U.S. magazine sales at newsstands and other retailers dropped 10 percent in the second half of 2011, a sign that Americans are still careful about discretionary spending and impulse purchases. (www.newsvine.com)

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Toyota raised its annual profit forecast Tuesday despite a 13.5 percent decline in the quarter ended in December that followed production cutbacks in the aftermath of Japan’s tsunami. (feeds.nytimes.com)

Retail sales in U.K. stores that have been open for at least a year fell in January, and at the second-fastest rate for the first month of the year since records began in 1995, according to the British Retail Consortium's monthly survey. (feeds.wsjonline.com)