Sales & Marketing

New York -- Retail experts have picked discount retail chains and online stores as businesses poised to increase their share of the U.S. market.

Ottawa -- Canadian manufacturing sales rose 2 percent in October to $42.5 billion, led by aerospace and petroleum gains, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa Wednesday.

Washington -- High unemployment has put U.S. retailers on alert that the holiday shopping season will feature a sluggish recovery compared to a year ago, forecasters said.

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Here's a good question: When you're looking at companies, seeking promising investments, which matters more, a company's revenue or its earnings? In other words, is it the top or bottom line that really counts?

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Salisbury -- A 250-year-old Chinese carved jade figure purchased for $475 in 1938 has set a new record by selling for nearly $6.6 million at a British auction.

Ottawa -- Canadian resale home prices will fall 5.2 percent this year, less than the 8 percent forecast earlier, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Thursday.

"The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent."
-- attributed to John Maynard Keynes

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