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J C Penney Company Inc (JCP) Clears a Low Earnings Bar 11/09/2017 07:00pm • J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) finally gave investors something to celebrate on Friday when the company reported a surprise uptick in same-store sales in the third quarter. While the brick-and-mortar retailer is still hemorrhaging cash, its strategy of clearing old inventory ahead of the holiday The Ultimate One-Day Guide to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter 11/09/2017 07:00pm • The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is one of many themed worlds within Universal Orlando Resort. The experience is split into two sections, located in adjacent parks: Diagon Alley in Universal Studios Florida and Hogsmeade in Universal's Islands of Adventure. If you only have time or budget for on 9 ETFs That Go Up When the Market Goes Down 11/09/2017 07:00pm • Is it time for a market correction?The Standard & Poor's 500 index continues its bullish ways, flirting with the 2,600 mark after a recent surge thanks to corporate earnings. So far, the index is up more than 15 percent this year. But while many have profited from the bull market, there are plen Starbucks wades deeper into food business with Italian bakery Princi 11/09/2017 01:20am • _informq.push(); WASHINGTON — If you'd love a warm, flaky pastry with your morning coffee, Starbucks wants to make it happen. The coffee giant's latest foray into the food business is a partnership with Italian bakery Princi, and its first U.S. location opened this week in Starbucks' h 10 Motels That Have Gone From Falling Down to Fabulously Hip 11/08/2017 07:00pm • Check into revived hotels with plenty of panache and midcentury decor.When you step inside these architectural gems from a time gone by, you would never know they once had peeling walls, unkempt pools and tattered lobbies. But thanks to impressive transformations, these design-centric boutique hotel Best Veterans Day Sales and Deals for 2017 11/08/2017 07:00pm • Black Friday and Cyber Monday are hailed as the chief shopping holidays of November, but Veterans Day surprises with its share of noteworthy sales. The oft-overlooked holiday may not bring long lines or frenzied crowds to shopping malls, but it does come with solid deals on apparel, home goods and Suspect charged with kidnapping, killing Va. woman found dead in NC 11/08/2017 06:24pm • WASHINGTON — A retired 21-year Navy veteran is charged in the abduction and death of 19-year-old Ashanti Billie, who disappeared from a military base in Hampton Roads in September and was found dead in North Carolina. The U.S. attorney's office in Norfolk, Virginia, Wednesday afternoon announce Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO) Powers Up Holiday Guidance 11/07/2017 07:00pm • Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (Nasdaq: TTWO) has leveled up its revenue guidance for the current quarter, sending its stock higher by more than 12 percent Wednesday morning. Take-Two's solid outlook for the critical holiday shopping season comes after video game competitors disappointed Wall St Peet’s Coffee expands in DC 11/07/2017 09:47am • WASHINGTON — Peet’s Coffee likes the D.C. market. It's opening two new locations this fall and bringing the total number of Peet’s Coffee locations in the D.C. area to 22. A Peet's Coffee opens in NoMa later this month at 1275 First St. NE and expects to start pouring its first coffees at t Priceline Group Inc (PCLN), Travel Companies Are in Trouble 11/06/2017 07:00pm • Priceline Group Inc (Nasdaq: PCLN) collapsed by more than 10 percent on Monday after the company issued fourth-quarter guidance that fell short of Wall Street's expectations. The company's earnings report continued a weak earnings season for online travel sites. Priceline reported third-quarter ear How to Get Younger Kids Excited About Being Frugal 11/06/2017 07:00pm • It is easy for parents to fall into the trap of keeping their kids far away from the financial realities of family life. Rather than teaching them the basics of finance, it's much easier to simply handle it yourself. This gives children the impression that things just "appear" at home and that their How to Find an Apartment in Paris for Retirement 11/06/2017 07:00pm • The Paris property market is booming. Values were up 6.6 percent across Paris as a whole for the first half of 2017, compared with the previous year. Global interest in Paris continues, from both investors and tourists, the horrible terrorist events of the past few years notwithstanding. The world's Police ID officer who shot driver at Silver Spring shopping center 11/06/2017 02:12pm • WASHINGTON — Police in Montgomery County have released the name of the officer who they say fired on an SUV driver who had reportedly rammed another car at a Silver Spring shopping center Sunday evening. Police identified the officer as Todd Archer, a 10-year veteran of the department. In a CVS to bring same-day delivery to DC 11/06/2017 01:11pm • WASHINGTON — CVS will bring your prescriptions directly to you with same-day delivery in D.C. CVS starts same-day delivery in Manhattan Dec. 4. Starting early next year, it will add D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and San Francisco to the list. CVS will also roll out next-day delivery in o St. John: The little Virgin Island that could 11/06/2017 12:58pm • ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands — First impressions are often deceiving, and that was the case when arriving for a weeklong visit to St. John, the smallest of the three U.S. Virgin Islands, which was devastated by back-to-back Category 5 Hurricanes Irma and Maria two months ago. The main town of