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Jack Ma Yun, chairman of Alibaba Group, reacts during the 2015 Tmall 11.11 Global Shopping Festival gala in Beijing. Shoppers spent nearly 8 billion USD in the first 10 hours of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's "Singles Day" event on Wednesday, the firm said(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Singles Day online shopping spree in China
The world's biggest one-day shopping spree could bring in up to $11 billion in sales on Wednesday. The event known in China as Singles Day kicked off at midnight and generated more than $3 billion in its first 30 minutes, reported online retailer Alibaba,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>which created the event six years ago. "It’s literally a 24-hour orgy of consumption,” said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>author and consultant Michael Zakkour. Singles Day sales in China are expected to be bigger than Black Friday weekend and Cyber Monday combined.
Workers sort out parcels at a sorting center of an express delivery company Monday, one day ahead of the online shopping festival in Beijing known as Singles' Day.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: WU HONG, EPA)
43 Chipotle stores reopening after E. coli outbreak
Chipotle fans in the Pacific Northwest are getting their restaurant back. Forty-three of the stores will begin to reopen Wednesday after an E. coli outbreak shuttered stores for nearly two weeks. More than three dozen customers were sickened after eating at 11 of the fast/casual restaurants, but all<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the locations<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Oregon and Washington were shut down. They've all<span style="color: Red;">*</span>had deep cleanings and will reopen with fresh ingredients, Chipotle said.
People walk past a Chipotle Mexican Grill store location in downtown Portland on November 3, 2015 in Portland, Oregon. Chipotle Mexican Grill is set to reopen more than 40 restaurants that were shuttered in an E. coli outbreak.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Steve Dykes, Getty Images)
Veterans and military members get freebies on Veterans Day<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
As thanks for their service, veterans,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>active military members<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and, in some cases, their family members<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will get freebies and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>deals around the country at various national chains on Wednesday. Promotions include a free haircut at Great Clips, a free tall<span style="color: Red;">*</span>brewed coffee from Starbucks, and free food from places like Outback,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hooters and Applebees.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Here's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>an extended list of deals.
American flag.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Jupiterimages, Getty Images/Creatas RF)
Storm sends<span style="color: Red;">*</span>snow and possible tornadoes to central U.S.
A powerful storm is forecast to deliver a wild mix of both wintry and severe weather to the central U.S. on Wednesday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Blizzard conditions are possible in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the National Weather Service said.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>To the east and south of the wintry weather, a severe weather outbreak is forecast for the Plains and Mississippi Valley, with the biggest threat in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>eastern Nebraska, central and southern Iowa, and northern Missouri into Illinois.
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The national weather forecast for Wednesday, November 11, 2015 calls for morning snow in parts of the Rockies and western Nebraska, showers and thunderstorms in the Mississippi River Valley, and showers exiting New England. VPC
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