Retail

Laws, rumors have ammo flying off store shelves

By MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gun enthusiasts fearful of new weapon controls and alarmed by rumors of government hoarding are buying bullets practically by the bushel, making it hard for stores nationwide to keep shelves stocked and even putting a pinch on some local law

Best Buy stores to feature Samsung kiosks

NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Best Buy jumped on Thursday after it announced plans to create store-within-store kiosks for Samsung products - a vote of confidence from a major consumer electronics retailer that the brick-and-mortar format is still an important way to sell products. Best Buy shares rose

Wall street stocks little changed; Best Buy soars

By STEVE ROTHWELLMarkets Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks were little changed on Wall Street ahead of the release of the government's March employment report Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up six points, or 0.05 percent, to 14,557 as of 12:45 p.m. EDT Thursday. The Standard &

Sticky-fingered thieves target sap in Maine

By CLARKE CANFIELDAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Sticky-fingered thieves are stealing the sap right out of Maine's maple trees. With little more than a spout-like tap and a bucket, people are looting the liquid out of trees on private property and hauling it away to turn into sweet