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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: Taubman Centers Incorporated, Company Information, Sales, E-Commerce Industry, Consumers
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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: Taubman Centers Incorporated, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Company Information, Sales, Dillard's Incorporated
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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: Financial Markets, Sales, Petroleum Industry, Stock Activities, Foreign Exchange Market
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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: Employees, Sailing, Religious Festivals, Christmas, Halloween
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NY officials warn awareness when shopping online
The New York state Consumer Protection Board warns consumers to be wary about providing personal information when shopping online this holiday season. Nielson Online, a consumer research company, says online holiday shopping will spike this year because...Tags: Theft, E-Commerce Industry, Consumers
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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, Halloween, Vehicles, National Government
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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: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, McDonald's, Riverhead (Riverhead, New York), Toys, Religious Festivals
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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: Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Consumer Electronics Industry, Thanksgiving, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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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, Consumers, Macy's, JC Penney Company Incorporated, Thanksgiving
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Calling Intellectually Active Adults
Special to The CourantAn increasing number of baby boomers are heading back to college — this time to live in 55-and-older "active adult" housing developments built on or near college campuses. About two dozen or so university-based retirement communities' in New...Tags: George Mason, Cornell University, University of Florida, National Government, Dining and Drinking
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They're free to play
Special to NewsdayThe days where parents shooed their school-age kids outside unsupervised to roam their suburban neighborhoods in search of adventure are mostly gone. The frenetic schedules of today's children - full of activities, from soccer clinics to science camps -...Tags: Homes, State Budgets, Family, Long Island Rail Road, Clubs and Associations
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