Posts Tagged ‘holiday’
Holiday sales fa-la-la-la from boffo
The final Christmas tally from retail trade group the National Retail Federation showed a 4.1% increase in holiday sales, slightly more than expected.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
IN THE end, Christmas sales were ho-ho-hum.
The final Christmas tally from retail trade group the National Retail Federation showed a 4.1% increase in holiday sales, slightly more than expected.
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Last-minute holiday shopping gives lift in finale (AP)
AP – Last-minute shoppers gave merchants a solid lift during the final week before Christmas, a mall trade group said Wednesday.
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Holiday season gives birth to new shoppers (AP)
AP – Four new types of American shoppers have emerged this holiday season.
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NORAD Santa trackers having record holiday (AP)
AP – Santa’s piling up more than presents this year. The big man’s trackers at NORAD say Santa Claus also broke records this Christmas Eve.
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Tax cut survives: Congress votes holiday approval (AP)
AP – Barely beating Santa’s sleigh, Congress delivered a last-minute holiday tax-cut extension to 160 million American wage-earners on Friday, just when it looked like they and millions of unemployed workers were going to be left with coal in their stockings.
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Holiday showdown over payroll tax tests Obama, GOP (AP)
AP – Stuck in a stalemate, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are slugging it out in Washington rather than reaching for a holiday season accord to prevent payroll taxes from going up on 160 million workers.
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Negative ads mix with holiday cheer in Iowa (AP)
AP – Iowa residents flipping their TV channels this season aren’t finding a whole lot of Christmas cheer. A barrage of negative campaign ads is flooding the airwaves, with ghoulish images of Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi crowding Santa and doomsday music drowning out holiday song.
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