Vermont Teddy Bear orders surge in Dec.
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SHELBURNE, Vt. Vermont Teddy Bear Company says holiday orders rose 29 percent from a year ago. The company says it received about 105-thousand orders in December for its BearGram, PajamaGram, TastyGram and Calyx and Corolla gift products.
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Orders for US durable goods -- items meant to last at least three years -- posted a larger-than-expected rise in July, boosted by an increase in demand for passenger
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With a growing high-end business, Blue Nile has high hopes for the holidays.
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The department store chain is gaining momentum going into the holiday season.
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Hershey Foods will be raising the price for many of its confectionery products.
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Once again the holiday season is here, and frenzied shoppers have begun scrambling to find interesting and meaningful gifts for the friends and family on their lists.
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WASHINGTON -- America's factories saw orders go up by a strong 1.2 percent in November, the biggest advance in four months and a sign the nation's manufacturing sector was gaining momentum as the new year loomed.
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New orders for long-lasting  U.S.-made manufactured goods rose by a much  bigger-than-expected 5.2 percent in December and a key gauge of  business spending also surged, a Commerce Department report  showed on Tuesday.
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By Kathy Morrison, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 17--With just about a week left for Christmas shopping, I couldn't resist offering a few more suggestions of gifts for readers of chapter books.
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Orders placed with factories rose 2.3 percent in December, an increase from the 1.7 percent gain in November and  the biggest rise since July.
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Civilian volunteers have rushed in to help run the Marine Corps' annual Toys for Tots drive because the soldiers have their hands full in Iraq, making sure tens of thousands of gifts reach children around the country in time for Christmas.
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U.S. Mid-Atlantic factories kicked  production up a notch in December as orders for manufacturing  goods increased, a regional Federal Reserve bank said on  Thursday.
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Stock index futures added to gains on Tuesday as government data showed a stronger-than-expected rise in orders for durable goods in December, helping the outlook for business spending.
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The wholesale price of about half of the candy offered by Hershey Foods will go up immediately. The company announced Thursday a weighted average 5.8 percent increase on the company&#39;s standard bar, king-size bar, 6-pack and vending lines.
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Orders for durable goods including computers and communications equipment rose last month by the most since March, evidence that US manufacturing is gaining momentum less than two months before the presidential election.
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Orders for U.S. durable goods --  items meant to last at least three years -- posted a  larger-than-expected rise in July, boosted by an increase in  demand for passenger aircraft, a Commerce Department report on  Wednesday showed.
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High-priced, technology-infused toys -- like a miniature toy pony, a robotics toolset and Nintendo Co. Ltd's Wii -- made the "Hot Dozen" list of must-have holiday toys released by Toy Wishes magazine on Wednesday.