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Consumer confidence, home sales rise

AT&T offers concessions to FCC in BellSouth deal

Venture Capital: Angels like capturing mail at the post office

Industry discovers low cost of Washington State heartland

Inside Entrepreneurship: Use your head, not your heart, when kids need business loan

Startup uses 3-D technology to improve Net photo search

Web provides places to re-gift gift cards

Blogosphere is buzzing: What's up with Jobster?

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Sandwiches stay at top of food chain

Online Shoppers Overwhelm iTunes Store

Holiday retail sales fall short

Petsmart unleashes profit by adding lodging to stores

Hollywood, Orlando parks cut trans fats

Spokane economy diversifying

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Gift cards are sirens' lure for teen girls

Verizon opens `Experience' stores to push fiber service

Stores lure post-holiday buyers

Rage-worn retail staff seek crisis counseling

Company that specializes in taking a lot off the top

Firm resolutions from local pros

Small Businesses Fight Fickle Rules

Cedar restaurant a legacy of dedication

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Working at home cuts costs for local businesses

Ma Bell is calling again, with a big voice

Personalized Bobbleheads Getting a Nod

Pro skateboarders ramp up apparel firm's appeal

An Economy of Extremes

Rush at End, but Holiday Sales Fall Short

Coffeehouses as Fashion Boutiques; Selling Cachet by the Cup

I’m Elite and You’re Not

Verizon to Allow Ads on Its Mobile Phones

Media giants struggle for digital growth

New Internet Explorer will give the green light to some commerce sites

Background checks for Web sites create barrier for new businesses

Small Business: Resolution? They'll pay more attention

Retail Notebook: Shop helps pedestrians stride in style

West of Washington state's mainland finds new niche in people

Seattle shouldn't disregard the Other Washington

Old lumber builds niche

Not-So-Happy Returns

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Consumers boost buying during holidays

Microsoft Extends Xbox Warranty

Retail technology exposition to be added to Chicago show

Toys target the faithful

Stores add hours, deepen discounts

Inside Entrepreneurship: It's good business to do good deeds

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No stop to the shopping

Need a place to hide gifts? Some rent a 'Santa Closet'

Retailers try to keep shoppers calm

TV 'bundles' now easier for phone companies

A Taste of Cuba in California

This Season, Retailers Play Up the 'Gift' in Gift Card

Retailers get personal with blogs from inside

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Investment firm to pick up American Apparel chain

Will late shoppers save day?

Selling karma, hoping for a positive return

Firms may get some relief from audit rules

Google Steps More Boldly Into PayPal’s Territory

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Time is running out

Wholesale prices surge in November by largest amount in 32 years

Mountain Home's Idaho Wrecker Sales builds custom tow trucks, markets unique equipment

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Moving the Mail

Retailers uncertain how merry Christmas will be

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2 Forsyth businesses put up big displays for holidays

Companies offer holiday decor help

Retailers sold on exclusives

Window shopping on the web

Coach loves 2nd career as clubmaker

Owner of exercise equipment company brings 20 years of fitness experience to his customers

It's the busiest time of the year for shipping companies

Retail Notebook: A stockbroker and a techie get artsy

Inside Entrepreneurship: Target your efforts to the appropriate VCs

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Retail worries? Not so fast

Sony sticking to PlayStation 3 shipment target, president says

Few airlines = high fares?

Tiny helicopter hot new gift item

Three Nampans open store that offers affordable home decor

Surf and talk for free at the mall

Kosher foods catching on with non-Jews too

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Retail sales surge in November

Macy's reaching out to lure former Field's shoppers

Asian electronics giants hit by LCD price-fixing investigation

Price cuts hurt Best Buy

Holiday season has been a wild ride for Nintendo

Local knitting shop’s heartwarming yarn

Crafting a close-knit community

Two ways to get phone tax refund

Seattle-area retailers giving back year-round

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Online retailers sweeten offers

Alisa Driscoll's Pitotubes are featured in People magazine and will be on a cable show

Retailers begin sales push for last-minute shoppers

XMission adopts new strategy

Denny's to eliminate trans fats from menu

Out of frying pan, into fryer

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Chicago heart of word-of-mouth ads

Zillow lets users put up virtual `for sale' signs

Microsoft touts its rearranged Office

Hosiery sales sag with drift to casual

A holiday whiteout for stores

Office gifts from bland to bizarre

Kosher food brand is branching out

Online Swindlers Shift Focus to Smaller Retailers

Buyers have their say

Big retailers bite into impulse buys

Retail Notebook: Positive messages blanket nation

Small Business: It's time to make 2006 tax projections

Vista: There's more to like than dislike

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Wards name gets new lease on life

Chinese company sweeps up Hoover

Consumers cut borrowing

Jewelers stress they do not sell blood diamonds

Inside Entrepreneurship: Tackle that mountain of 'due diligence' work

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Sears' flagship store to house Web center

Must-have gifts: Finding them may be this holiday's mission impossible

Partnership's goal: help moms worldwide build business, home

The Tricky Etiquette of Business Gifts

Mall eases parking crunch by offering shuttle service

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Satellite radio stations face reality, merger

On Internet2, innovating at higher speed

An all-service help desk

Consumers hold out for bargains

Firm puts profit to good work

A Logan-based company's equipment integrates exercise with entertainment

Malls urged to add amenities and diversify

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NYC Bans Trans Fats From Eateries

Consumers `procrastinate' on holiday shopping

Designer line fails to ignite Gap sales

Yahoo says online ad sales rising from all industries

Tesco looking at 300 sites for grocery stores

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Salon operator eager to build clientele

Food brokers promote new products

Starbucks cashes in on card's success

Michigan firms may get tax cut

Novena candles good business for California

Old-fashioned catalogs still draw customers in Internet age

Wal-Mart Says Thank You to Workers

Retail Notebook: Now, one-stop shopping for Fantagraphics fans

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Stores struggle to fill holiday jobs

An iPod- and hype-free guide to Internet shopping

New Rules Compel Firms to Track E-Mails

Retail sales merrier at higher-end stores

McDonald's new oil might be late

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