Back to School

Chinese manufacturer Lenovo has overtaken US-based Hewlett-Packard as the largest global vendor of personal computers, according to a survey Wednesday highlighting a struggling PC market.

Syria's academic year officially started on Sunday, according to officials, but most schools remained closed in flashpoint areas including Aleppo as fighting raged between rebels and the army.

Thousands of protesters held a rally in Hong Kong Saturday in a final push to force the government to scrap Chinese patriotism lessons before the start of a new school year.

Singer Lady Gaga's partnership with Office Depot 'endangers the welfare of children,' Linda Harvey has said. Singer Lady Gaga's partnership with Office Depot ?endangers the welfare of children,? Linda Harvey has said. Last month, Office Depot announced it will donate at least $1 million to support Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, which works to end bullying in schools. The office supply chain pledged to donate twenty-five percent of the sales of limited edition products for back-to-school to the Born This Way Foundation, with a guaranteed donation of $1 million this year. The products ? which include pens, gift cards and Post-It notes ? include the Born This Way Foundation logo along with one of six messages: ?Be Brave,? ?Be Amazing,? ?Be Yourself,? ?Be Kind,? ?Be Accepting,? and ?Be Involved.? (Related: Office Depot donates $1 million to Lady Gaga's anti-bullying group.) Harvey, the founder of the Columbus, Ohio-based Mission America and a frequent contributor to the conservative

Office Depot has announced it will donate at least $1 million to support Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. Office Depot has announced it will donate at least $1 million to support Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. The office supply chain has partnered with the non-profit dedicated to ending bullying to produce several limited-edition products for back-to-school ? including $20 empowerment gift cards, ?Kindness Sticks? Post-It notes and Sharpie pens ? each featuring the Born This Way Foundation logo. Twenty-five percent of the sales of these limited edition products will be donated to the Born This Way Foundation, with a guaranteed donation of $1 million this year. ?Office Depot is a place that brings together students as well as their families and teachers, who play such an important role in inspiring and supporting today's youth,? said Cynthia Germanotta, president of Born This Way Foundation and Lady Gaga's mother. ?With Office Depot's support, we will empower millions of you

US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke is going back to school: the Fed said Thursday he will lead a series of university classes on the US central bank in Washington in March.

Not content with owning a basketball team, studying business and making wine, China's former NBA superstar Yao Ming has now become the youngest -- and tallest -- legislative advisor in Shanghai.

(Reuters) - Brisk back-to-school shopping benefited many U.S. retailers in September, with strong sales growth at chains from Kohl's Corp to Nordstrom Inc suggesting optimism for the holiday season.

(Reuters) - Brisk back-to-school shopping benefited many U.S. retailers in September, with strong sales growth at chains from Kohl's Corp to Nordstrom Inc suggesting optimism for the holiday season.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shoppers hunting for back-to-school deals gave a nice boost to U.S. discount chains in September, though the rocky stock market and economic malaise may have curbed some people's desire to spend more.

A 78-year-old Bulgarian man started off the new school year on Thursday like hundreds of children a fraction of his age ... in first grade.

Turkmenistan gave away thousands of free Chinese-made laptops to first-grade students who will start school this year, a source in the ministry of education told AFP on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene sent east coast shoppers into stores to stock up on essentials this week, instead of the clothes, notebooks and other supplies that retailers were counting on selling as parents prepare to send their children back to school.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Staples Inc <SPLS.O> reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on currency benefits and better sales to its business customers in North America, prompting the largest U.S. office supply chain to raise its profit outlook.

SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) - Orders for Micron Technology Inc's <MU.O> NAND memory chips are holding up despite growing economic uncertainty, thanks to strong demand from manufacturers making tablets and solid-state drives, a senior executive at the chipmaker said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The struggling U.S. economy is beginning to take its toll on shipping companies which should be seeing a big boost from their peak season but instead find retailers delaying decisions about how much to import.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Arkansans shopped until they dropped on Saturday, braving temperatures deep into the triple-digits to take advantage of the state's first sales tax holiday weekend.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Arkansans shopped until they dropped on Saturday, braving temperatures deep into the triple-digits to take advantage of the state's first sales tax holiday weekend.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deep discounts and the warmest July weather in decades brought U.S. shoppers to malls, helping many retail chains report healthy monthly sales increases.