http://www.metro.usen-us NEW YORK. U.S. stocks fell yesterday after discount retailer Target gave a cautious holiday season outlook, but positive brokerage comments on tech bellwether Microsoft helped limit losses.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/18/05/3731-82/index.xml WASHINGTON. Retail sales in the U.S. rebounded more than forecast as demand for autos climbed, and a regional gauge of manufacturing showed expansion for a fourth month, easing concern the recovery will cool after government incentives end. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/06/4719-82/index.xml DETROIT. General Motors Co. said yesterday it lost $1.2 billion in a bankruptcy-shortened third quarter, but it vowed a quick repayment of $8 billion owed to the United States and Canada. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/06/4545-82/index.xml NEW YORK. Wal-Mart has cut prices on turkeys and other Thanksgiving staples. U.S. stores began yesterday selling whole, 12-pound turkeys for 40 cents a pound. That’s a third of last Thanksgiving’s average price.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/05/06/0233-82/index.xml NEW YORK. Wal-Mart is dropping prices on toys for the second time this holiday season in an attempt to cement itself as the “price leader” across the nation.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/03/07/3441-82/index.xml Dr. Elena Bodnar won an Ig Nobel Award for her work with life-saving undergarments. That’s right: http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/30/03/1651-82/index.xml A fragrance marketing company is suing Naomi Campbell for breach of contract, saying the supermodel withheld millions of dollars in profits that she owed the company for a fragrance it helped her develop.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/28/06/0007-82/index.xml The U.S. economy’s worst recession since the 1930s seems to be over, said Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted the financial crisis.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/28/05/5843-82/index.xml NEW YORK. American taxpayers shelled out an average of $32 per Amtrak passenger in 2008, according to a study by Subsidyscope, a unit of Pew Charitable Trusts.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/28/04/4459-82/index.xml REYKJAVIK, ICELAND. McDonald’s Corp. will shutter its business in Iceland because it is too expensive for the franchise to operate after the country’s financial crisis.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/27/05/5015-82/index.xml MoneyGram International will pay $18 million to settle charges it turned a blind eye to fraud perpetrated by people who used the money transfer company to receive funds, the Federal Trade Commission said yesterday.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/21/07/5043-82/index.xml Yahoo Inc., owner of the No. 2 U.S. search engine, has apologized for hiring lap dancers for a software developer event in Taiwan this month.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/21/05/5609-82/index.xml NEW YORK. Apple Inc.’s Steve Jobs was voted the most-admired entrepreneur by U.S. teens, report poll organizers Junior Achievement USA. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/15/03/2357-82/index.xml BEIJING. China’s super-rich have bounced back from the financial crisis with a vengeance, and China now has more known dollar billionaires than any other country bar the United States, according to a new report released yesterday.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/14/04/3320-82/index.xml WASHINGTON. The Supreme Court said yesterday that it would hear an appeal by former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling of his 2006 felony conviction stemming from the giant energy trader’s collapse.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/14/04/3044-82/index.xml New York. The past few months have seen a reversal in the status quo of the chick­en industry: The average price of chicken wings has surpassed that of breast, The New York Times reports.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/14/04/0301-82/index.xml The worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression has ended, but weak household spending as the labor market struggles to create jobs will slow the pace of the economy’s recovery, according to a survey released yesterday.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/13/04/1706-82/index.xml For his 100th birthday, Johnny Walker is getting a temporary facelift. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/09/06/5803-82/index.xml Every 13 seconds in America, there is another foreclosure filing. That’s the rhythm of a crisis that threatens to choke off hopes for a recovery in the housing market as it destroys hundreds of billions of dollars in property values a year.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/09/05/2701-82/index.xml Wells Fargo & Co. plans to raise interest rates on a majority of credit-card customers by 3 percentage points before new rules limiting such increases take effect, according to a company executive.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/08/06/3707-82/index.xml