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In what is rapidly becoming a comedy of errors, Target (NYSE: TGT) announced Tuesday yet another major problem. This time the issue was an unspecified number of recently sold gift cards that were not properly activated and showed a zero balance. Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, in an email to...

Although investors and analysts are optimistic about economic growth going into 2014, their expectations also include a healthy dose of caution according to Reuters. Positive factors include a late rally in the stock market in 2013 and a U.S. Federal Reserve decision to begin tapering its...

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk says he has no idea how well his electric car will sell in China; calling the country a “wild card.” However, since the Chinese have an appetite for large luxury cars -- and since the country suffers from high air pollution, an incentive for the government to...

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) new video game console, PS4 sold 1 million units in 24 hours. Some of them didn’t work. Sony’s official response to Business Insider was, “We are aware that some people have reported issues with their PlayStation 4 systems. We are closely monitoring for additional reports,...

The Toronto Star reported Wednesday that after a self-admitted “underwhelming” rollout in Canada, Target (NYSE: TGT) said it planned to spend the next year trying to change the shopping habits of customers north of the border to more closely match those of its U.S. neighbors. Specifically, what...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone sales share in Europe approached double digits in August, according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Although Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platform was still king of the hill at 70.1 percent market share, Windows Phone’s 9.2 percent number across the...

Canada won a hockey final against the United States of America in an epic game. The result was tied 2-2 after regulation, and Sidney Crosby scored a sudden death goal in the overtime for a win. Jonathan Toews scored the first goal of the game to put Canada one goal up. Corey Perry scored the second...

The United States of America and Canada will play in the Vancouver Olympics Hockey final on Sunday. The two teams already played against each other in the Preliminary match and USA won 5-3 with Brian Rafalski scoring two goals. Canada has beaten Slovakia 3-2 in the semi-finals, while the United...