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Holiday Season

Macy's State Street Cost Cuts Christmas

Mike Doyle | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

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Mike Doyle

Macy's State Street has cost-cut its Chicago Loop holiday windows and Christmas tree so deeply this year, it isn't worth bothering to make that time-honored family foray downtown to see them.

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Airlines say holiday bookings still strong

AP | HARRY R. WEBER and KRISTIN A. LEE | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

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ATLANTA — Minneapolis business manager Roque Rossetti plans to make his annual trip home to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Christmas. The 35-year-old sa...

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The Skinny On The Post-Holiday Slump

Times Of London | Dr Thomas Stuttaford | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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An overwhelming majority of people enjoy Christmas and the new year. But talk at this time of year always seems to centre on the minority who don't re...

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Honoring Veterans

Tom Donohue | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Tom Donohue

The business community can benefit enormously by tapping the tremendous pool of talent that exists among America's veterans and their families, including those who have been wounded or injured.

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Lose Texas and Other Business Plans for 2008

Harry Fuller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Harry Fuller

From Wall Street to Beijing, econonic growth is the financial god. Repent, all you winners! How much more stuff do we really need?

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Ode to '07

Eric Kuhn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Eric Kuhn

Larry Craig, Michael Vick, Harry Potter, Brit and Kevin; These are just a few of the people in this poem about 2007.

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The 8 Easiest Resolutions For 2008

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Olivia Zaleski

Now that I've had my champagne, sung "Auld Lang Syne," and figured out how I got home Monday night, it's time to write some New Year's resolutions. Gi...

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Your Year In Review

Christine Hassler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Christine Hassler

On New Year's Day, most of us wake up with a renewed sense of potential and possibility - unless of course a nasty champagne hangover keeps us from ev...

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New Year's Resolutions, Caviar-Style

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Lesley M. M. Blume

Finally: it's over. You've given your last gift to the wretched ungrateful masses (and perhaps have already regifted, thrown away, or exchanged prese...

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Why Your New Year's Resolutions Won't Work

Tony Alcindor | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Tony Alcindor

The presents have been opened (for those who celebrated...I want to be PC here), the dinner is done and by now most of you are back home dealing with ...

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HuffPost Gets Physical! Our Best Diet And Fitness Tips Of 2007

Huffington Post Living | The Living Editors | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Whether or not you believe in resolutions, the start of a new year usually inspires some sort of change. And we're guessing that somewhere between the...

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How To Survive A Holiday Hangover

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent

It's no secret that the holidays are a time for celebration, which always includes a lot of eating and drinking, and sometimes a lot of merriness. We...

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Respect: A New Year's Resolution

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

With the New Year approaching fast, this is a time of new beginnings, of resolutions, of fresh starts. Often we make lists of things we will do in th...

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Amazon.com Has Best Season Ever

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday its 2007 holiday season was its strongest to date, with Nintendo Wii game systems and the "Harry Potter and the Order o...

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Retailers Usher In Post-Christmas Business

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Retailers ushered in the post-Christmas shopping season Wednesday by opening earlier than ever and slashing prices, with hopes that bargain hunters an...

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8 Things You Need To Know About Gift Cards

Bankrate Via CNBC | Ellen Cannon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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There's no denying the popularity of gift cards. You'll probably be getting or giving one this holiday season. As a last-minute gift, it's a no-braine...

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Giving "Twelve Days Of Christmas" Gifts Would Cost $19,507

New York Times | Elizabeth Olson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Maids a-milking finally received a raise this year and gold prices jumped, a combination that made it more costly than ever to bestow the elaborate se...

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Merry Christmas, Baby

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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'Tis the season...to rock out with Christmas-themed YouTube videos! The holiday season has inspired some great music, comedy and artistic collaboration, and here are some of our favorites: Bowie and Bing, Bono and Bruce, Shane and Kristy — with a little Spanish thrown in there as a special treat for Tom Tancredo. God bless us, every one!

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Retailers Get Holiday Wish: Last-Minute Shopping Surge

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wis...

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Happy Holidays From The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Happy Holidays From The Huffington Post...

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Retailers Hope For Strong Final Push

Wall Street Journal | Richard Gibson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The final weekend of the holiday shopping season will likely bring a sigh of relief from many retailers who feared that sales would be weak. Although...

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Corporate Suits Embrace Holiday E-Cards

New York TImes | Maria Aspen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Have you sent out your holiday cards this year? What about your e-cards? If your second answer was yes, you are in good company. Once seen as the tac...

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Coach, Best Buy Lure Shoppers With Instant Checkout

Bloomberg | Cotton Timberlake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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U.S. retailers, confronting what may be the worst holiday-sales season in five years, are trying to get shoppers out of their stores. The FAO Schwarz...

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Joy Is The Reason For The Season

Stacey Lawson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Stacey Lawson

How can we stay unruffled by the holiday chaos and truly celebrate this magical time of year?

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The Holidays Shouldn't Be A Race Against Time

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

We don't need to understand Einstein's theory of relativity to see that time is an elusive construct. Nowhere is this changing perception of time more...

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