Google Inc. may be near signing a lease for what would be its first-ever U.S. retail location, Crain's New York Business reported Monday, citing unnamed "retail experts." The store would be located in New York City's SoHo neighborhood, with a second report from VentureBeat noting the 8,000-square-foot property is down the street from Apple Inc.'s own SoHo outlet. Google launched its first Android store in the Australian city of Melbourne in 2011 and also runs shops in Europe, VentureBeat said. Neither report was confirmed by Google. Source: www.marketwatch.com