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A few weeks after the Key Biscayne Village Council approved plans for a new Walgreens at the corner of Crandon Boulevard and Harbor Drive, hundreds of residents have signed a petition opposing the development and urging the property owner to change his decision.

Japanese retailer Aeon denied a newspaper report that it was in talks with India's Bharti Group to set up a retail joint venture in India, while France's Carrefour declined to comment on whether it was also talking to Bharti.

Los Angeles a As consumers display increased interest in owning movies digitally - a habit considered crucial to Hollywood's future - Walt Disney Studios has unveiled a service that is intended to make collecting its films easier.

Preservationists opposed to LG Electronics building a high-rise headquarters in Englewood Cliffs that would be visible above the Palisades are calling for a "day of action" on Saturday, urging consumers to take the plan into account when making purchases.

Customers could find liquor at lower prices in restaurants and bars if a bill that narrowly passed on Thursday in the state Senate advances.

As in the case of the RadioShack implosion, our first thoughts go to the Staples employees whose jobs hang in the balance.

It's a trend that bears watching because the spurt in tablet additions has obscured slowing phone subscriber growth in a saturated market.

As Eugene looks for ways to avoid serious service cuts, the Revenue Committee struggles to identify timely, equitable and politically acceptable taxes to generate the necessary revenue.

The fate of an ongoing project to relocate the current Kroger in Huntsville and expand it into a superstore was a topic of concern at Tuesday's Huntsville City Council meeting.

Lord John Browne at the launch of the "Year of Code" campaign at the Royal Society of Arts on Feb. 4, 2014 in London.

With TV shows ranging from "Breaking Bad" to "I Love Lucy" now available with online, streaming media companies are asking people why pay $50 a month for cable or satellite TV when you can watch online? The popularity of streaming service companies like Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, Amazon Prime and iTunes is rising as more people move away from cable ... (more)

UK tea brand Charbrew now has annual sales of A 500,000 and says its new push into retail giant Tesco will establish it as a 'recognized force' for innovation in the tea category.

Well-executed dynamic pricing strategies, such as those deployed by Amazon and Overstock, led to higher sales during the 2013 holiday season as opposed to all-season discounting and other strategies.

WICHITA, Kan.,A fight broke out a Kansas Walmart in Wichita on Monday afternoon after a customer became frustrated with a self-checkout machine and began cursing at the device.

The company had grown to 13 outlet centers by 1992, and the following year became the first outlet center developer to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange as a publicly traded REIT, under ticker symbol SKT.

It seems the price of everything goes up every year, while our small raises barely keep up.

Palatine council members went against the recommendation of the village zoning board Monday and rejected a bid to establish a new light industrial business near Rand and Lake Cook roads.

Do you know many 20-somethings who own a RV? How about any Millennials who think it's a good idea to accumulate colossal debt for a depreciating asset? Neither do I. But that's not what many data mining services would have me believe.

Here are some of today's top headlines from around the area, including two scammers targeting the elderly in grocery store parking lots, a North Olmsted shooting in a Home Depot parking lot and the law school dean of Case Western Reserve University steps down while facing a lawsuit over inappropriate sexual conduct.

Walmart today announced a concept semi-trailer truck, the Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience , which is 20 percent more aerodynamic than the company's current fleet of trucks.