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• Christmas prices come early to Wal-Mart
Christmas is coming early to Wal-Mart this year. After a survey revealed that consumers will be shopping earlier to stretch holiday dollars, the chain announced it would start cutting prices on toys in its stores. Christmas is coming early for Wal ...
• Financial crisis leads retailers to slash prices
At malls, shopping districts and on the Web, the discounts are growing desperate. "Up to 60 percent off," say signs at AnnTaylor LOFT stores, "50 percent off" at Old Navy. Restoration Hardware Inc. e-mailed $100 gift vouchers out to customers ...
• Police find 9 bodies dumped in Tijuana
Municipal police found five of the bodies Saturday between two small shopping centers in the eastern part of the city. They had been beaten and had their hands bound. The bodies of two beheaded men were found wrapped in blankets on a road elsewhere in ...
• More men than women find happiness online
But Phillips said the survey also debunked several gender stereotypes, finding that shopping for new clothes and shoes made only 30 percent of women happy and that more men and women with children cited sex and romance as making them happy than ...
• A Beginner's Guide to Growth Stocks
Now appears to be an excellent time for investors to go growth shopping. After years of market-lagging performance, that seems to be where the market's bargains lie -- provided you know how to find them. Three rules of thumb on that front are: Follow ...