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Oil slides below $62 as stocks scamble back after open. Europe Down: Pessimism pushes oil, banks lower.

Amgen Inc led gainers in the S&P 500 index with a rise of 15.5%. A. Schulman third quarter profit rises.

No slowdown in dollar stores as Americans on Main Street are wrecked by the Great Recession.

Earnings jitters kept stocks trading sideways. After the close, Data Domain agreed to be acquired by EMC for $2.1 billion.

Filed under: Family Dollar Stores , Amgen Inc , YRC Worldwide A late day rally based on imbalance orders and on the Treasury's PPIP winners made a wishy-washy day even that more confusing.

Family Dollar Stores Inc reported a 36 percent jump in quarterly profit, topping market estimates, and its shares rose 10 percent, as more shoppers scoured its aisles for low prices on food, shampoo and household cleaners.

Nine U.S. companies that make, import or sell children's products agreed to pay more than $500,000 US in penalties for violating a federal lead paint ban, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.

This is a transcript update: Outlook video report. Investors will be looking to glean what they can from smaller companies reporting Tuesday.

Here are notable events in the world of business and politics the week of July 6: Earnings season begins this week Several large companies are set to release quarterly earnings reports later this week, including Pepsi Bottling Group Inc, Alcoa Inc, and Family Dollar Stores, Inc on Tuesday.

Five companies based in the Charlotte region are included in Stores magazine's Top 100 Retailers List, which is based on 2008 revenue.

BOHEMIA, N.Y.-- --Andrea Electronics Corporation , a leading developer of innovative digital noise reduction and echo cancellation software technologies, today announced that its advanced - CLEVELAND-- --Alcoa announced today that effective immediately Tim D. Myers, 43, has been named President, Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products, with ...

Four Charlotte business executives are among the eight recipients of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards in the Carolinas.

Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the Carolinas.

Wingate University has announced it will name its College of Health Sciences in honor of Leon Levine, founder of Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

Jeff Wimp's home in Corydon, Ind., needed some interior work - drywall, flooring and insulation - but with business slow at his auto mechanic shop, he wasn't sure how he would pay for it.

Not surprisingly, all the various chains of superdiscount stores are thriving in the recession.

Wingate University will name its College of Health Sciences in honor of Leon Levine, founder of Family Dollar Stores Inc.

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Battered by the recession, consumers are seeking refuge at deep discounters. But will they stay inside once the storm passes? Josh Hyatt - CFO.com US June 12, 2009 When it comes to retail pricing, could $9.98 be the new 98 cents? Gary Cino thinks so, and he's been right before.

Construction on new McGirt-Horton library put on hold by Yasmine Regester Carolina Peacemaker Originally posted 6/10/2009 The city of Greensboro has yet to begin construction of the new McGirt-Horton Library to be located at the Bessemer Shopping Center in Northeast Greensboro.