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• Christmas Markets in Europe
It's almost holiday shopping time. This year, why not skip the mad dash to the mall and, instead, combine a little retail therapy with a European vacation? If you're thinking a trip to Europe's enchanting Christmas Markets will blow your budget, we ...
• 1 dead, 1 hurt after balloon hits power lines
Growing from a 1972 gathering at a shopping mall parking lot, it now hosts hundreds of balloons and pilots and draws tens of thousands of visitors to the city. But it has had fatalities before, mostly from balloons hitting power lines. Last year, a 60 ...
• EU proposes more rights for Internet shoppers
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission wants to give Internet shoppers more rights and better protection, in an effort to boost Internet shopping across the continent and provide consumers with more competitive prices. EU Consumer Commissioner ...
• After volatile day, Dow ends its worst week
... the Nasdaq composite index rose 4.39, or 0.27 percent, to 1,649.51. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 23.28, or 4.66 percent, to 522.48, perhaps a welcome sign for investors as small-cap stocks are often first on investors' shopping ...
• Man charged in deadly Tenn. mall shooting
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities said. Witnesses said the gunfire sent people "stampeding" for ...