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Outlook for holiday shopping improves
Dec 13 2006 6:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The holiday shopping season may not be so bad after all. Consumers came surging back into stores in November, revving retail sales at the fastest pace in four months. The 1 percent increase reported by the Commerce Department on Wednesday was far above the 0.1 percent rise that many analysts had expected.
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Business inventories rise in October
Dec 13 2006 10:06AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The amount of business inventories rose by 0.4 percent in October, the largest increase since August, the government reported Wednesday.
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