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Global retail theft up 6.6 percent in latest year

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Shoplifting, employee theft and organized crime cost the global retail industry $119 billion in the 12 months ended in June, up 6.6 percent from a year earlier, according to survey results released on Tuesday.
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The Famous Five That Made Apple's Week

Apple has grabbed a good deal of limelight this week, both in the smartphone market and on the Internet, nudging aside Google and Samsung with the release of the iPhone 4S, the iOS5, the iCloud, new iOS apps, Mac OS X updates and the iLife software.
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iPhone 4S Released: iOS 5, Siri and Sprint Could Set Migration from Android Phones

iPhone 4S, which hits the stores on Friday, has received an overwhelming response. The smartphone got more than a million online preorders in less than a day and its retail launch appears to have set sales records as well. The smartphone's operating system iOS 5, a new feature called Siri and the introduction of Sprint as one of its carriers could set an exodus of Android phone users
After Milkshakes and Perfumes, Kim Kardashian Plans for Dubai Hotel

Kim Kardashian Wants to be a Hotelier in Dubai [PHOTOS]

Reality star Kim Kardashian has been quite busy during her action-packed Dubai visit with the launch of a perfume and the first international opening of Millions of Milkshakes. However, the star seems to have much more plans than that
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Canada factory sales surge

Canadian manufacturing sales rose almost three times higher than expected in August and offered more evidence that the economy is on track for modest growth in the third quarter after a slump in the second.
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Wall Street opens higher on euro zone optimism

Stocks rallied at the open on Friday, shrugging off a credit rating downgrade of Spain, led by optimism the euro zone will continue to make progress toward a solution to its debt crisis.
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Apple iPhone 4S Debuts Without Jobs [VIDEO]

iPhone 4S has now debuted with the memories of the late Steve Jobs. This is the first time that an iPhone hits the markets worldwide without Apple's legendary co-founder.
Car sales helped boost September's retail sales growth

September Retail Sales Rise on Car Sales

Retail sales rebounded in September at their fastest pace in seven months as consumers shook off some of their concerns about stock market drops and political gridlock, potentially giving new momentum to the weak economic recovery.
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Futures Higher on Google, Eurozone Hopes

Stock index futures rose on Friday, shrugging off a credit rating downgrade of Spain, propelled by strong earnings from Google Inc. and hopes the Eurozone will continue progress toward a solution to its debt crisis.
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Watch Where You Go for iPhone 4S; Inventory can Run Out in Many Stores

Analysts have predicted that between three and four million iPhone 4S units will be sold during this weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people across the world have taken their position in long lines in front of Apple Stores sand other carrier/retailer stores where the device is being sold.
Apple iPhone 4S Breaks Sales Records Shifting One-Million Units in Opening 24 Hours

Where and How to Get iPhone 4S on Friday Without Standing in Line

History repeats itself. Urban campers have already set up their folding chairs and are happily waiting for Apple stores and retail outlets to open at 8 am Friday, with a gleaming new stock of iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4S, has already broken the pre-order record of 600,000 held by the iPhone 4, with the first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S the highest for any new product that Apple has ever launched.
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Gold Edges Higher in Asian Trading

Gold was slightly higher on Friday and headed for its biggest weekly gain in more than a month, shrugging off the credit rating downgrade of Spain ahead of a G20 meeting whose agenda will be dominated by the euro zone debt crisis.

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