February 9, 2010
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines Co. is offering a sale geared toward leisure travelers who want to make short trips this spring. The discount carrier said Tuesday it will sell tickets starting at $39 each way on some routes under 500 miles.
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Hanes Mall is apparently considering banning unsupervised teens from the mall on Friday and Saturday evenings.Mall officials plan to announce a new policy Thursday at a news conference but declined to give specifics yesterday.
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February 7, 2010
If you want everything coming up roses this Valentine's Day, including how much you spend, here are some pointers on picking the perfect bouquet. SmartMoney, an online Wall Street Journal publication, has seven money-saving tips on buying flowers.
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February 6, 2010
GREENSBORO — Winter is casting its pall on retail for a second weekend, as a rainy, slushy mess led some businesses to close Friday while others stood nearly empty. Chick-fil-A closed its downtown store at 10:30 a.m. because of the weather. Downtown...
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February 4, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The ketchup packet has been around for more than 40 years -- and complaints about it have been heard for nearly as long: too messy, too small, too hard to open. Now, ketchup giant H.J. Heinz Co. is unveiling the first majo...
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February 3, 2010
(MCT) — The average shopper will spend $103 on Valentine's merchandise for friends, family, co-workers and pets, compared to $102 in gifts last year, according to National Retail Federation.But couples plan to spend less on partners, with gift value...
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January 31, 2010
Discount bridal shops can be the right fit for planning a wedding on a budget, especially in tough economic times. In Greensboro, Budget Bridal and Formal Wear (2623 Battleground Ave.; 282-8333), which will be open until April, sells gowns that would norm...
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January 29, 2010
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Anheuser-Busch isn't saying "neigh" just yet to putting its Clydesdales in the Super Bowl.
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January 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission said it was voluntarily recalling, together with coffee company Starbucks Corp., more than 12,000 glass water bottles with stoppers that could shatter and cut consumers when the stopper is...
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January 27, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts were expecting.
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(MCT) — Chris Farrell, like many other recession-watchers, points out that being frugal is often synonymous with being green.Here's the good news: Being frugal is not synonymous with being cheap.Buy the good bike, the low-energy-use appliance; they......
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January 26, 2010
GREENSBORO — Proponents of a downtown hotel with 51 percent African American ownership have backed off their threat to stage a protest against two white hotel owners who question the merits of their project.
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January 25, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will cut about 11,200 jobs at Sam's Club warehouses as it turns over the task of in-store product demonstrations to an outside marketing company.The move is an effort to improve sales at Sam's Club and comes on t...
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Shocked was how a High Point woman felt after winning $200,000 in Wednesday's Powerball drawing.Clara Matheny bought the ticket at the Food Lion at 1415 S. Hawthorne Road in Winston-Salem.It matched all five numbers: 15, 32, 43, 44 and 46.Matheny told N.C...
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January 20, 2010
TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. said Wednesday it has pushed back the release of its highly anticipated motion controller for the PlayStation 3 game console to the fall.The device will be available in North America, Europe, Japan and other Asian countries.
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(MCT) — Remember when Apple slashed the price of the iPhone, and the brand's fanboys were upset? That's how many holiday shoppers felt this year.
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January 19, 2010
HIGH POINT — A fitness footwear retail store at Oak Hollow Mall has closed.
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January 17, 2010
Call it a win-win for your wallet and your peace of mind: free yoga. Several yoga studios in the Triad are offering free classes Saturday as part of Yoga Day USA. The annual event was created by the Yoga Alliance to help promote the health and wellness be...
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January 14, 2010
CINCINNATI (AP) — The maker of Tide detergent, Pampers diapers and Gillette shavers is taking hundreds of its popular consumer products directly to shoppers through a new Web site.
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January 13, 2010
CHICAGO (MCT) — The battle for the shrinking American budget is moving online this year with a vengeance.While the recession took its toll on shopping centers and strip malls around the country, the economic downturn has left the Internet poised to...
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January 12, 2010
Doug Jones came to work Monday with his dogs. He checked his inventory at Fishers Grille and walked next door with his Labradors, Reagan and Zeke, to see the progress of the old convenience store at this well-traveled corner.
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January 11, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Barnes & Noble said Monday that it's launching a textbook rental program for college students.The new program, available though campus bookstores and Barnes & Noble-managed Web sites, is designed to cut textbook costs by...
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January 10, 2010
Can you hear me now? Me neither.A recent Consumer Reports survey revealed only 54 percent of people were completely or very satisfied with their cell phone service.That comes as no surprise in our Greensboro household.
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January 8, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Foot Locker Inc. said Friday it plans to cut about 120 jobs and to have closed 117 stores by the end of this month as it looks to become a more efficient and competitive business.The footwear and accessories company also said it will...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that's been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that's sure to draw protest...
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