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Online retailers see 'Cyber Monday' boost; more data shows Friday surge at stores fizzled fast
AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Like their counterparts at the malls, online merchants finally got some relief with the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, spurred by a bevy of deals and free shipping offers. But the stronger-than-expected bump in online...Tags: Game Playing, Economy, Computing and Information Technology, E-Commerce Industry, Consumers
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Meet the '13 - Fear Is Real' Brave Souls
Zap2It.comOne way to conquer your fears is to face them, but on the new CW show, a few brave souls will fail trying. A musician, model, bartender and hotel concierge are just a few of the lucky 13 contestants who will face their deepest fears on "13 - Fear Is...Tags: Major League Baseball, Saw IV (movie), Consumer Electronics Industry, Depression, Massacres
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Residents' Nutcrackers on display at library
Forum Publishing GroupFour hundred nutcrackers collected over the past 20 years have made their way around the Delray Beach Public Library as part of a display loaned by Delray Beach residents Phil Friedman and Emmanuel Bulaclac. "They're normally on display at home, but...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Delray Beach
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Retailers shift focus to Cyber Monday shoppers
The Associated PressThe Thanksgiving shopping weekend may not have been the disaster some had feared, but unprecedented discounts and tempered buying likely resulted in overall soft sales as a buying binge on Friday quickly fizzled. Now, online retailers are ramping up deals...Tags: Dillard's Incorporated, Long Island, Game Playing, Computing and Information Technology, E-Commerce Industry
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Shoppers head to the Web for deals
The Associated PressRetailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as Cyber Monday to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping. But after weeks of already heavy...Tags: Sales, Computing and Information Technology, E-Commerce Industry, Black Friday (shopping), Thanksgiving
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Decorator turns Dubuque theater into holiday site
Telegraph HeraldRegulars on the crew at Dubuque's Bell Tower Theater know they'd better keep moving. Otherwise, Jim Meyer is likely to decorate them. Meyer grins and shrugs when he hears the joke, even after hearing it many times before. "You either got it or you...Tags: Easter, Christmas, Religious Festivals, Sailing, Halloween
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Model train show staged at Pembroke Pines school
South Florida Sun-SentinelThere were trains everywhere you looked. The cafeteria at the Pembroke Pines Charter School Central Campus was recently filled with model trains for a show sponsored by the Florida Citrus Model Train Society. Model trains of every scale and type...Tags: Hallandale Beach, Radio Industry, Pompano Beach, Government, Passenger Cars
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World markets retreat after last week's rally, modest start to US holiday shopping season
AP Business WriterSEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ Asian and European markets fell Monday as investors paused after last week's rally and digested signs that the U.S. holiday shopping season got off to a modest start over the Thanksgiving weekend. The declines came despite gains...Tags: New York Mercantile Exchange, Economy, Foreign Exchange Market, Black Friday (shopping), Exports
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LI shoppers are out and about in the malls, but watching their budgets
keiko.morris@newsday.com, emi.endo@newsday.comVeteran Black Friday shoppers and many new to the early-bird ritual launched the official holiday shopping season Friday, with the usual late night and pre-dawn lines outside of Long Island stores and shopping centers ranging from Roosevelt Field in...Tags: Long Island, Toy Industry, Black Friday (shopping), Consumers, Electronics
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Senior spotlight:Lois McLean
Special to the SentinelAge: 68. Family: I have three sons and three grandchildren. Where I live and for how long: Clermont for 11 years. Defining moment: When I moved to San Francisco. I lived my whole life in Pittsburgh. I moved to San Francisco at 46. It was a big change....Tags: Clermont
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Shopping beats sleeping on Black Friday
247-4741As Americans were huddled all warm in their beds, visions of discount computers danced in Sherie Ban's head. "When it got to 12 o'clock (midnight), I was like, 'I so don't want to do this. I just want to go home and lay in my bed,'" said Ban, who started...Tags: Black Friday (shopping), Thanksgiving, Electronics, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Consumer Electronics Industry
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Early Data Show Strong Post-Thanksgiving Sales
Associated PressThe holiday shopping season got off to a surprisingly solid start, according to data released Saturday by a research firm. But the sales boost during the post-Thanksgiving shopathon came at the expense of profits as the nation's retailers had to slash...Tags: Sales, Thanksgiving, Consumers, Macy's, JC Penney Company Incorporated
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