Companies Party On: Holiday Bashes Rise
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Companies may still be trying to trim  costs and job cuts remain a threat, but in one area  belts are  being loosened a bit -- there are more holiday parties for  staff this year.
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Complaints about late online shopping deliveries are up a third in the Christmas run-up, a consumer group says.
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It's shaping up to be a very  merry holiday season for online retailers.
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More people are finding unusual ways to enjoy their holidays without shopping themselves into a stupor.
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Online merchants are poised to record a much bigger rise in holiday sales than their offline counterparts. Broadband expansion, more luxury gift sales and a rise in late shoppers help the bottom line. By Joanna Glasner.
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It used to be that many Americans would deplore the commercialization of the Christmas holidays (or, originally, âholy daysâ).
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Joy during the holiday season usually comes from family and friends, but this year Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. want it to also come from the PC.
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The custom of holiday tipping raises behavioral, practical and even ethical issues for millions of New Yorkers.
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As traditional as fruitcake, and less palatable, are the perennial holiday season snowball fights over displays, music, school programs and other expressions of angst that disrupt what we long to remember as &quot;the most wonderful time of the year.
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You survived Hanukkah or Christmas. You tackled the day-after sales in November and December. You made plans to party on New Year&#39;s Eve and Super Bowl Sunday.
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Millions of revellers were celebrating the first night of the holiday last night.
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This Christmas season, Americans are the focus of a different kind of retail marketing: campaigns that appeal to people's oft-stated wish to share with the less fortunate.
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NEW YORK, Dec 15 (Reuters Life!) - The holidays are a time for fun, food, family, gifts -- and stress, with more women tending to suffer than men and turning to food, booze and the couch to get over the holidays.
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Consumer attitudes showed more signs of improvement heading into the holidays as an early reading on consumer sentiment in December beat expectations.
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As computers and hand-held electronic gadgets eat into sales, this holiday season promises to be an especially competitive one for toymakers.
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The holiday season has arrived and with it the ultimate in year-end giving, bonus season on Wall Street. Top executives of the leading financial firms are now spending
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Products coming this holiday season also include new photo printers.