Short Take: Target, E*Trade launch joint site
Stock-trading services are coming to the masses. Target, the retail chain where shoppers can find anything from toasters and home furniture to back-to-school clothes, has launched a Web site and promotion with online brokerage E*Trade. Visitors to the new Web site who open an E*Trade account with $1,000 will receive a $100 gift card for Target, which has 942 stores.
Stock-trading services are coming to the masses. Target, the retail chain where shoppers can find anything from toasters and home furniture to back-to-school clothes, has launched a Web site and promotion with online brokerage E*Trade. Visitors to the new Web who open an E*Trade account with $1,000 will receive a $100 gift card for Target, which has 942 stores.