The recession hasn’t taken a bite out of Petsmart’s (PETM) earnings, thanks to the company’s ability to cut costs and slightly increase margins on essentially flat sales.The nation&

You go on Facebook one day and you have a friend request from a complete stranger who claims to have attended the same high school as you.You check him out and sure enough he's from the area and he's

In a world as globalized as ours, it's hard to believe that there are drool-worthy products out there that you can't buy at the mall downtown, or anywhere in the country. But they exist.Take Coke. Su

For millions of followers worldwide, their time of worship occurs not on Sunday mornings but weekday afternoons. Their altar consists not of holy artifacts or a pulpit but of a television and some th

Major markets hit fresh highs for the year yesterday, even as events over Colorado illustrated gravity can’t be kept at bay indefinitely. A point emphasized by Southwest Airlines' (LUV) 5.68% p

What a difference a decade makes. Back in the late-'90s, Microsoft (MSFT) was widely regarded as the biggest bully in tech -- and understandably so. Commanding unbeatable market shares in operating s

It was so packed that as soon as I walked in the door, I found myself at the end of a checkout line that wrapped around the entire rim of the store.This is the daily scene at the Trader Joe’s

"Gerber baby" is synonymous with “cute, all-American child.” Just one thing: Gerber is part of Nestle (NSRGY), the Swiss conglomerate best known for chocolate. Few shoppers j

Stocks rose on the first day of fall, sending major averages to fresh highs for the year, but betting your bottom dollar was also the order of the day as the greenback slid to a twelve month low agai

Grocery-price wars are heating up. Dominicks, Safeway (SWY), Sam's Club (WMT), Meijer, Walmart, Vons, and Ralphs are all in on the action. Dominick's, in particular, is slashing prices