http://www.kidk.com/news/business RSS Feed for KIDK - News - Business en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:27:49 GMT http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69383182.html Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69382722.html Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69382572.html Government officials put trillions of taxpayer dollars on the line to guarantee risky bank assets - a strategy that could cause permanent and costly market distortions, a government watchdog says. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69334557.html Can't pay the mortgage? You still might be able to stay in your home. Government-controlled mortgage company Fannie Mae is going to give borrowers on the verge of foreclosure the option of renting their homes for a year. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69321807.html Starbucks Corp. says more customers visited its coffee shops in the fourth quarter this year than last and spent more money when they did. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69320077.html Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69294147.html Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been fantastic in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69293912.html Consumers, enticed by cooler weather, early holiday discounts and an improving economy, spent a little more in October, handing the retail industry its second consecutive monthly sales gain after more than a year of declines. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69293362.html A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Thursday signed a $50 billion deal to develop one of Iraq's most prized oil fields, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sector. http://www.kidk.com/news/business/69291747.html Toyota Motor Corp. announced Thursday a surprise profit last quarter and trimmed its projected red ink for the year, underlining the gradual recovery under way for Japan's giant automakers.