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If the arrival of Valentine's Day is finding you tired of your footloose-and-fancy-free lifestyle, it might be time to make an investment in your love life. Niche dating sites, a rapidly growing segment of the online matchmaking industry, are a good way to go.

The Container Store is boasting about its workplace romances and resultant marriages this Valentine's Day. That's because love in the workplace has been a boon for the storage retailer's business. Today when the skies are filled with Cupid's arrows, the 49-store retailer is raising a glass to love...

It's no fun being single on Valentine's Day, when everyone seems coupled up and completely, utterly, annoyingly in love. But don't let your self-bought bag of chocolate hearts turn into an empty bank account. "People are willing to pay to find true love," said Tom Bartholomy, president of the...

A cautionary tale has emerged out of Ohio for anyone who's ever signed up for an online dating service. A Toledo couple is accused of extorting money from at least seven people around the country through a dating service phone scam by convincing them they had sent illicit photos and messages to...

Barry Diller's sprawling Internet company operates more than 50 diversified businesses in 30 countries, including high-traffic sites Ask.com, Match.com, CitySearch and Dictionary.com. It has gobs of cash and little debt. Yet its stock is stuck.

In what might prove the future of advertising, Burger King is taking its "small hands" campaign to the Internet by sponsoring searches that return no results on the incredibly popular Digg.com. The ads, which feature a man with tiny hands too small to grasp a hamburger, had appeared briefly last...

Mark Curtis has come to America to sell digital icecubes on hot summer days. The CEO of Flirtomatic -- a mobile flirting social-network startup -- has attracted $15 million in revenue by selling flirting and virtual goods, like digital ice cubes, to an audience starved for fun with no strings...

The economy is affecting all aspects of our lives, so it's no surprise that individuals on the dating scene are starting to check out their date's assets before getting serious. ABC news 7 reports that a recent Match.com survey found that over 80% of singles are more selective about who they date...

Two of the most beautiful words in the English language are "love" and "free." Combine them together and you get the latest offering from Match.com, a free online dating service called Down to Earth. Not only is DowntoEarth.com free, but it comes with a built-in lie detector. The site's RealRatings...