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Holiday season off to a modest start
NEW YORK - The Thanksgiving shopping weekend doesn't appear to have been the disaster some had feared, but tempered buying and unprecedented deep discounts likely resulted in soft sales. Now, online retailers are ramping up heavy-duty deals to turn skittish shoppers into "Cyber Monday" spenders.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-12-01
For stores, the holiday season may already be over
NEW YORK - The holiday shopping season begins Friday with a blitz of early morning specials. For some merchants, though, it's practically over already.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 Global Recession Source:(AP)
2008-11-27
New Yorkers trying to save historic Tin Pan Alley
NEW YORK - A group of New Yorkers is fighting to save Tin Pan Alley, the half-dozen row houses where iconic American songs were born.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-11-08
Scientists Grow Bigger, Better Diamonds
If you thought that rock on the ring in the window of Tiffany's was big and beautiful, the diamonds treated in labs with a newly-developed method will really blow you away.
2008-10-27
Lesotho mine yields one of world's largest diamonds
LONDON (Reuters) - Miners in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho have found one of the world's largest diamonds, a near-flawless white gem weighing nearly 500 carats, mining group Gem Diamonds said on Sunday.
Nations:Lesotho South Africa Source:(Reuters)
2008-09-21
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