Retail

Investors bargain hunt ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Stocks are skidding Tuesday morning, putting the market back into the red for the year, as weak results from retailers and mounting losses for big technology companies compound the market's losses from the day before.

Lowe's Cos. (LOW) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $629 million.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Target Corp., down $8.12 to $69.03

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Two private equity owners of the iconic Toys R Us toy chain will be handing over a $20 million hardship fund to the thousands of former workers left jobless and without severance after the chain was liquidated in June.

Bah! Humbug!

The FTC found at least three companies profiting off the fake labels, as detailed in a recent report.

A home run this Christmas would help the traditional retailer stay afloat.

Bain Capital and KKR, two private equity firms that owned part of the once-prominent chain, created the severance fund.

A Croatian court says a tycoon who founded a deeply indebted food and retail company should be released from jail after he deposited a one-million-euro bail ($1.1 million.)

The delivery company purchased 100 of the vehicles from Chanje Energy Inc. and leased 900 from Ryder System, Inc.

Broad selling hits U.S. stocks.