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More money! Powerball pot at $550 million; California may soon join
Just as Powerball officials announced that the record multistate jackpot has swelled to $550 million, dejected Californians may soon have a chance to get in on the game---albeit not in time for the big Wednesday night drawing. At their Thursday meeting,...
Tags: Dunkin' Donuts Coffee, Lotto, Mega Millions Lottery, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries
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Onion to People's Daily: 'Exemplary reportage' on 'sexiest man'
The Onion declared North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un the "Sexiest Man Alive," and People's Daily said yes, yes he is. The Chinese state news outlet missed the point entirely, which media everywhere gleefully pointed out. "The Onion dupes again," said U....
Tags: Dunkin' Donuts Coffee, Black Friday (shopping), Garrison Keillor, Onions, North Korea
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Phoenix-area residents squawking about backyard chicken coops
Proponents call themselves an underground society of backyard chicken owners. Arizona authorities are squawking that they’re just a bunch of code breakers. In recent months, hundreds of Phoenix-area chicken owners have faced nuisance and zoning...
Tags: Dunkin' Donuts Coffee
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Black Friday shopping hunt for deals starts earlier this year
FrameworkThe annual rush to shop this holiday season got underway in earnest Thanksgiving as retailers began early putting out their Black Friday specials and crowds showed up to check out the bargains.... -
Feds seize 132 domain names to knock out counterfeits
Federal authorities seized 132 domain names and arrested one man in an international effort to stop the sale of counterfeit goods during the online shopping day called Cyber Monday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, working with Europol...
Tags: Walmart, Theft, Craigslist, Inc.
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Cyber Monday sales up 17% to nearly $2 billion, exceeding forecast
Cyber Monday online sales beat forecasts by nearly half a billion dollars. ComScore on Monday predicted that Cyber Monday would generate $1.5 billion in online sales, but according to Adobe, the shopping day ended up raking in $1.98 billion, which was a...
Tags: Weather, Holidays, Weather Reports, E-Commerce Industry
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Holiday sales down 3.4% compared to last year, report says
This post has been corrected. See below for details. Early signs point to a holiday season that was not nearly as merry as retailers had hoped. Sales were down 3.4% compared to the year before, while the number of store visits plunged 16.4%, according...
Tags: Macy's, Religious Festivals, Holidays
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New holiday tradition? Giving Tuesday urges shoppers to give to others
After the shopping binge of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, charities are encouraging consumers to give back in a newly minted day called Giving Tuesday. Charities and nonprofits across the country are rolling out fundraising drives and recruiting...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Walmart, IBM, Social Issues, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Microsoft Surface heads to more stores, but is price drop ahead?
Though Microsoft's Surface has been on sale for several weeks, it's been hard to get a clear read on how this critical product is doing. For now, Microsoft isn't providing any numbers, so everyone is looking elsewhere and reading tea leaves. On...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Microsoft Surface
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FedEx expects record shipping day with boost from online sales
With a little over two weeks left before Christmas, it's crunch time for shoppers –- and shippers too. FedEx is projecting that it will have its busiest shipping day of the year Monday, delivering an estimated 19 million packages worldwide and...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Black Friday (shopping), Los Angeles International Airport, FedEx Corporation, UPS Inc.
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Online holiday shoppers spent $1 billion on 'Free Shipping Day'
Shoppers scrambling to buy last-minute presents but avoid the malls spent $1.01 billion on this year's Free Shipping Day. The annual event is scheduled to take place on the last day that orders delivered by ground can be guaranteed to arrive by...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays
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Cyber Monday sales may top Black Friday's $1-billion online spending [Google+ Hangout]
For the first time, online spending topped $1 billion on Friday, but today's Cyber Monday sales are expected to generate $1.5 billion and possibly more, according to a report. Online retail spending on Black Friday was up 26% from last year, with 57.3...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Black Friday (shopping), Hobbies, Lifestyle and Leisure, Holidays
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