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NEW YORK — American shoppers, taking advantage of deep discounts and tax-free holidays, opened up their wallets a little more for back-to-school spending, giving retailers surprisingly solid gains for ...
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Retail sales, pending home sales rise, but economy still shows weakness (9:50 a.m.) - Las Cruces Sun-NewsNEW YORK: American shoppers, taking advantage of deep discounts and tax-free holidays, opened up their wallets a little more for back-to-school spending, giving retailers surprisingly solid gains for ...
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Discounts spur surprising August retail sales gains - Akron Beacon JournalThe weak US economy got a little lift on Thursday with new data suggesting companies aren't pursuing mass layoffs and stores are a little busier. New applications for unemployment benefits declined for a second ...
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US jobless claims down, retail sales up - Skynews.comA study published in the scientific journal Addiction argues that privatising Sweden's government monopoly on the sale of alcohol will significantly increase alcohol-related violence and other harms ...
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Study Finds Privatizing Sweden's Retail Alcohol Sales Will Increase Alcohol ... - Medical News TodayThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued new rules for the retail foreign exchange market, The Wall Street Journal reports. The rules set up new regulatory requirements for firms that deal in retail ...
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CFTC Unveils Retail FX Rules - Emii.comThe hullabaloo over plans by French retail giant Carrefour to wind up its operations in Malaysia as well as in Singapore and Thailand should not detract attention from the fact that there is a tectonic shift in the ...
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Carrefour's move is symptomatic of retail's tectonic shift to India - FreshPlazaHere's a comparison of August revenue, this year and last, at stores in selected chains that have been open at least a year. The comparison is a key indicator of a retailer's health because it excludes the effects of ...
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August revenue comparisons for major chains - AP - msnbc.comTORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 29 percent on stronger retail banking profits and credit quality, while smaller Laurentian Bank of Canada posted a 5 ...
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WRAPUP 1-Retail operations boost TD Bank, Laurentian - CNN MoneyWASHINGTON — U.S. federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year. The Food and Drug ...
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U.S. FDA looks to curb abuse of cough medicine - CTVNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks eked out slight gains Thursday as better-than-expected readings on housing and retail sales provided some encouragement, but investors awaited Friday's jobs data ...
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