Shock jump in German retail sales
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German retail sales post a surprisingly strong rise in December, driven by a jump in household goods sales.
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German shoppers sprang to  the help of a shoplifter who was being detained after trying to  steal clothes at a department store, wrongly assuming she was  being attacked by strangers, police said on Tuesday.
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German retail sales drop in July, while unemployment rises in August, official figures show.
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Retail sales rose more than twice as  much as expected in May, while import prices surged, adding to  recent data suggesting the U.S. economy is recovering strongly  after a slowdown in the first quarter.
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Germany's trade surplus hit a surprise record in October, underpinning optimism about the pace of economic recovery.
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Strong performances my mobile phone and carpet stores have prompted a surprise rise in retail sales figures, and revived fears that interest rates may yet be raised again this year.
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The German economy slowed in the final three months of 2007 after price rises led shoppers to cut spending
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Spring appeared to be in the air for the German economy on Wednesday, with data showing inflation tame, despite the VAT sales tax rise, and unemployment unusually lower in February.
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Strong economic news from Germany helped drive the euro to a 5&frac12;-month high against the dollar as the greenback continued to lose ground on Thursday.
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Retail sales unexpectedly accelerated at the fastest rate in three years, lifted by rising incomes and a stock market that has doubled this year. Sales rose 15.9 percent from a year earlier to 715.8 billion yuan ($94 billion) after gaining 15.5 percent in April, the statistics bureau said. The gain was the biggest since May 2004 after adjusting for distortions caused by Chinaâs Lunar New Year holidays.
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Is today's big retail news a surprise? Only for those who weren't paying attention.
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Germany surprised experts again with a larger-than-expected decrease in the number of unemployed.
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U.S. retail sales jumped a  more-than-expected 1.2 percent in December, but first-time  jobless claims posted a surprise climb and import prices dipped  more than anticipated, government reports showed on Thursday.
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A burst of activity has broken out in 2007, sending prices higher despite sluggish sales in many other cities.
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Retail sales in Germany fell sharply in January as a result of the steep rise in value-added or sales tax (VAT) which came into effect at the start of the month, data showed Friday.
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Consumers battered by a multitude of economic woes came roaring back in November, pushing retail sales up by the largest amount in four months.
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Shares of KarstadtQuelle dropped over 3 percent Tuesday after the group, Europe's largest department store and mail order retailer, said fourth quarter sales plunged 9.5 percent to 4.1 billion euro ($5.4 ...