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This Memorial Day weekend, Americans will mark the unofficial start to summer with barbecues, picnics and beach outings.
But they'll also indulge in that favorite national pastime -- shopping. And more people look inclined to hit the malls this year than in 2011, according to IBM ( IBM ) findings, based on analysis of chatter on social networks. They'll be embarking on more weekend getaways this year, too. The ratio of positive to negative comments about shopping and Memorial Day travel, which IBM calls the "Desire Ratio," is 6.5 to 1 this year, compared to a ratio of 1.3 to 1 in 2011, the data revealed. For you budget-minded shoppers and travelers, here's some tips to get the biggest bang for your buck this holiday weekend.Holiday Savings Tips1. Maximize Coupon Savings Mining coupons is "particularly important around Memorial Day, as many of the best deals will come from the use of a stacking discount," Lindsay Sakraida, features director for deal site DealNews.com , tells DailyFin...Oracle Corp. (ORCL) agreed to acquire cloud-based, social-marketing and engagement platform Vitrue as the business-software company continues to bulk up its web-base...
Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it will pay an undisclosed price to buy Vitrue, which operates a cloud-based social marketing and engagement platform.Copyright © 2012 Ma...
Today's shoppers have more choices than ever before, from grocery store coupons they can download directly onto their store savings card accounts to apps that help t...
Ariba Inc. said Tuesday afternoon that it has agreed to be acquired by German software titan SAP AG for $4.3 billion in cash, or $45 a share. The offer represents a ...
Great leaders know that they need to cultivate the skills of their workforce while simultaneously building a work environment that motivates, excites, and inspires w...
A group of hackers claiming to be aligned with Anonymous is planning to bring down the websites of 46 major companies around the world on Friday, including Bank of A...
Analysts are expecting Facebook Inc. (FB) to make early trading gains during its IPO debut Friday, but it is unclear how big a pop investors could see in the social ...
These stocks are up on high volume today:Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX) was up on high volume today, after trading at a volume of 15.8 million, or 1.7 times its...
U.S. activist investor Bill Ackman Thursday won a bitter proxy vote to shake up the board and replace the chief executive at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) after...
Bill Gates had better watch his back.With Facebook's frenzied IPO headed toward a huge first-day pop, Mark Zuckerberg, already the world's youngest paper billionaire...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB) agreed to buy almost all the newspapers owned by Media General Inc. (MEG) for $142 million while also offering ...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. late Tuesday disclosed it had bought 10 million shares of General Motors Co. in the first quarter. Berkshire Hathaway also b...
Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) is in talks to buy Quest Software Inc, the network security software maker that had earlier agreed to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners ...
Dell Inc is in talks to buy Quest Software Inc, the network security software maker that had earlier agreed to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners for $2 billion...
Here are stocks that are down on high volume today:After trading at a volume of 39.1 million, or 3.3 its average daily volume, (NYSE:EP) saw its price drop. The stoc...
A federal jury said Wednesday that Google Inc. (GOOG) didn't infringe Oracle Corp. (ORCL) patents that protect Oracle's Java technology, handing Google a victory as ...
Corporate bonds weakened Wednesday as risk aversion took hold of investors, but McDonald's (MCD) was lovin' it.The burger chain upsized its two-part bond combo to $9...
MetLife Inc. (MET) executives detailed a multiyear plan to boost the company's return on equity to between 12% and 14% by 2016, up from 10.3%, in a presentation to i...
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) earned a victory Wednesday over tech rival Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) in an ongoing federal trial in which the search-engine giant is accused of steal...
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