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Analyst expects $89B in online holiday sales 11/05/2014 11:00am • NEW YORK (AP) -- This year more Americans than ever are expected to make their lists, check them twice, and then click the "add to cart" button.Forrester Research said Monday that it expects U.S. consumers to spend $89 billion online in November and December. That's up 13 percent, or about $10 billi Tokyo neighborhoods' small shops keep crafts alive 11/04/2014 10:31am • LINDA LOMBARDI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- The Japanese capital is home to many modern creations: high tech, animation, youth fashion. But in the small crafts shops crowding the area known as Yanasen, you can watch artisans preserving traditional crafts, or updating them.Yanesen (a combination of 7 Tips for Finding a New Bank 11/04/2014 12:00am • If overdraft fees and ATM charges have become a routine part of your financial life or the place where you keep your cash just isn't meeting your needs for other reasons, it might be time to look elsewhere. Take a step back and identify where things are falling apart. Your current institution may no A Passionate Retirement in the Land of the Tango 11/04/2014 12:00am • Buenos Aires is one of the world's most beguiling places, best known worldwide for the tango, its most famous cultural export. It is a dance of passion, sensuality, longing and nostalgia that is an apt metaphor for this city where everything is approached, considered and conducted with passion. Bue How to Get the Most Out of Cash-Back Sites 11/04/2014 12:00am • The holiday season is coming, and stores want you. Or your money, anyway. That makes you popular among retailers -- and cash-back websites. If you've seen the commercials or heard the term, but you're not sure how cash-back sites work or if they are a smart way to shop, here's a rundown on what th Online stores fight Amazon for piece of retail pie 11/03/2014 05:34pm • MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon.com's low prices and seemingly endless array of goods have made it the biggest online retailer in the U.S., commanding about 20 percent of all e-commerce. The company is projected to have over $89 billion in revenue this year. Its massive suc Stocks edge higher...Yellen has one-on-one with Obama...Hyandai, Kia pay penalties over mileage 11/03/2014 03:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are continue to swing between small gains and losses in afternoon trading as investors assess some mixed reports on the economy and some deal news. The Institute for Supply Management says U.S. factories were busier in October, while the government reports construction spendi After Fukushima, Japan gets green boom _ and glut 11/01/2014 06:40am • YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Like other Japanese who were banking on this country's sweeping move toward clean energy, Junichi Oba is angry.Oba, a consultant, had hoped to supplement his future retirement income in a guilt-free way and invested $200,000 in a 50 kilowatt solar-panel Wal-Mart ups ante on holiday shopping 11/01/2014 03:36am • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Wal-Mart is doing whatever it takes to rope in holiday shoppers however they want to buy.For the first time, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is offering free shipping on what it considers the season's top 100 hottest gifts, from board games to items related t After murder suspect is caught, a sigh of relief 11/01/2014 12:46am • KATHY MATHESON Associated Press MILFORD, Pa. (AP) -- For 48 days, Eric Frein was everywhere and nowhere, supposedly sighted again and again, only to melt back into the woods in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.So on Friday, as state police paraded the gaunt and battered-looking former fugitive in f LinkedIn and GoPro are big market movers 10/31/2014 05:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSELinkedIn Corp., up $26.06 to $228.96The online professional social network reported a third-quarter loss, but the results beat Wall Street expectations.Goldcorp. I Correction: Strip Mall-Arson story 10/31/2014 04:30pm • BELLE VERNON, Pa. (AP) -- In a story Oct. 29 about a suspected arson fire in a Pennsylvania strip mall, The Associated Press reported erroneously the relationship of the suspect to the store where the fire took place. Police say suspect Johnathan Szabo was a customer of the Dollar General store, not Ebola quarantines: Can states do that? 10/31/2014 04:20pm • NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The quarantine of a nurse in Maine who recently returned from the Ebola hot zone in West Africa has touched off a battle between the authority of states to confine people to protect public health and the right of Americans to move about freely.Kaci Hic Starbucks plans delivery after sales fall short 10/31/2014 05:00am • CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- After reporting disappointing quarterly sales Thursday, Starbucks said it will offer a delivery option on its mobile app in select areas of the U.S starting next year.The Seattle-based company declined to provide more details, but has been pushin The Best Days to Shop for Everything 10/31/2014 12:00am • Many of us fall into patterns where we spend money on certain items on certain days. For instance, you might shop for groceries on Saturday afternoons and fill up your gas tank Monday mornings on your way to work. But could your timing be better? Maybe. What follows is hardly scientific, but gener