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An e-mail from target after the massive security breach, be careful about scammers. they may try to send you a fake e-mail that looks similar to the real e-mail from target to steal your information. a few things you can do, check out target's corporate website for more information. check your credit report and bank statements. this morning, russian security forces have begun anti-terrorist operations not far from the olympic games. these concerns grow. some 40,000 russian officers are being put into place just two weeks before the opening ceremonies get underway. many worry that's not enough....

Cyber monday. that's up 15% from last year. >> okay. target.com, they've been advertising that over 100,000 items are going to be on sale. those deals going live in the middle of the night. is there an advantage to shoppers who stay up late or set their alarm for 2:30 in the morning and get up and shop then? >> the only advice i would give there is if you are planning to buy big-ticket items, those are items or making purchases of over $50. at target, if you're not buying anything over $50, you're not going to get free shipping. it's almost a moot point to get up early and go ahead and spend w...

Welcome back. minding your business, the tech heavy nasdaq might be headed for a lower open after we learn that pc sales plummeted in the first three months of the year. taiwan based acer saw a decline. hewlett-packard pc shipments dropped 24%. overall, pc shipments, dropped. idc blames tablets for disrupting the pc markets and microsoft windows 8 getting a weak reception from customers. target reportedly renaming some sandals for sale on website. the sandals are called orina, russian ward for peaceful. problem is in spanish orina means urine. the sandals sold from a supply company brand has...

Something nice coming from target.com. they have five of these around the country. between black friday and cyber monday they processed in this facility alone over 300,000 orders. that's five times what they would get on a normal weekend. it is growth from a year ago. here's the thing, what analysts are finding is that retailers who are able to get you to buy both in the store and online find that those consumers generally spend more. so they're not shopping at one oor the other. they're spending more at both this is one advantage that retailers like target and walmart have over amazon. amazon...

it is september 14th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live this morning from new york. thanks for waking up with us. nearly one in six americans are now living in poverty. that's according to a new report from the census bureau. it's a gut check on where we stand in the wake of the recession. here are the raw numbers from the government. 46.2 million lived in poverty in 2010. that's over 15% of the population, the highest level since 1993. for a family of four, the poverty line is just over $22,000 a year. some advocates for the poor say that bar is w...