WARSAW --- Pop icon Madonna has set her concert in Poland for Aug. 1, disturbing some in the country who accuse her of deliberately picking concert dates here to coincide with religious holidays and major national commemorations.
With the official holiday of romantic obligation looming, the Apple App Store is featuring dozens of "Apps for Valentine's Day." There are flower apps and message apps; diamond-ring apps and hookup apps. What do our mobile devices say about ...
BEIJING—China's trade surplus expanded sharply in January as imports slumped, but economists said the data released Friday were likely distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday.
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — China’s trade surplus widened more than expected in January amid a sharp drop in imports, although analysts cautioned against alarm, saying the data may reflect holiday-related distortions rather than deterioration ...
In most of Europe and North America unlimited mobile data plans are becoming as rare as unicorns. But MegaFon is trying to prove that, in Russia, "unlimited" really does mean "unlimited", as The Next Web explains, citing the ...
MADRID—Tatiana Restrepo has a vacation problem. The Spanish government thinks she takes too many of them. Every year, she, like many Spaniards, strategically deploys paid vacation days as puentes—literally, bridges—to skip town for an ...
Most Asian markets closed lower Friday after euro-zone finance ministers withheld approval for a second bailout in Greece, calling for recently approved austerity measures to be ratified before more funds would be released.
By Jeff Bater and Jeffrey Sparshott U.S. credit-card debt posted the second solid increase in a row during December, an indication Americans stuck with meager wage gains borrowed to pay for their holiday celebrations.
Groupon, one of last year's most-talked about IPOs, will deliver its first earnings report tomorrow. The daily-deals company is expected to report a 3 cent per share profit on revenue of $475 million, according to Thomson Reuters. (It is the ...
Inflation in China accelerated unexpectedly in January, with the consumer price index rising to 4.5% year-on-year, due to higher food prices during the Lunar New Year holiday. It was the first increase in inflation after five months of ...
BEIJING—Inflation in China accelerated unexpectedly in January because of higher food prices during the Lunar New Year holiday. The pickup in inflation breaks a five-month trend of moderating price increases, raising concerns that Beijing ...
At first sight, it looks like China's economy went haywire in January. In fact, it was just the Lunar New Year effect. Inflation's descent was interrupted, with the consumer price index rising to 4.5% year-on-year compared with 4.1% in ...
In its first major test since its IPO in November, Groupon reported revenue more than doubled to $506.5 million in the fourth quarter, strengthened by new products, holiday sales and a rise in the rate it takes from merchants.
NEW YORK—CVS Caremark Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit rose 3.7% as pharmacy-services and retail revenue each grew, though results were tempered by weaker-than-expected holiday sales and a muted flu season.
Groupon Inc. went public on the promise of fast growth and future profits. But on Wednesday, some of those promises remained elusive. In its first major test since an initial public offering in November, the Chicago-based daily deals site ...
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