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Retail sales rise 0.5 percent in April on food, gas

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Sales at U.S. retailers posted their smallest gain in nine months in April as high food and gasoline prices drew spending away from other areas, but upward revisions to March's data suggested consumer spending in the first quarter might have been stronger than initially thought.
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Hong Kong voted best Asian destination

Chosen by millions of travelers, Hong Knong is also the only Asian city to make it to the 10 best destinations worldwide in the 2011 Travelers’ Choice Destinations awards by TripAdvisor.
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Commodities dive on jitters about economy, demand

Faltering economic growth and edginess about the impact of costly oil fueled a fourth day of aggressive selling across commodities as Brent crude headed to its biggest weekly fall in a year while silver extended an historic slide.
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South Korea police say probing Google over private data

South Korean police said on Tuesday they had raided Google Inc's Seoul office on suspicions the Internet search firm's mobile advertising unit AdMob had illegally collected data, the latest setback to its operations in the country.
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Amazon sales lift but profit curbed by spending

Amazon.com, reported a drop in profit for the first quarter as its investment in new businesses ate into earnings, but the online retailer's revenue forecast beat Wall Street expectations.
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New rules to let Europe web users turn off cookies

People surfing European websites will be able to turn off the cookies used to spy on their Internet habits under rules hammered out by the region's online advertisers, an industry body said on Thursday.
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Best Buy to open more online, mobile stores

Best Buy plans to boost its Web presence and open a greater number of small stores in the United States targeting mobile customers in an effort to win back market share from the likes of Amazon and Wal-Mart.
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Internet ad revenue hits high in '10

U.S. Internet advertising revenue jumped 15 percent to $26 billion in 2010, setting a record high and proving that more companies are opening up their coffers to reach people online.

Top 10 places for cheap, stylish shoes

If you are woman, you want a new style every day. While you may not able to change your style every day, at least you may want to follow a trend in fashion.It’s especially important to have the right shoes to match with your wardrobe. Although we may have a few pairs we like, we want more. However we can’t buy them all.
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McCain, Kerry introduce contentious privacy bill

Senators John Kerry and John McCain introduced a tough new privacy bill on Tuesday that would require companies to notify consumers in clear language when their data is being collected, and oblige them to keep that information safe from hackers
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Chains' March sales not as bleak as expected

March was not as bad as expected for U.S. retailers, at least as far as initial sales reports show, suggesting that shoppers largely ignored higher gasoline prices and other concerns to treat themselves.

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