NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy, the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer, reported another quarterly decline in sales as Americans scale back on purchases of home appliances and other consumer electronics and focus on essentials. However, the company’s results beat Wall Street estimates. The Richfield, Minnesota-based retailer lowered its revenue forecast but raised its profit […]
People enter a Best Buy store at a mall in Brooklyn in New York City on August 29, 2023. Spencer Platt | Best buy raised its earnings forecast for the fiscal year on Thursday after beating earnings and sales expectations for the last quarter. The retailer now expects full-year adjusted earnings per share in the […]
Michael Lacey, founder of the lucrative classifieds website Backpage.com, was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison and a fine of three million dollars for a single count of money laundering. The far-reaching case is based on allegations that he promoted prostitution for years using classified ads and profited from it. A jury found […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The number of reported crimes in Memphis has decreased this year, but every time thieves target our city’s businesses, owners lose money, merchandise and in some cases, even their lives. City and business officials met with dozens of local business owners on Wednesday and presented them with a crime prevention solution […]
Paper picture calendars are designed to be disposed of. When the clock strikes 12 on January 1st, it is out of date. After 12 months of use, it ends up in the trash. It’s always a shame to just throw the calendar away, especially if the pictures were personalized or have sentimental value. You could […]
According to a report, Home Depot will no longer conduct marijuana testing for potential employees and will also ban marijuana testing of current employees. The wholesaler, which employs about 400,000 people at more than 2,000 locations nationwide, sent out a memo earlier this week saying it would “remove marijuana from all drug lists” across all […]
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada (FOX5) – North Las Vegas city leaders are making a bold claim that they are leading the way in diversifying Southern Nevada’s economy. The city is competing nationally to attract large companies – and it’s working. The industrial boom in North Las Vegas did not happen overnight. There were strategic efforts […]
Kay Bae, the owner of Orchid Cleaners, lives in Los Gatos and has operated her dry cleaning business in the Ace Hardware building on Los Gatos Boulevard since 1988. And when three signs for a huge condominium recently appeared on the edge of the parking lot she shares with Ace Hardware, she was surprised. “This […]
