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| Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:20 AM PDT | Dollar Tree profit falls; high gas prices cuts traffic
CBS Market Watch Wed, 24 Aug 2005 6:54 AM PDT
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Discount retailer Dollar Tree Stores Inc. on Wednesday said second-quarter profit declined, hurt by rising gas prices as fewer shoppers made trips to its stores. |
Wal-Mart Takes a Page From Vogue
Sun-Sentinel Wed, 24 Aug 2005 8:54 AM PDT
Actually eight pages. The discount chain aims to lure bigger spenders with ads for its clothing. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which wooed cost-conscious shoppers to become the world's largest retailer, is setting its sights on deeper pockets. |
Discount Dynasty
SF Weekly Wed, 24 Aug 2005 8:03 AM PDT
After scoring big with "Two Buck Chuck," renegade vintner Fred Franzia once again has Napa Valley's wine burghers in an uproar |
Drug card gives $3M dose of savings
Newsday.com Wed, 24 Aug 2005 6:15 AM PDT
Leonard Gold buys three drugs for his wife every month -- Plavix, a blood thinner; Fosamax, for bone loss; and Aricept, for memory loss. Gold, 86, of Oceanside, could sign up for a Medicare discount prescription drug plan. But the paperwork overwhelms him. |
Will Southwest's noise plan fly?
Seattle Times Wed, 24 Aug 2005 9:06 AM PDT
Southwest Airlines flew more than 22,400 flights in and out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last year. Most of the time, the discount... |
CMPnetAsia.com
CMPnetAsia Wed, 24 Aug 2005 9:09 AM PDT
On Tuesday, Microsoft Vice President of U.S. Business Partner Group Margo Day told partners attending the Microsoft World Premiere event at XChange that the new offering, comprising Windows Server Standard, Exchange Server Standard and MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager) Workgroup Edition along with 50 midmarket client licenses, will start at US$6,444, a 20 percent discount from the individually |
Excerpt from 'User I.D.'
USA Today Wed, 24 Aug 2005 7:43 AM PDT
After about twenty minutes, a young policewoman showed up, accompanied by a soundtrack of radio squawks and static. She was short and plump, and walked with an awkward, duck-like gait, encumbered by the arsenal of objects suspended from her belt. She also looked absurdly young: this must be the shit work they assign to the rookies, Vera thought, going down to the Avis agency on a Tuesday morning |
BRAC Commissioners Vote To Move 99th, Kelly
WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News Wed, 24 Aug 2005 6:37 AM PDT
The commission considering the Pentagon's proposal to restructure hundreds of military bases across the U.S. has voted to move two local facilities. |
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