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As stores prepare for hordes of Black Friday shoppers and mark down high-definition TVs and hot toys, they're also pushing deals on something more mundane — necessities like socks and diapers. Toys R Us, Walmart and clothing stores in malls...

Barely a block from the Mississippi River sits a neighborhood Mark Twain could not have imagined. Men with henna-streaked beards and women in full-body hijabs streamed Tuesday past the Maashaa Allah Restaurant, the Alle Aamin Coffee Shop, the Kaah Express...

Tanker operator DHT Maritime Inc. on Tuesday said depressed charter rates, weak demand and a one-time financial hedging loss drove down its third-quarter profit by 91 percent. Third-quarter results, along with news that the company suspended its dividend for the...

Black Friday shopping is expected to pick up more than 16% this year, according to a survey released Tuesday. A staggering 57 million people said they would "definitely" head to stores this year, up from 49 million in 2008 ,...

Now Wal-Mart , the mightiest retail giant in history, may have met its own worthy adversary: Amazon.com . In what is emerging as one of the main story lines of the 2009 post-recession shopping season, the two heavyweight retailers are...

Brett Favre has been fueling Minnesota's passing game with remarkable efficiency, a rhythm reflected by the 40-year-old's career-high completion percentage of 88 posted over the weekend. The Vikings (9-1) wouldn't be thriving, though, without the success Favre's new pass-catching friends...

After the defense performed well in the first period, the Seahawks were torched for three Brett Favre touchdown passes in the second quarter to put the game out of reach. Given time to throw, Brett Favre completed 22 of 25...