Posts Tagged ‘friday’

Sharp elbows: Shoppers scuffle on Black Friday (AP)

Early bird shoppers watch a Harry Potter movie being shown on a giant screen outside the Best Buy store in Mayfield Hts., Ohio while waiting for the doors to open at midnight on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP – A shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the U.S. as bargain-hunters crowded stores in an earlier-than-usual start to the madness known as Black Friday.


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Black Friday trading: Stocks take dip to end worst week since September

Stocks are closing lower in light trading, ending the worst week for the Dow Jones industrial average since late September.

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Black Friday trading higher, stocks get boost despite Europe’s debt crisis 

Stocks are edging higher in early trading Friday. But major indexes are still poised to end their worst week since September.

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Shoppers hunt Black Friday bargains on Thursdayr 

Bargain hunters flooded stores across the city Thursday night and Friday morning as the biggest shopping day of the year got under way. Prospective purchasers barely had time to let their Thanksgiving turkey digest before heading to the stores.

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Black Friday MADNESS: Wal-Mart shopper pepper sprays crowd to get deal, 20 injured 

Black Friday took an ugly turn at a Los Angeles Wal-Mart when a female shopper -desperate to get her hands on discounted electronics-pepper sprayed a crowd to keep them away from the merchandise she wanted.

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Earlier deals, longer hours woo Friday shoppers (AP)

A customer rides an escalator while shopping in the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton)AP – Move over turkey — it’s time to shop.


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Occupy protesters take aim at Black Friday

Protesters are planning to Occupy Black Friday by hosting a series of demonstrations across the country, including an anti-fur rally at Macy’s Herald Square in Manhattan.

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