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• Jobs data highlight voters' top concern
Rising unemployment and worries about the economy also have cut into consumer spending, which doesn’t bode well for the holiday shopping season.
• The world's coolest airport terminals
Even so, with chaotic air traffic, baggage handling, car parking, shopping malls and security, all factors to consider when sketching out a concept, designing an airport is surely the most difficult of all architectural challenges.
• Canada’s top attractions
While we’ve included some sites that have strong commercial components, we’ve excluded standalone shopping malls and casinos. If we hadn't, Toronto’s Eaton Center, which claims one million visitors a week, would top our list.
• Worst nightmare: Babies stolen from their beds
More new babies are being kidnapped from public places — homes, parking lots and shopping malls — even as improved awareness and better security have cut the number of newborns snatched from the nation’s hospitals and health centers. That’s ...
• Stocks open down after jobless report
Consumers have been cautious with back-to-school shopping. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, reported sales that surpassed Wall Street projections.