Retailers report dismal December sales - Buffalo News
Retailers across the country reported dismal sales figures for December on Thursday, but retailers in Western New York are hoping to buck that trend. Though Western New York retailers have not released official numbers, local malls expect to fare ...
Expect falling retail prices - Traverse City Record-Eagle
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismal sales figures for the holiday shopping season are probably a sign of worse to come for merchants in 2009 -- not only more sharp discounts and cheaper groceries but probably fewer stores. Holiday spending was so anemic that ...
Macy's will shutter 11 stores in 9 states - Traverse City Record-Eagle
NEW YORK (AP) -- Department-store operator Macy's Inc. said Thursday it will close 11 underperforming stores in nine states -- affecting 960 employees -- and lowered its forecast for the fourth quarter after one of the weakest holiday seasons in ...
Stocks react to Wal-Mart - Detroit News
NEW YORK -- A profit warning from Wal-Mart Thursday touched off fresh worries about consumers' willingness to spend, and stocks fluctuated after an early sharp decline. The Dow fell 27.24, or 0.31 percent, to 8,742.46. The nation's largest retailer ...
US couple go sailing and end up in a Cuban prison - Taipei Times
Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba ¡X especially not in jail. They were forced to wade ashore in the communist nation shortly before Christmas when the boat they were sailing around the Caribbean crashed ...
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