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FedEx expects record shipping day with boost from online sales
With a little over two weeks left before Christmas, it's crunch time for shoppers –- and shippers too. FedEx is projecting that it will have its busiest shipping day of the year Monday, delivering an estimated 19 million packages worldwide and...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, FedEx Corporation, UPS Inc., Cyber Monday, Los Angeles International Airport
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Holiday retail hiring could break record set 12 years ago
Holiday hiring by retailers is fast approaching a record set 12 years ago, according to a new analysis of government numbers. So far, retailers have added 619,700 seasonal workers in October and November, 19% more than the 512,600 holiday employees...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Employees, Career and Workplace, Target, Walmart
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2012 in Review: Columnist Tim Rowland looks back
The year 2012 begins in splendid fashion in Washington County, as thousands of people line up to sign a petition that would make this our Best Year Ever. The only caveat is that this proposition would have to be approved by Maryland voters, although...
Tags: Engelbert Humperdinck, Hank Williams, Jr., Labor Legislation, Peter Franchot, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Shoppers disappoint retailers this holiday season
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. shoppers spent cautiously this holiday season, a disappointment for retailers who slashed prices to lure people into stores and now must hope for a post-Christmas burst of spending. Sales of electronics, clothing, jewelry...
Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Consumer Goods Industries, Washington, DC, Target, Consumers
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Not just McDonald's: Denny's, some Starbucks open on Christmas
McDonald’s won’t be the only restaurant chain with a presence on Christmas Day, as other chains open their doors to consumers who don’t celebrate the holiday or are doing so without home-cooked food. “Denny’s is always...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, New Year's Day, Walmart
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Readers take challenge to put smartphones away
Good news. I have the first takers on my challenge to put smartphones and tablets away on Christmas Day. And we hear from readers on education and Black Friday creep too ... Dear Beth, You are on. I will put a basket out and see if my guests will...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rick Scott, Education, Executive Branch
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Gobbling up post-Thanksgiving deals
And by post-Thanksgiving, I mean literally right after Thanksgiving dinner. After a day of rest and giving thanks, families were left with satisfied stomachs and insatiable shopping appetites. Lucky for those consumers, several stores began Black Friday...
Tags: Urban Outfitters Incorporated, Walmart, Sears, Target, Thanksgiving
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A Wilmette family's tale of Black Friday survival
It happened so swiftly and silently that the six people never saw it coming — a towering tree, six stories tall, toppling sideways through the morning air and coming to a crashing rest on the roof of their moving vehicle. What started as a...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Head Injuries, Rentals, Gurnee Mills, Heart Surgery
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Orlando Sentinel Family Fund: Giving to worthy cause great investment
I love a good deal. Sure, a lot of people say that. But how many people you know have gone to Stein-Mart and parlayed a Black Friday sale (plus coupons, a clearance rack and a door-buster deal) into a new designer suit for $5.24? Yeah, that happened....
Tags: Breast Cancer, Christmas, Holidays
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Mail Call - Dec. 3
“I just wanted to say that reading in here about the price of gasoline, I just took a motor trip to and from Louisiana, and south of Roanoke, Va., gas is anywhere from $3.07 a gallon to $3.17 a gallon. Never paid more. Don’t know what’...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Halloween, Elections
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On Faith: We've forgotten about Advent
As I write, my church choir is rehearsing for Christmas. I've literally got the sounds of the season ringing in my ears. Christmas is definitely coming! Of course, the stores started their celebrating before they even cleared out their Halloween...Tags: Halloween, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Christmas isn't too early for this mom
No one has ever accused me of being early for anything. Sometimes I can trick myself by pretending my deadline is earlier than it actually is. But usually, I can see through the "Kate-time" ruse and find myself scrambling. Take Christmas, for...Tags: Thanksgiving, The Herald-Mail, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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