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TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.
The Framingham, Mass.-based company also raised its profit outlook as it attracts new shoppers looking...

Stocks fell on Tuesday, led lower by financial shares, which tumbled as worries about further losses stemming from the mortgage crisis moved back into the spotlight.
News that JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) has racked up $1.5 billion of losses so far this quarter on mortgage-linked assets sent the bank's stock down more...

TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.
The Framingham, Mass.-based company also raised its profit outlook as it attracts new shoppers looking...

When it comes to the Summer Olympics, not everyone is monitoring swimmers' times and cyclers' speeds -- or even China's air quality and human-rights record. Some are keenly scanning the landscape for items they can add to their Olympic memorabilia collections.
They're scoping out the expected volumes of tacky, mascot-bearing trinkets...

NEW YORK - Wall Street slid Tuesday as downbeat news from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other financial companies raised more concerns about the ongoing impact of the credit crisis on the economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 140 points.
The latest reminder of continuing troubles for banks and brokerages came when JPMorgan said late Monday it has incurred...

TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.
The Framingham, Mass.-based company also raised its profit outlook as it attracts new shoppers looking...

TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.
The Framingham, Mass.-based company also raised its profit outlook as it attracts new shoppers looking...

TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.
The Framingham, Mass.-based company also raised its profit outlook as it attracts new shoppers looking...

TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.
The Framingham, Mass.-based company also raised its profit outlook as it attracts new shoppers looking...

TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.
The Framingham, Mass.-based company also raised its profit outlook as it attracts new shoppers looking...

There's a lot of career soul-searching going on among many readers, so I'm devoting this whole column to your questions.
In a tight economy, it's easy to blame fuel prices, the mortgage crisis, etc., for your career woes. But let's look beyond all that for a moment and try to figure out...

When the doll-like Fuwa mascots for this year's Summer Olympics in Beijing were unveiled in 2005, parents everywhere had to breathe a sigh of relief. While just about any symbol connected to an Olympics in communist China is going to draw controversy, at least these figures wouldn't give the world's children...

DETROIT - Hybrid car owners are some of the most loyal in the U.S. market, with nearly half purchasing a vehicle of the same make when they buy another car, according to a study released Monday by an automotive data company.
Forty-seven percent of hybrid buyers buy a vehicle of the same make, compared with 35 percent of buyers overall, according to...

It's hard not to notice the recent drop in gasoline prices. Which has a lot of readers wondering: How much lower are they headed?
If refiners are still running at -- or near -- capacity, and supplies of gasoline are tight, prices won't come down. Each market for a specific product --...

ATLANTA - Pilots at Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. have approved a joint collective bargaining agreement. Ratification has been a key element of Delta's efforts to achieve a smooth integration of the two companies when it acquires Northwest later this year.
Delta's pilots union issued a memo detailing the results Monday, the deadline for rank-and-file pilots of both airlines...