From cars to clothes, great deals abound. Time to buy? Almost.

The island state registers its second straight quarter of contraction, the first such occurrence since 2002; a Morgan Stanley report anticipates the downturn will intensify.

The wholesale club is prospering as shoppers pinch pennies, posting a strong quarter and raised guidance.

Online auction site bolsters business with three acquisitions and plans for workforce reductions.

The online auction site purchased two Danish classifieds sites and payments servicer Bill Me Later.

The big-spending auction site will purchase two online classified businesses and a payment services company.

The country's financial system has functioned much more on credit than its neighbors, and now the global credit crisis has made borrowing from abroad far more expensive.

Lawsuit and flagging orders send shares into reverse.

France may have already slipped into a technical recession, as both exports and domestic demand show weakness.

Nonfarm jobs plunged by 159,000 in Sept., far above the forecast decline of 105,000, but the silver lining was that average hourly earnings remained in check; unemployment held steady.

The head of the European Central Bank hints he will trim rates soon, as a preponderance of data now indicate that the region teeters on the brink of recession, if not already there.

Retailer matches Wal-Mart's $10 pricing strategy.

The mattress maker promotes Steve Fendrich to chairman and CEO.

The autoparts maker feels the economic pressure as its shares slump.

Consumers are looking for bargains. Can Circuit City afford to deliver them?

Auto-parts maker sees sales decline in Q3.

The consumer electronics retailer hopes new leadership will hasten a turnaround.

The bourse responds to the global crisis of confidence by extending its prohibition of the practice of shorting to all stocks, not just financial shares.

Billionaire Philip Green's retailer postpones opening.

Flight to safety lifts yen and Swiss franc, but the greenback rises against the euro on rumors of an emergency Fed rate cut.