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Online retail spending in October grew by only 1 percent compared to October 2007, representing the lowest monthly growth rate since 2001, according to a report from comScore who began tracking ecommerce seven years ago.

The report said that the softness in online retail spending was due in part by negative spending growth in households earning less than $50,000 a year.

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The executives hosted by The Digital Entertainment Group, a consortium of movie studios and electronics manufacturers, forecast that 10.5 million households would be able to play Blu-ray videos by the end of ...

The new administration must help households first if we are to have any hope of reversing the devastating course of a recession.

The economy lost 240,000 nonfarm jobs in October, pushing the unemployment rate to 6.5 percent, the government reported, as the slowdown took a toll on households and businesses.

Will increase viewership of Meredith's daily lifestyle show to nearly 30% of U.S. households

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study in the RAND Journal of Economics examined how quickly households change their electricity use when prices rise and fall rapidly.

Government data show consumer borrowing in the U.S. fell in August for the first time in more than a decade as households, battered by rising job layoffs and the worsening economy, cut back sharply on their use of credit.

Consumer borrowing fell in August for the first time in more than a decade as households, battered by rising job layoffs and the decaying economy, cut back sharply on their use of credit.

CBS’ Sarah Palin interview certainly won the Internet-buzz prize last week for network evening-news stories, but in the key 25-54 demo, ABC and NBC were tied atop the news ratings for the first week of the season (Sept. 22-26), with ABC edging out NBC in total households.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: More than 36,000 households requested 67,000 coupons for DTV-to-analog converter boxes.