limited time, at heavily discounted prices: the Android Skypad Alpha Tablet for $129 and the Skytex Primer Pocket Tablet for $65.

Asia's gold buyers trimmed purchases as prices rebounded, but demand is expected to stay firm as India approaches key festivals next week, underpinning sentiment in the precious metal.

China will establish new rules to govern the country's booming e-commerce sector after online protests against a fee hike caught officials off-guard, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, quoting a Ministry of Commerce spokesman.

Millions of homeowners are trapped in properties with underwater mortgages, with no intention (or incentive) on the horizon to make home improvements.

Apple Inc plans to shutter U.S. retail stores for several hours on Wednesday so employees can take part in a company-wide celebration of co-founder Steve Jobs' life, a person familiar with the celebration said.

Apple plans to close down U.S. retail stores for several hours on Wednesday so employees can take part in a company-wide celebration of co-founder Steve Jobs' life.

Apple Inc.'s projection of selling 25 million iPhones by the end of 2011 lends credence from the registered sales of 4 million units of iPhone 4S during the opening weekend.

Skylanders uses physical toys to control virtual characters in what Activision hopes will be this holiday seasons must-have product.

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace in more than two years as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.

Regardless of doleful predictions of an epic fail, Apple Inc. has struck again with yet another out-of-the-park home run with its new iPhone 4S. The Cupertino-based tech giant announced on Monday that it has sold more than four million units of the new iPhone 4S during its first weekend (just three days after its launch on Oct. 14).

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace in more than two years as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) said its third quarter earnings grew 21 percent on improving credit quality. Its earnings came in above Street's view.

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace since early 2009 as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.

Apple set a new record by selling more than 4 million iPhone 4S smartphones in the first three days after it was introduced, as customers flocked to Apple retail stores and waited in huge lines to get their hands on the coveted device.

Shoplifting, employee theft and organized crime cost the global retail industry $119 billion in the 12 months ended in June, up 6.6 percent from a year earlier, according to survey results released on Tuesday.

AmeriGas' acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners' propane operations for $2.9 billion will nearly double its propane customer base, add 500 million gallons to its operations

2011 was a banner year for celebrity and pseudo-lebrity scandals

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., wants Attorney General Eric Holder to probe banks and trade groups for potentially illegal collusion over new consumer debit card fees.

The flash sales business has lost some of its flash, forcing online luxury clothing merchants such as Gilt Groupe, Ideeli and Rue La La to radically change their business models.

Apple Inc. has long denied the possibility of a 7-inch iPad to counter Android-based tablets tormenting the Cupertino-based tech giant with their low prices.