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Retailers See Holiday Sales Jump

Original Article By The Wall Street Journal

American shoppers expanded their year-end purchases this holiday season by the biggest margin since the boom year of 2005, but retailers still face daunting challenges in the new year, from rising gasoline and cotton prices to an overabundance of stores.

American shoppers expanded their year-end purchases by the biggest margin since 2005, but heady challenges lie ahead for retailers.

U.S. retail sales, excluding automobiles, rose 5.5% between Nov. 5 and Dec. 24 compared with a year ago, according to MasterCard SpendingPulse, a unit of MasterCard Advisors that tracks sales by all types of payment. Full Article…

BBC News had an interesting short spot about Hybrid Air Vehicles and their SkyCat lighter than air vehicle today.

SkyCat can operate at up to 10,000 feet and 120 knots, with an endurance of up to 5 days. Not only that, but it can operate on just about any surface and needs no infrastructure or ground crew.

It sounds like a great business idea, and there’s obviously a lot of business opportunities that it will open up for Hybrid Air Vehicles and their customers. No doubt the military will be interested (in fact according to the BBC News story they have apparently taken a £300M order from the US military)  in it as an UAV for surveillance with interdiction, but also with a maximum payload of 1,000 tons it could be used to deliver troops and equipment into unprepared forward operating bases. Whi

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PROVIDENCE – The building of an artificial ovary by researchers from Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital made it into Time magazine’s Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2010.

At No. 9, an artificial ovary that can fully mature human eggs in a lab ranks is one of the most important discoveries of the year, said Time.

“Most immediately, the structure could help in vitro fertilization technicians improve success rates,” said the magazine. “By allowing technicians to mature these eggs in the lab, researchers might be able to help each IVF cycle become more efficient in leading to a pregnancy and eventual life birth. In additi

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Accuride Corp.’s common stock began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ACW.

Accurride currently has approximately 46.2 million shares outstanding.

The shares previously traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board under the symbol ACUZ.

The new symbol is in connection with Accuride’s recent completion of its one-for-10 reverse stock split intended to inflate its stock price and enable its shares to return to a major stock exchange.

The reverse split was approved Nov. 18

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The year 2010 is concluding in a mostly pleasing manner with respect to recent economic data.

For example, U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending December 18 were 420,000 as reported by the Department of Labor. That’s well under the benchmark figure of half a million.  Below 500,000, more people are being newly hired than just released from their positions.

The level of new unemployment insurance seekers has been in the lower 400,000 range for the past three weeks. This augurs well for the next labor market report scheduled for January 7. A significant gain in employment (on the order of 100,000+) should be recorded for December.

Employment in the private sector is returning to life. The worry during the first half of next year will shift to the public sector. Re

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Is poor personal credit holding you back from obtaining a business loan?

Are you looking for solutions and other alternatives to get the cash you need?

Learn  how to obtain a business loan with poor credit by watching this short video recording I did with Dun and Bradstreet titled:

How to Get a Business Loan with Poor Credit

Video Summary:

• Credit Restoration
• Co-Signer
• Collateralize the Loan
• Transfer of Ownership
• Merchant Cash Advace

If you are looking to obtain a business loan without having to rely on your personal credit then you will need to have strong business credit files with Equifax Small Business, Corporate Experian, and Dun and Bradstreet.

Are you ready to obtain business credit without relying on your personal credit? Become a

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