Business Stories from December 25, 2012 (Change date)
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Unisex Easy-Bake oven on the wayDec 27, 2012 6:31 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker t...
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Wine auctions plunge as Chinese Bordeauz demand coolsDec 26, 2012 5:20 am - Wine sales by the biggest auction houses plunged 19 percent in 2012 as economic and political uncertainty in China cooled demand for trophy-name Bordeaux. Sales by Acker...
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Molten gold signals revival in Calif. Mother LodeDec 26, 2012 6:38 am - SUTTER CREEK, Calif. -- The gold miners who made California famous were the rugged loners trying to shake nuggets loose from streams or hillsides. The ones who made the ...
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Twitter lets users download archive of tweetsDec 26, 2012 6:38 am - Twitter Inc., the social-networking company that features 140-character status updates, is letting users download an archive of posts to make its site more alluring as c...
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Weight Watchers to release 50th anniversary cookbookDec 25, 2012 5:05 am - NEW YORK — Weight Watchers is marking its 50th year by shedding its old publisher and hoping to expand its audience for an anniversary cookbook. “Weight Watchers 50th An...
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Tropicana uses carrot to squeeze juice salesDec 25, 2012 9:39 pm - NEW YORK — Tropicana wants more people to drink its juice, so it's extending a carrot — and a bushel of other vegetables. As sugar-conscious Americans continue to shy aw...
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J.C. Penney adds Abercrombie’s Tonniges for Johnson makeoverDec 25, 2012 4:25 am - J.C. Penney Co. hired a former Abercrombie & Fitch Co. executive to help with its stores’ layout and design as Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson continues to lure alum...
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Medicare premiums could rise for many retireesDec 26, 2012 1:30 pm - WASHINGTON — They may not agree on much else, but there’s a change to Medicare that President Barack Obama and Republicans both support: Expand a little-known law so mor...
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Parents buy armored backpacks after Connecticut shootingsDec 28, 2012 5:19 am - SALT LAKE CITY — When Ken Larson’s 1-year-old son starts school in a few years, he’ll be carrying an armored backpack. After the Connecticut school shooting, Larson and...
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