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Nordstrom racks up big gain in digital sales

Amazon isn't the only online shopping king based in Seattle. It looks like you can add fellow Seattle native Nordstrom to the list of retailers that have figured out how to sell things over the internet. Lots of things.

Amazon profit tops $2 billion for the first time

Amazon topped $2 billion in quarterly profit for the first time in its history, an impressive run fueled by continued growth in Prime subscriptions, cloud computing and its nascent advertising business.

College grads from the Great Recession feel left behind

Nearly a decade after graduating from Michigan State University, Jake Rubin has a good job at a consulting firm and owns a condo in Long Beach, California. Yet, he can't shake the feeling that he'd be doing even better had he not graduated during the Great Recession.

More red ink from Sears

Sears on Thursday reported another massive loss, extending its string of bad financial news that goes back seven years.