For decades, shoppers have taken advantage of coupons. Now, the coupons are taking advantage of the shoppers. A new breed of coupon, printed from the Internet or sent to mobile phones, is packed with ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- On the Internet, nothing travels faster than a tip on how to score a bargain. Especially in an economic downturn. With online retail sales falling this month for the first time, ...

For decades, shoppers have taken advantage of coupons. Now, the coupons are taking advantage of the shoppers. A new breed of coupon, printed from the Internet or sent to mobile phones, is packed with ...

A recent story in the New York Times about “Web coupons” tells how the massive, under-the-radar data mining industry just hammered one of the last nails into the coffin of online "privacy". In case ...