Retailers and consumers are turning into real early birds when it comes to post-Thanksgiving shopping. Just hours after most people have put down their Thanksgiving forks, many consumers are shopping online or waiting outside the doors of retailers who are opening long before Friday's dawn.
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices resumed their march toward $100Tuesday, rising to a record over $98 a barrel as futures drewstrength from a declining dollar, news of refinery problems andspeculation that the Federal Reserve will again cut interest rates.Heating oil futures also rose to new records.
NEW YORK (AP) - Millions of Americans began hitting the roads,skies and train tracks early Wednesday in what was predicted to bethe largest Thanksgiving pilgrimage ever - despite rising gasprices and fears of air delays.
Every year, retailers denounce the renegade Web sites that prematurely disclose leaked copies of discount-filled advertisements for the day after Thanksgiving.
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the poor outlook for this economy has stemmed the flood of takeovers from abroad we'd normally see in this kind of market.
