Best Buy Inc. (BBY) will give away four types of mobile phones each Friday in October, marking the largest U.S. electronics retailer’s effort to maintain momentum after beating earnings estimates for its most recently completed quarter. The company will offer one free phone each from carriers Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile every Friday starting Oct. [...]
USA TODAY- season, doubling its U.S. work force. The privately held toy company said Tuesday that it is hiring more workers than in the past three holiday seasons because of an additional 600 smaller stores located in malls and shopping centers. Those “pop-up” stores are called Toys R Us Express. The news comes at a [...]
USA TODAY BMW‘s iconic Mini brand is under federal investigation because power steering on as many as 80,000 2004 and 2005 Mini Cooper models could fail — the latest in a rising tide of steering-related problems. It also could be harbinger of a deluge of future steering complaints as automakers overhaul the most basic control [...]
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is dropping the phrase “all natural” from all labels after a request from a health advocacy group. The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the company confirmed the move Monday. The Food & Drug Administration has no formal definition for “natural.” But it won’t [...]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — As the labor market continues to struggle, one surprising bright spot stands out amid the list of battered industries — factory jobs. Manufacturing employment began its decline long before the recession, losing jobs every year since 1998. But since the start of this year, there’s been a 1.6% gain in manufacturing [...]
