Category Archives: Sale

Obama’s Chrysler 300 on sale for $1 million

By doris | Published: January 27, 2012

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A Chrysler 300C once leased by President Barack Obama is for sale on eBay with the eye-popping “opening bid” of $1 million. The opening bid, which is dictated by the seller, means that bidding for the car must start at that price. The woman who posted the car [...]

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Elvis’ first guitar and Beatles photos on the block

By doris | Published: September 14, 2011

Full Story at Money.cnn.com Guernsey’s auction house in New York City is putting a vintage trove of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia on the block on Sept. 24 and 25. The center piece is Elvis Presley’s first guitar, a battered, taped-up acoustic with only four strings. Other items include numerous photos of the Beatles on the [...]

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Wal-Mart brings back layaway for holiday shoppers

By doris | Published: September 8, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com NEW YORK — Wal-Mart is bringing back something its customers have been asking for since the Great Recession: layaway. The world’s largest retailer, which ditched the pay-as-you-go plans in 2006, is rolling out a holiday layaway option from Oct. 17 through Dec. 16. Wal-Mart is following rivals that brought back the [...]

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HP kills TouchPad, looks to exit PC business

By doris | Published: August 18, 2011

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Hewlett-Packard is taking a hatchet to its business and doing some radical restructuring. The company said Thursday that it is looking to spin off its industry-leading but struggling personal computer business. HP also killed off the TouchPad tablet it launched last month, as well as its webOS smartphone [...]

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Banks’ billion-dollar idea: Sell your shopping data

By doris | Published: July 6, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Banks have found a new revenue stream — and this time, it doesn’t involve hitting you up with a new fee. Many of the nation’s leading banks are selling information about their customers’ shopping habits: How much they spend, where they shop, what they buy. In turn, [...]

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US auto sales up in June, but Japan still hurting

By doris | Published: July 1, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com DETROIT (AP) — Gas prices hit a sweet spot for automakers last month. They fell far enough to spur pickup truck sales, yet remained so high that small cars sold well, sometimes just hours after reaching dealers’ lots. That made June a good month for General Motors and Ford, which have [...]

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Oil falls below $94 amid stronger US dollar

By doris | Published: June 19, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Oil prices dropped below $94 a barrel Friday amid a stronger dollar and renewed concerns about demand for crude after mixed signs about the U.S. economy. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was down $1.45 to $93.50 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile [...]

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Ford sales top GM for first time in over a decade

By doris | Published: April 1, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ford Motor Co. topped rival General Motors in U.S. sales in March, grabbing the No. 1 spot for the first time in nearly 13 years. Ford (F, Fortune 500) sales rose 19% from a year ago to 212,777 vehicles, while GM (GM) posted a 10% rise to [...]

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Cookie sales barred at Girl Scouts founder’s home

By doris | Published: February 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SAVANNAH, Ga. — Girl Scouts are no longer able to sell their famous cookies outside the historic Savannah home of the woman who founded the organization almost a century ago. A complaint last year ended the longtime practice of selling the cookies on the public sidewalk outside the home of Juliette [...]

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China accuses Wal-Mart of ‘deceptive prices’

By doris | Published: January 26, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — China has accused Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, and its French competitor Carrefour of price gouging and misleading consumers by advertising false discounts on goods sold in their stores. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Chinese agency that coordinates economic and social development, made those [...]

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Will it be a merry Christmas for Borders, Barnes & Noble?

By doris | Published: December 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — The two largest U.S. bookstore chains have offered up a compelling cliffhanger this holiday season that will seal the fate of brick-and-mortar bookselling. In the latest chapter, Barnes & Noble Inc. has put itself up for sale, while Borders Group Inc. has put its hand out to lenders [...]

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Green toys are red-hot this holiday season

By doris | Published: December 10, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com As the climate heats up, so is demand for “green” toys. Eco-friendly toys used to inhabit the “Island of Misfit Toys,” but this year there will likely be more of them on Santa’s sleigh than ever before. There will certainly be plenty of Buzz Lightyears and Xbox Kinects under the tree [...]

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Black Friday: Toys R Us starts the frenzy

By doris | Published: November 27, 2010

Full Story at Black Friday at Toys R Us draws newcomers – Nov. 26, 2010 NEW YORK Money.cnn.com) — Who knew that all it took was a 2-hour time change to bring out a mob of newcomers to the Black Friday craziness? Toys R Us, the nation’s largest toys-only retailer, got a head start on [...]

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Chevy Volt confronts one final glitch

By doris | Published: November 20, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — General Motors has begun commercial production of the Chevrolet Volt, producing cars at the automaker’s Detroit plant that are intended for sale or lease to consumers. But there’s one final problem, one that’s been dragging on for years, that still needs to get cleared up.

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