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• The Secret Upside to Fear
Then everything came to a head just before the Christmas holidays. Yet Tobe couldn't bring himself to fire his employee at that time of year. "I had come to the end of my rope but still played with the idea of sticking it out another two months to get ...
• Don't let them eat cake, senior Saudi cleric says
Despite the continuous edicts against such parties, it's not hard to find stores that cater to Saudis who celebrate birthdays, anniversaries or even Western holidays like Valentine's Day.
• French struggle to say au revoir to 35-hour law
Two of France's powerful labor unions drew only a few hundred participants to a demonstration against the new law last month in Paris, which could indicate acceptance of the inevitable — or just the fact many employees were away on summer holidays.
• Xbox Live falters over the holidays
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. said Friday it will give Xbox 360 owners a free video game to make up for poor performance over the holidays by the system's online hub. (MSNBC.com is a joint Microsoft - NBC Universal venture.) Gamers log on to the Xbox ...
• Holiday sales off to promising start, group says
 “It’s very encouraging. When you look at September and October, shoppers weren’t in the stores,” said Bill Martin, co-founder of ShopperTrak, citing strength across all regions of the country as shoppers crowded stores such as this Best ...