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Holiday sales off to a lukewarm start
Nov 26 2005 9:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The official holiday shopping season appears to have gotten off to a lukewarm start, according to results announced Saturday by a national research group that monitors retail sales. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was one bright spot in the crowd, reporting its sales exceeded expectations.
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Slow sales intensify pressure on GM
Nov 26 2005 9:51PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Despite a new round of discount offers, November will likely be another disappointing month for sales and profitability at General Motors Corp., intensifying pressure on the world's largest carmaker to speed up or expand the job cuts and plant closings it announced this week.
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How powerful is the Federal Reserve?
Nov 26 2005 9:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The mighty Federal Reserve. It's more powerful than a ballooning housing market, able to stop inflation in a single bound. And, if it slips, if it uses its super powers unwisely, if it goes too far, it could push the economy into recession with just a nudge of its pinkie.
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Dispute over, crab fishermen head to sea
Nov 26 2005 8:39PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Crab fishermen prepared to head out to sea Saturday after resolving a price dispute with seafood processors that delayed the commercial harvest of Central California's Dungeness crab for almost two weeks.
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Draft for WTO summit includes big gaps
Nov 26 2005 7:54PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The WTO's top official laid out a draft for next month's Hong Kong summit, underscoring just how much work needed to be done to salvage even a watered-down agreement.
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Holiday sales off to a luke warm start
Nov 26 2005 7:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The official holiday shopping season appears to have gotten off to a luke warm start, according to results announced Saturday by a national research group that monitors retail sales. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was one bright spot in the crowd, reporting its sales exceeded expectations.
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Wal-Mart sees better-than expected sales
Nov 26 2005 5:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s deep discounting and expanded hours on Friday, the start of the holiday shopping season, appeared to have paid off.
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Restaurant owners to sell to Trump
Nov 26 2005 2:43PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Eight years after battling with The Donald over his development plants, the owners of a small mom-and-pop restaurant near Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino are cashing in their chips.
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