Ikea to charge U.S. customers for plastic bags
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Sweden's IKEA will charge U.S. customers five cents for disposable plastic shopping bags in what the international furniture giant said on Wednesday was a first step to ending their use altogether.
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NEW YORK - American consumers will be bearing the cost of safer toys, but not until after this year's Christmas season.
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US queries about how Japan and the European Union will sanction American imports were resolved today, paving the way for retaliation against a US law that has handed $750 million in customs levies to companies since 2001.
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Apple will soon announce steps to  resolve European Commission charges that its iTunes stores  broke EU rules by setting prices country by country in Europe,  people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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The European Union's executive arm  will rule on Wednesday that MasterCard's  method of  charging fees for international purchases violates EU antitrust  rules, a source familiar with the situation said.
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The San Diego-based maker of data storage products said in a statement that it plans to cut 145 regular and temporary personnel worldwide, and will incur restructuring charges of between $5 million and $7 million.
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The United States said it will file  on Wednesday a World Trade Organization complaint over what it  called "unfair" European subsidies to aircraft manufacturer  Airbus, the European rival of U.S.-based Boeing.
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MasterCard  has six months to change its fee structure for international card transactions or face daily fines, according to an EU ruling that retailers said would save consumers billions of euros a year.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on  Friday it would push its suppliers to cut the amount of  packaging used in products sold through the world's largest  retailer, a move the company said will save it $3.4 billion.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on  Thursday it will charge less than $700 for two multimedia  desktop personal computer bundles from PC maker Dell Inc.   that it plans to start selling next month.
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Blog: Bans on plastic bags are forcing shoppers to find other ways to carry goods and gadgets home.
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TORONTO (CP) - Ontario residents will likely have to pay more for their televisions, computers and electronic gadgets under a recycling plan now under development.
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The United States will on Wednesday  file a complaint at the World Trade Organization over what it  called "unfair" European Union subsidies to aircraft  manufacturer Airbus.
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Supermarkets that use their size to force down prices will be penalised under new plan
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Texas proposal would force vendors to accept and recycle used equipment.
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Once a flimsy afterthought in American retailing, the lowly, free store bag is undergoing a luxurious makeover.
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The Bush administration said Friday it would comply with a World Trade Organization that penalizes some U.S. exports even as it tries to get Congress to change the law that prompted the sanctions.