Retail Sales Gain Shows Resilient American Consumer: Economy
The U.S. retail sales report showed that figures used to calculate growth ... the industry data that the government uses to calculate gross domestic product. Cars and light trucks sold at a 14.9 million annual pace in April, down from a 15.2 ...

Retail Sales in U.S. Probably Fell on Cooling Automobile Demand
Retail sales probably fell in April for a second consecutive month, hurt by cooling demand for automobiles ... according to the median forecast of 74 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Falling gasoline prices also hurt service-station receipts ...

Raid Of The Day: Eurie Stamps, Grandfather Of 12, Killed In Botched 2011 Drug Raid
Note: The "Raid of the Day" features accounts of police raids I've found, researched, and reported while writing my forthcoming book Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces. It's due out in July, but you can pre ...

Retail Sales in U.S. Unexpectedly Rise on Broad-Based Gains
The 0.1 percent increase followed a 0.5 percent drop in March, Commerce Department ... as the labor market mends. “Consumers are staying active and providing support to the economy,” said Michael Moran, chief economist at Daiwa Capital Markets America ...

Retail Sales in U.S. Unexpectedly Increase on Broad-Based Gains
Results at both chains exceeded analysts’ forecasts. May is “off to a strong start,” Sherry Lang, senior vice- president of global communications at Framingham, Massachusetts- based TJX, said on a May 9 sales call. “It was nice to see strength in ...

U.S. senators appear close to finalizing drug compounding bill
The outbreak was linked to a tainted steroid made by the Framingham, Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center. The legislation would draw a distinction between traditional compounding pharmacies, which make tailored drugs for individual patients ...