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Ciena Corp, a telco and network equipment maker third quarter revenues increased 5% to $253.2 million and net income fell 59% to $11.7 million or 12 cents a share.

Next to "no," parents with speaking toddlers are likely to be hit with a verbal arsenal of "whys" as their little ones start exploring the world around them.

Artificial turf may save water and reduce pesticides, but some brands from manufacturers in Georgia and Florida contain lead-based coloring that can harm consumers - especially children - according to lawsuits ...

Own-brand toothpaste and washing-up liquid maker McBride has blamed cut-throat supermarkets and the high oil price for its plans to slash about 250 British jobs.

Conventional wisdom had long held that some industries would collapse if oil topped $100 a barrel.

Anglo-Dutch consumer-goods giant Unilever on Thursday said Paul Polman, outgoing head of Nestle's Americas business and a Procter & Gamble veteran, will replace Patrick Cescau as its next chief executive.

Retailers J.C. Penney Co. Inc. and Pier 1 Inc. both reported declines in same-store sales for the month of August.

Procter & Gamble Co. has acquired Nioxin Research Laboratories Inc., a manufacturer of professional scalp care products for thinning hair.

Gary Oden has known for weeks that the plant in DeWitt where he has helped build Vise-Grips, 1 of Nebraska's most famous products, would be shutting down.

Pier 1 Imports said its same-store sales in its fiscal second quarter were down 1.7% from the same period a year ago, as better traffic and closing ratios were offset by a lower average ticket.

Looks good, feels good! Brighten your surroundings with furnishings and accents that are kind to furry critters as well as easy on the environment.

As oil prices surged this year, manufacturers raised the prices of a lot of products - not just gasoline but lotions, toothpaste, plastics and many more that use oil as a raw material.

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Nervous residents rushed to buy plywood and generators while emergency officials in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas weighed possible evacuations Tuesday as Tropical Storm Hanna shifted toward ...

San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma Inc., the biggest U.S. gourmet-cookware chain, said second-quarter earnings dropped after it reduced prices to lure shoppers discouraged by the worst housing slump since the ...

Want to save some time in the morning applying your make-up? Why not sweep one of Avon's new In a Wink eyeshadow sheets across your eye lids and walk out of the door? But Does it Work? After one glimpse of the ...

EDISON, N.J., Sept. 1 -- PSKW, LLC, a New Jersey-based leading provider of prescription co-pay programs for the pharmaceutical industry, announced today that it has significantly expanded the scope of the ...

New Delhi, Sep 1 : Personal care and healthcare major Procter and Gamble has recorded a 83.72 percent profit in the second quarter of the ongoing January-December accounting year, as compared to that posted in ...

HOM Furniture is buying Gabberts Design Studio & Fine Furnishings. HOM President and chief executive Rod Johansen said this morning that the company will operate Gabberts in Edina's Galleria and has plans to ...

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. today unveiled its Million Dollar Club Walk of Fame at the entrance of its Salt Lake City headquarters.

In an attempt to further move its business model from doorstep to digital, the 'digital Avon lady' will go live tomorrow.