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A North Carolina principal is retiring after school district leaders halted a cash-for-grades fundraiser she approved.
Administrators have nixed a North Carolina middle school's cash-for-grades fundraiser. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that Wayne County school administrators have halted the plan at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro.
Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.
For Aaron Carter, a musician who was struggling to fit a drum set, a piano and three guitars into his 600-square-foot apartment in Phoenix, the math on owning a home finally began to work in his favor.
Almost 25 years after he was hired as a sales clerk in a small regional electronics store, Brian Dunn is set to become the next CEO of Best Buy Co. Wednesday.
Napster.com on Monday cut the price of its online music streaming service to $5 a month from $12.95, and threw in five song downloads for customers in a move to better compete with rival iTunes.
Best Buy Co. Inc.'s retiring CEO, Brad Anderson, received compensation the company valued at $1.3 million, a plunge of 60 percent from the previous year as the consumer electronics retailer cut jobs and offered buyouts for corporate staff.
In a May 12 story about affordable deals on recreational vehicles, The Associated Press erroneously stated the name of an RV dealer. The dealer's name is Larry Troutt, not Richard Troutt.
Consumers snapped up surprising numbers of flat-screen televisions, laptops, digital cameras and cell phones during the fourth quarter, helping Best Buy Co. Inc. boost sales by 10 percent, the company reported Thursday.
Best Buy Co. Inc. laid out a succession plan Wednesday, saying Brian J. Dunn, its president and chief operating officer, will take over this summer as chief executive of the nation's largest consumer electronics chain.
Best Buy Co. Inc., the nation's largest consumer electronics chain, said Wednesday that it has named President and Chief Operating Officer Brian J. Dunn as its new chief executive effective June 24.
Best Buy Co., nation's largest consumer electronics chain, narrowed its fiscal 2009 adjusted earnings forecast Friday and said it will take an approximately $60 million fourth-quarter charge related to some employee buyouts.
Best Buy Co. Inc. offered voluntary severance packages to virtually all its 4,000 corporate employees Tuesday as the nation's largest consumer electronics chain announced its third-quarter profit skidded 77 percent.
Best Buy Co. Inc. rattled investors Wednesday, warning that an already grim holiday shopping season that's expected to be the worst in decades might be getting worse.
Best Buy said its first-quarter profit dropped 7 percent, but what its executives didn't say seemed to bother Wall Street more.
Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure millions of obsolescent TVs, old computers and other unwanted gadgets don't poison the nation's dumps.
Consumer electronics chain Best Buy Co. Inc. is establishing a foothold in the European market with a $2.1 billion investment in the continent's largest cell phone retailer, allowing the American company to roll out its trademark big box stores in Europe, the companies said Thursday.
Best Buy Co. Inc. said on Friday its comparable-store sales rose 1.5 percent in December on strong sales of video games and notebook computers.
Dell Inc. is venturing farther from its direct-to-consumer sales model and will start selling computers at Best Buy stores in January.
The nation's largest consumer electronics chain says it has pulled all analog televisions off store shelves. Flat panel and high-definition screens have taken their place.
A woman looking for a cocaine dealer called a number on her son's cell phone — only to discover she had phoned a police officer, authorities said.
China's overcrowded consumer electronics market will get yet a new dose of competition when U.S. retailer Best Buy opens its first outlet in China, likely by year-end.
Republicans aim for rival health plan in HouseRepublicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to offer an alternative to Democrats' massive healthcare reform bill that would not raise taxes or require people or businesses to buy health insurance, the House Republican leader said on Sunday.
Drunk man's beer-buying efforts caught on CCTV achieve internet video fame It's a situation that many of us will, regrettably, have been in - you've had a bit too much to drink, and yet you want more booze. So you stagger off in search of beer.
Mark Steyn: Limbaugh bad, Mao good"Rush Limbaugh is so "divisive" that to get him fired Leftie agitators have to invent racist sound bites to put in his mouth.
Dell agrees to buy Perot Systems for about $3.9BDell Inc. plans to buy the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it tries to expand beyond the PC business and compete more aggressively with Hewlett-Packard Co. — which also recently bought a tech-services company founded by H. Ross Perot.
Buy One, Get One Free Breast Implant Billboard Raises Eyebrows The BOGO, that is the Buy One, Get One Free, tactic has been long used by retailers hoping to lure consumers, especially in tough economic times. But a buy one, get one free breast implant offer by a Wisconsin cosmetic surgeon is raising eyebrows and, in some cases, ire in one …
Bail-Out Bonuses at Banks that Got the Most $ from U.s. - $1 Million a Head...Hundreds and Hundreds of HeadsThousands of top traders and bankers on Wall Street were awarded huge bonuses and pay packages last year, even as their employers were battered by the financial crisis. More Articles
U.S. Program to Help Banks Sell Bad Assets Is Halted...some analysts said the banks' reluctance to clean up their balance sheets meant they were merely postponing their day of reckoning. Indeed, some analysts said government policies had made it easier for banks to gloss over their bad loans. More Articles
Should we wave goodbye to buying video games at retail?Is it to early to proclaim—loudly, as you do—the practice of buying video games at retail dead? Yes, it probably is too early; yet we continue.
Google drops idea to buy newspaperGoogle has considered buying a newspaper or using its charitable arm to support news businesses seeking non-profit status, but is now unlikely to pursue either option, Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive, told the Financial Times.
When 'Local' Makes It Big as in Buy LocalWHEN Jessica Prentice, a food writer in the San Francisco Bay area, invented the term "locavore," she didn't have Lay's potato chips in mind.
Blog Says Google In Late-stage Talks To Buy Twitter LONDON -- Google is in late-stage talks to buy Twitter, the blog TechCrunch reported, citing two sources close to the negotiations.
U.S. to Detail Plan to Rein In Finance WorldThe Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, will outline the broad revamping of the regulatory system, which goes further than expected, in a hearing on Thursday.
US Details Toxic Asset ProgrammeThe US has announced details of a plan to buy up to $1 trillion (£686bn) worth of toxic assets to help repair banks' balance sheets. More Articles
Stocks go for a song; even blue chips seen as undervalued -Looking for cheap stocks? Skip the calculator and fancy spreadsheets. All you need is a blindfold. The market has so fiercely pummeled stocks, knocking them to 1996 levels, that investors can almost pick value-priced stocks at random, investment professionals say.
Brown Looks to US: Seize the Moment to Tackle World CrisisGordon Brown yesterday invoked the spirit of American optimism as he challenged Congress to let Barack Obama lead the world away from self-defeating protectionism and the perils of irreversible climate change.
Do You Qualify for a New Mortgage?The Web site financialstability.gov has a "self-assessment" tool to help homeowners determine whether they qualify for either of the programs, as well as Q&As on how the programs work. More Articles
Japan, Australia Warn On 'Buy American' Plan - Economy * US * News * Story - CNBC.comWhile we are suffering at home, with staggering job losses, why shouldn't we allow a measure to keep and expand jobs in the US? We have to worry about our interests first, i.e. protectionism in order to lift us out of the current economic predicament that we face.
Britain Cuts Key Rate to Lowest Point Since 1694The British central bank cut the rate by half a percentage point to its lowest level since the bank's creation in 1694.
Senate Advances Tax Break for HomebuyersThe Senate on Wednesday voted to expand the economic stimulus package with a tax credit for homebuyers of up to $15,000, a provision championed by Republicans as addressing a root cause of the recession. More Articles
Cops: Man puts 911 dispatcher on hold to buy drugsPolice in Cleveland say a man called 911 because he felt he was in danger — then asked the dispatcher to hold on while he made a drug deal. Police Lt. Thomas Stacho said Tuesday that Alejandro Melendez was arrested after the call and was charged with possessing cocaine.
13 Months of Xbox Live Gold for $30Best Buy is selling 13 month Live Gold cards for $29.99 Feb. 1st through the 7th. They're also selling Battlefield Bad Company for $19.99 if you're interested in that.
American Made Products and/or Services Made in USAThanks to Anita's Angel for pointing out this site to me. Now days we need to try to keep Americans working and the best way to do that is by buying American Made products.
Economic Troubles Bring Many to the Brink"Well, it's a big deal when you tell me that you don't want to live if you don't find something," Gore stresses to her caller. "Do you realize what you're telling me? I am not trying to preach, but that's kind of frightening."
Lynched at MerrillEven at the end, after presiding over the worst performance in the 94-year history of Merrill Lynch, and as Bank of America pinned the blame for a bonus payment scandal squarely on his back, John Thain did not seem to know what was about to befall him. More Articles
U.S. foreclosure Filings in Rose 81% in '08U.S. foreclosure filings in 2008 rose 81% from 2007 and tripled from 2006...A total of nearly 3.16 million foreclosure filings. More Articles
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