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Walmart has a lot of discounts, deals, specials and sales on various items including toys, electronics, appliances, video games, clothes, consoles and other accessories starting on Nov. 27, 2014.

Doctors in New Zealand expressed their disappointment in Air New Zealand's decision to cut regional flights in isolated communities.

Alibaba founder and former school teacher Jack Ma is today's modern version of the poor little rich man. At 50, he became China's richest person after the Sept 19 initial public offering (IPO) of the e-commerce giant on New York Stock Exchange.

A recent global survey revealed Apple's iPhone 6 has strong demand in China. Sales of iPhone 6 Plus were also notably strong.

Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday are slowly merging into one epic event for stores and its customers who are all excited for the upcoming big sale.

Apple Inc stock has reached $110.30 per share last week as investor excitement builds for the spring release of Apple Watch.

Both retailers and consumers are excited about the upcoming Black Friday 2014, which offer big discounts for customers and guarantee massive profits for retail stores.

Alex LaBeouf who has been working at Target in Dallas, Texas for about three months could be appearing on TV or in the movies soon.

Intel Corporation announced its investment of $62 million in 16 companies marking its quest to make a mark in areas outside of chip engineering.

Gisele Mesnage, who is legally blind since birth, sued Coles for making it difficult for her to access its shopping website.

Breakr claims the #AlexFromTarget viral campaign is its brainchild, but Alex himself denies it.

A Sydney-bound Virgin Australia flight was forced to return to Los Angeles on Tuesday after passengers complained of a very strong and foul odor while flying.

An online petition on change.org initiated by three female British students to pressure Victoria's Secret, which allegedly promotes negative body image, has gathered so far 16,000 signatures.

The four adult children of Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest person, are now evenly divided since the new lawsuit filed by the two eldest pit them against their two youngest siblings.

Apple shares have reached a new high by the end of October as stock price was recorded at $108.

ANZ Bank opposes the plan by the Australian government to force lenders to have larger capital buffers because of its impact on consumers who would end up paying $100 more on their monthly amortisations.

Walmart created a section on its website, named “Fat Girl Costumes.”

Apple shares have surged to a new high last week when stock price surged beyond the $100 mark.

Apple has another PR crisis up its way for its newly launched iPad Air 2 courtesy of a YouTube user named Martin Macht who did a bend test on the device.

Retail sector throws up sudden twists as new format stores can upset any well run chain.

The 1-minute, 56-second advert by Australian model Miranda Kerr surely sold thousands of EasyTone sneakers for athletic shoe brand Reebok. However, an Australian Federal Court declared on Tuesday that the commercial made false claims that the shoe was better for calves, thighs and buttocks of its user.

This calls for raising the bar on car safety both by manufacturers and regulators.

Fresh from its New York initial public offering (IPO) that raised a record $25 billion fresh capital, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) has partnered with an Australian software company. Its team up with Bigcommerce is expected to further rival its US competitor Amazon.

After releasing a better-than-expected Q4 FY2014 earnings, Apple stock is expected to reach the three-digit territory.

Medibank Private, the largest health insurer in Australia, is targeting to raise $4.8 billion fresh capital with its initial public offering (IPO).

A study by Australian comparison Web site lifeinsurancefinder.com.au found that jobs in the trucking, postal and warehousing sectors were the most dangerous. The basis of the finding was 65 transport and storage workers were killed while on the job in the past 12 months.

Wall Street analysts continue to believe Apple stock will rise beyond $100 per share despite the lack of investor excitement over new iPads.

A growing number of restaurants in Australia are limiting the time that patrons could dine in their establishments to just 90 to 120 minutes. The restaurants would only accept the diners if they are to vacating their table after a specified time.

A Canadian man found dead mouse in McDonald's cup of coffee.