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Retail trade group: Holiday sales up 3.8 pct, shy of 3.9 pct forecast
2014-01-14 20:25:37| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
This Nov. 28, 2013 shows sale signs at a Target Store in Colma, Calif. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jeff Chiu NEW YORK, N.Y. - Holiday sales rose 3.8 per cent from last year, a major retail trade organization said Tuesday, spurred by deep clothing discounts and the convenience of shopping online.
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China's water squeeze worsens as wetlands shrink 9 pct
2014-01-12 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's wetlands have shrunk nearly 9 percent since 2003, forestry officials said on Monday, aggravating water scarcity in a country where food production, energy output and industrial activity are already under pressure from water shortages. China has more than a fifth of the world's population but only 6 percent of its freshwater resources, and large swathes of the nation, especially in the north, face severe water distress. Since 2003, wetlands sprawling across 340,000 sq. km. - an area...
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UPDATE 2-Winnebago profit up 51 pct; revenues miss estimate
2013-12-19 21:31:47| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
Winnebago Industries Inc, the No. 1 U.S. motor home maker, reported a 51 percent jump in quarterly profit on Thursday as strong demand for its recreational vehicles prompted independent dealers to increase orders.
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Average US rate on 30-year loan rises to 4.47 pct.
2013-12-19 18:03:25| Real Estate - Topix.net
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the rate on the 30-year loan increased to 4.47 percent from 4.42 percent last week.
UPDATE 2-AbbVie oral hep C drugs cure 96 pct in late stage trial
2013-12-11 01:07:56| Biotech - Topix.net
AbbVie Inc's all-oral hepatitis C therapy cured 96 percent of difficult-to-treat patients in a late-stage clinical trial after 12 weeks, keeping the company well placed in a highly competitive race to deliver new treatments for the serious liver disease.
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