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Despite supply issues and omicron, holiday sales rise 8.5%

By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few wee...
Federal program offers cash to cover COVID-19 funeral costs

By STEVE LeBLANC
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - When Wanda Olson's son-in-law died in March after contracting COVID-19, she and her daughter had to grapple with more than just their sudden grief. They ha...
COVID-19 variant disrupts holiday travel but not shopping

By BRYAN GALLION and PAUL WISEMAN
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands of travelers - but it didn't do much damage to holiday shopping. Airlines...
'~Spider-Man' surpasses $1B globally in second weekend

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - Peter Parker's good fortune continued over the holiday weekend as Hollywood prepares to close the books on a turbulent 2021. Even with some mighty competition from new M...
Rudy Malnati Jr., member of pizza dynasty, director of Air and Water Show, dead at 65

By Nader Issa and Maureen O'Donnell Chicago Sun-Times
Dec 26, 2021 12:00 am - Rudy Malnati Jr.'s last name is recognizable to any pizza-loving Chicagoan. His father, Rudy Malnati Sr., became a pizza authority while working at Pizzeria Uno, which c...
Stocks mixed across global markets in quiet holiday trading

By JOE McDONALD
Dec 24, 2021 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Global stocks were mixed in quiet trading on Friday, with many markets around the world closed or ending early in observance of Christmas. Stocks slipped ...
Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines

By ULIANA PAVLOVA
Dec 24, 2021 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebook's parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to del...
China denounces US law on Xinjiang imports

The Associated Press
Dec 24, 2021 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government on Friday denounced a U.S. law that restricts imports from Xinjiang as a violation of international law and dismissed complaints of...
Thailand's Central retail group, Signa to buy Selfridges

The Associated Press
Dec 24, 2021 6:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's Central Group and Austrian real estate group Signa said Friday they plan to buy luxury British department store chain Selfridges. The deal, re...
Asian stock markets follow Wall St up as omicron fears ease

By JOE McDONALD
Dec 24, 2021 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets rose Friday after Wall Street hit a new high as fears of the coronavirus's omicron variant eased. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced...

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