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Heather Freeman has been a waitress at TGI Fridays in Pittsburgh for almost a decade now, and used to love working during the holidays. Big parties would come in, she says, and usually be generous with their tips. Even when the economy worsened and diners grew less magnanimous, there was the auto-gratuity, which allowed her to simply add an 18 perc...

US stocks rose on Friday, pushing the Dow and the S&P 500 to record levels and setting the benchmark index up to score its fourth weekly advance over the past five.

Retailers including Wal-Mart, Best-Buy and Target are teaming up to create a company that will give customers another way to make purchases with their cellphones.

Heather Freeman has been a waitress at TGI Fridays in Pittsburgh for almost a decade now, and used to love working during the holidays. Big parties would come in, she says, and usually be generous with their tips. Even when the economy worsened and diners grew less magnanimous, there was the auto-gratuity, which allowed her to simply add an 18 perc...

US stocks rose on Friday, pushing the Dow and the S&P 500 to record levels and setting the benchmark index up to score its fourth weekly advance over the past five.

Retailers including Wal-Mart, Best-Buy and Target are teaming up to create a company that will give customers another way to make purchases with their cellphones.