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Pepsi shelving 12-packs in test of new strategy 

Is the 12-pack of soda the next victim of rising food prices and more frugal times?

Pepsi Bottling Group aims to find out in a...

Fifteen Years Ago in ACT 

Iraq's Quest for the Nuclear Grail: What Can We Learn? Unofficial statements from Washington this year suggested that the nuclear-armed U.S....

Check out the new checkout 

If you consider the self-checkout registers at Home Depot and Wal- Mart a dangerous precedent, be advised: This is just the start. The checkout...

Gift cards can keep tabs on purchases 

People buying a new type of mall gift card are using them for unexpected purposes. Divorced parents are buying them to make child support...

TV Shopping Network Offers Employees Pet Health Insurance.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Jul. 21--Home Shopping Network hopes to take a bite out of the tight employment market by offering a new fringe benefit: a health plan for Fido....

St. Petersburg, Fla.-Area Holiday Retail Sales Follow National Trend. 

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 30 -- The holiday season for retailers got off to its best start in six years over the...

Winn-Dixie Grocery Chain Names New Chief Executive. 

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 24 -- Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. on Tuesday ventured beyond its own ranks for a top executive for the...

Staples Deal Increases Number of Stores in Florida. 

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 23 -- Staples Inc. has signed a deal to move its office supply superstores into 20 Scotty's home...

Actor Drops Libel Suit after Incident at St. Petersburg, Fla., TV Studio. 

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 19 -- Actor Mimi Rogers has dropped her $10-million defamation and libel suit against Home Shopping...

Little Rock, Ark.-Based Department Store's Outlet Changes Hurt Profits. 

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 17 -- Dillard's Inc.'s conversion of 65 Mercantile Stores Inc. outlets continues to put a big drag on...