The U.S. economy added more jobs in January than in any month since early last year, pushing down the jobless rate to a level not seen since Obama's first full month in office. (feeds.wsjonline.com)

Walmart is finally opening the kimono. After decades of zealously guarding its sales data as top secret, the world’s biggest retailer has begun to make it available — most recently in a deal yesterday with NPD Group, a market-research firm based in Port Washington, LI. The tie-up, which follows similar... (www.nypost.com)

Hugh Pickens writes "PC Magazine reports that Ting, a new reseller of Sprint's voice, 3G and WiMax services, has a new approach to mobile pricing that lets customers buy minutes, messages, and data separately, and allows households to pool them to an unlimited number of phones and data devices on one account. 'Household data plans are the next ste... (rss.slashdot.org)