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Coming Soon: Real Dunder Mifflin Paper

Matt Cantor — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:20:05 CST

Fans of the Office will soon be able to buy paper made by their favorite company—though instead of purchasing it from Dwight Schrute, they’ll have to get their reams through Staples. The office-supply giant’s Quill.com has reached a licensing deal with NBCUniversal to sell Dunder Mifflin paper, the...

Your Lowly Penny Can Actually Buy Something

Kevin Spak — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:51:02 CDT

Retailers, scrambling to connect with the fragile consumer psyche, have turned to the lowly penny for a boost, offering everything from clothing to crayons for a single cent, the LA Times reports. Nearly taken out of circulation three years ago, the penny may be a lousy coin, but it’s a...

Back to School Sales in Slump

Rob Quinn — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:20:29 CDT

Retailers are seeing the slowest back-to-school season in many years as consumers cling to their cash, the New York Times reports. Estimates on sales, an early indicator of how stores will fare in the holiday season, show declines of 3 to 8% from last year, which saw a 1% increase....

When These Companies Recover, We Recover

Clay Dillow — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:44:01 CST

The companies best-positioned to weather the recession are market-share leaders or those that sell everyday necessities, writes Douglas A. McIntyre in Newsweek . But the economic bellwethers that will herald the recovery are more likely No. 2 or No. 3 in their industries, like Target, whose quarterly numbers should indicate when...

Losses Continue for 2nd Day

Nick McMaster — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:31:16 CDT

Stocks fell today for a second straight session as doubts about financials persisted and economic news painted gloomy outlooks on inflation and housing, MarketWatch reports. Disappointing quarterly reports from the retail sector made a bad situation worse. The Dow fell 130.84 to 11,348.55, the Nasdaq 32.62...

Romney Tussles With Reporter

Kevin Langbaum — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:10:20 CST

Mitt Romney had a dust-up with a reporter in South Carolina today, CBS News reports, when the reporter essentially accused the candidate of lying. As Romney was saying he was not beholden to lobbyists and didn’t have one “running his campaign,” the reporter interjected, “That’s not true,” referring to Romney...

Advertisers Dump Imus

Heather McPherson — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:01:43 CDT

Piling on to the mounting outrage against Don Imus, three advertisers have pulled their support from the CBS radio show or its simulcast MSNBC TV program. The three include marketing heavyweight Procter & Gamble, Staples and Bigelow Tea, the Wall Street Journal reports.