The First Cyber Monday Sale of 2013 Has Arrived -- in May
OfficeMax decided it didn't want to wait for the real Cyber Monday -- it's having a "halfway to Cyber Monday" sale today. Has Christmas Creep finally gone too far?
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5 Things to Watch This Week: Disney, Pandora, Taxes, Staples, and Facebook
From the Facebook's new site redesign to Pandora explaining why it's capping usage, there will be plenty of news moving the markets in the coming days. Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead on Wall Street.
5 Winners and Losers of the Week in Business
It's been a hectic week in the world of business, from a Office Depot prematurely announcing a big merger to analysts raising their price targets on Google, to Burger King getting hacked. Here's a rundown of this week's biggest wins and losses.
Office Depot Agrees to Buy OfficeMax in Stock Deal
Office Depot said Wednesday it will buy OfficeMax in an all-stock deal that would transform office-supply retail sector. The companies said holders of OfficeMax shares will receive 2.69 shares of Office Depot for every OfficeMax share they own. That's equal to about $13.50 per share.
Office Depot-OfficeMax Merger May Mean Higher Prices for Consumers
Shares of office supply stores Office Depot and OfficeMax soared Tuesday on the strength of merger talks. But what's good for Wall Street may not be good for the stores' customers.
Staples Gets a Surprising Roommate: Amazon.com
Amazon has been rolling out a fleet of lockers for its customers since late last year -- a way to buy from the online retail king without having your item shipped to your home. Now, in an unexpected partnership, it's about install some of those locker banks inside Staples stores.
Free Tacos and Portraits: Next Week's Best Deals and Freebies
Every Friday, we hunt down the best deals, freebies and limited-time offers available for the coming week. Our favorites: free Doritos Locos Tacos, free portraits, big office supply discounts, and an early price cut on the Nexus 7 tablet.
Is Amazon Hurting Staples?
It once seemed that Staples and other office supply stores were largely immune from Amazon's competition, with local advantages that the online superstore couldn't match. Now, however, Staples finds itself putting together a battle plan against Bezos & Co.
4 Tips to Beat the Back-to-School Shopping Blues
Ready or not, it's time for back-to-school season. Like the Christmas shopping season, it seems to begin earlier every year, and you have to play the game if you want to catch the sales. Or do you? Personal finance guru Jean Chatzky has some surprising advice for parents.
Family Money: How to Cash In on Your Old Electronics
Every day, Americans throw out more than 350,000 cell phones and 130,000 computers. But we're passing up a tidy sum -- plus some potential tax deductions -- by dumping them in the trash or leaving them to gather dust.
9 Big Companies That Will Disappear in 2012
As surprising as it may seem to many of us when large corporations with familiar brands vanish suddenly from the scene, it happens. Major companies like Saab, Borders, and Countrywide -- just to same a recent few -- are now history. Who's next? Read on ...
Spring Is in the Air for Retail M&A
Retailers are getting back to business after the recession and showing stronger earnings, making them attractive targets for private equity investors -- and each other.
