U.S. Video Games Sales Up 11 Pct in Nov.-Analysts
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Sales of video games rose about 11 percent in the United States in November, analysts said on Friday, with two key titles responsible for almost 30 percent of all games sold in the month.
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Video game sales soared to a record  $18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on  pause as players await a new generation of consoles in 2005 and  2006, a new study showed on Wednesday.
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose a  bit in the latest week due to post-Christmas shopping, a report  said on Tuesday.
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose in  the latest week, a report said on Tuesday.
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U.S. retail sales rose 0.1 percent in November, the Commerce Department said on Monday in a stronger-than-expected report that cemented views the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again this week.
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Video-game chain GameStop Corp.'s second-quarter earnings rose on strong sales.
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U.S. retail sales increased by 0.1 percent in November, the Commerce Department said on Monday, slightly stronger than expectations, while the previous month was revised sharply higher.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  sold  476,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the United  States in November, more than twice the number of PlayStation  3s sold by rival Sony Corp. , as the two consoles  debuted mid-month, research group NPD said on Friday.
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Video game companies always release their marquee titles just as the holiday shopping frenzy starts humming. It's nothing personal, just business: analysts say December alone accounts for more than 50 percent of the industry's annual revenue.
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Video game sales hit $10.5 billion in October, boosted by music-related titles.
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NEW YORK, December 30  - The National Association of Realtors reported yesterday that the sales of existing homes in the US had risen to an all-time monthly high in November, surpassing expectations.
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U.S. chain store sales rose in the  second week of November, as shoppers sought to get a head start  on the holiday shopping, a report said on Tuesday.
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Sony Corp. said Monday that 1.2 million PlayStation 3 game consoles sold in North America during the key holiday season, boosting the strength of the electronics giant's Blu-ray next-generation video format.
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US retail sales rose 0.1 percent in November, a better than expected start to the crucial holiday shopping season, seasonally adjusted government figures showed.
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The pace of existing U.S. home sales edged up in November from a record low, according to a report on Monday that offered some tentative signs of stabilization in the still-ailing housing market.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes rose  unexpectedly to a record high in November and prices surged as  low mortgage rates fueled home-buying, a trade association  report showed on Wednesday.
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US retail sales unexpectedly increased for a third month in November, easing concern that consumers will be tight-fisted this holiday shopping season.