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Starbucks uses coffee cup messages to push for 'fiscal cliff' deal
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- When Obama administration officials and congressional lawmakers take a break from their wrangling over the "fiscal cliff" to grab some Starbucks coffee, they'll get a message right on their cup imploring them to strike a deal. Employees in...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Media Industry, Starbucks Corp., Social Media, Travel
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Home prices dip as seasonal slowdown begins
Home prices in the nation's 20 biggest cities dipped 0.1% in October from the prior month but rose strongly from the same month last year, according to a closely watched index, indicating the start of the seasonal slowdown in home prices. It was the...
Tags: Land Price, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Samsung teases new Galaxy S III features in 'Premium Suite' upgrade
Samsung has released a video previewing upcoming features for the Galaxy S III smartphone that are coming with an operating system update. The features are part of what Samsung is calling the GS3's Premium Suite upgrade, but the company has not...
Tags: Samsung Galaxy S III, Verizon Communications, T-Mobile, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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New-home sales increase 4.4% in November
Sales of newly constructed homes rose 4.4% in November from the month before, providing fresh evidence that the country's housing sector is in recovery. Newly built single-family homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 377,000 units in...
Tags: Real Estate Sales, Real Estate, Homes, Travel, Services and Shopping
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Holiday air travel 4% more expensive than in 2011, study says
Flying for the holidays has gotten a bit more expensive this year. The average airline ticket for flights departing in the last two weeks of December is $469, a 4% increase over the same period last year, according to ticket sales on Priceline.com,...
Tags: Holidays, Transportation, priceline.com Inc., Air Transportation, Air Transportation Industry
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Weekend Talk Shows for Dec. 22-23: Placido Domingo; Ben Affleck; Adele
SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Annual political awards. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today Holiday travel; shopping after Christmas; holiday potluck. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC Good Morning...
Tags: John Barrasso, Chuck Schumer, Lindsey O. Graham, Entertainment, Asa Hutchinson
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Friday Travel Ticker: Disney extends the season
Disneyland is marking Three Kings Day — also known as the Twelfth Night or Feast of the Epiphany — in a big way this season. It’s another milestone in the mainstreaming of a holiday that is beloved in Latin America and other cultures...
Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Cross Country Skiing, Holidays, Wines
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Holiday procrastination: 17 million Americans will shop Christmas Eve
The swamped malls, crowded parking lots and frantic delivery companies say it all: Christmas crunch time is here for the two-thirds of Americans who still haven’t finished their holiday shopping. That’s 132 million people trying to figure...
Tags: Gifts, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Christmas, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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UPS guy steals homeowner's FedEx package -- on video
Getting holiday packages swiped from outside your door is an unfortunate risk of online shopping. Unless you’re Al Alverson, a Texas homeowner with a security camera. When he returned home one recent day to discover that the FedEx package he was...
Tags: Apple iPad, FedEx Corporation, Holidays, YouTube, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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Blizzard hits U.S. Midwest, wreaks havoc with travel
Fierce winds and snow smashed through the Midwest on Thursday, part of a weather system that has killed at least three and is setting the stage for miserable commuting and holiday travel through the heart of the nation. The winter-like weather didn&...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, O'Hare International Airport, Snow Storms, Weather Warnings, Scott Walker
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For busy holiday travel season, Florida is hot [Google+ Hangout]
Americans reportedly plan to travel in big numbers this holiday season, setting new records in Southern California and the state at large. But the hottest Christmas destinations are in the Sunshine State, not the Golden State. Orlando beat out New...
Tags: New Year's Day, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Fort Lauderdale, Transportation Industry
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Builder confidence in housing is at highest point since 2006
Builder confidence in the housing market rose for the eighth straight month in December to its highest point in more than six years. An index compiled by the National Assn. of Home Builders and Wells Fargo & Co. put the sentiment reading at 47 –...
Tags: Gainesville, Financial and Business Services, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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