Andrea Chang

The majority of teenagers who use social networking websites say their peers are mostly kind to one another online, but 88 percent still say they've witnessed people being mean and cruel on such sites, according to a new study.

COMMERCE, Calif. -- At Citadel Outlets, the sounds of jackhammering and the whir of electric drills are as common these days as a can't-miss deal.

The City of Commerce shopping center has been in expansion mode, building a wing last fall that brought 36 stores and an additional 152,000 square feet to the mall. Construction workers are currently putting the finishing touches on half a dozen more stores, including Coach Factory Store and Not Your Daughter's Jeans, and getting ready to build another wing that is slated to open by the holiday season next year.

At a time when the rest of the retail landscape is still in recovery mode, a rising star has emerged: the outlet mall.

LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge ordered toy giant Mattel Inc. to pay bitter rival MGA Entertainment Inc. more than $309 million in damages, fees and other costs in the long-running dispute over the billion-dollar Bratz doll line and rejected Mattel's bid for a new trial.

LOS ANGELES -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s first-quarter profit rose more than expected, but an important measure of U.S. sales fell again and the discount giant issued a muted outlook for the second quarter.