Big sales on Small Business Saturday

When Joanne Rossman opened her namesake gift store 12 years ago she didn't bother buying a cash register — instead stuffing her profits in a Dunkin' Donuts cup behind the counter — because she thought her boutique amid empty storefronts could never compete...

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Egypt's stock market plummets after Morsi's decree

CAIRO — Egypt's benchmark stock index has plunged 9.5 percent halfway through the first trading session since the country's Islamist president issued decrees to assume near absolute powers. Sunday's losses on the Egyptian Exchange's EGX30 index are...

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Hobbits, superheroes put magic in New Zealand film industry

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A crate full of sushi arrives. Workers wearing wetsuit shirts or in bare feet bustle past with slim laptops. With days to go, a buzzing intensity fills the once-dilapidated warehouses where Peter Jackson's visual-effects studio...

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Jeff Kaye, voice of NFL Films, dies at 75

PHILADELPHIA — If you were going to follow John Facenda on the air, you had to have a great voice. Maybe nobody could match the legendary Facenda, whose familiar baritone was called the "voice of God" when he broadcast for NFL Films. But Jeff Kaye...

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In need of a bailout, FHA trying to raise more revenue

WASHINGTON — You may have seen headlines last week about the Federal Housing Administration needing a taxpayer "bailout" by the Treasury and wondered: Uh oh. Is the FHA heading down the fiscal drain like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have required...

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Cyber Monday to be super

Experts estimate that Cyber Monday will top a record-breaking $1.5 billion in sales to become the largest online shopping event in history, with blockbuster deals that rival or exceed Black Friday doorbusters. "We believe you'll find better deals and...

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Tablet app to teach languages

Vicky Wu Davis has always wanted her son to embrace his heritage, but a year ago, when he was 3, he began to shun all things Chinese. So Wu Davis developed the Adalia Enrichment Program, a weekly class in Andover that teaches children ages 2 to 6 Mandarin...

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UN to launch new round of talks on global warming

DOHA, Qatar — As nearly 200 countries meet in oil-and-gas rich Qatar for annual talks starting Monday on slowing global warming, one of the main challenges will be raising climate aid for poor countries at a time when budgets are strained by financial...

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Anti-gambling Holyoke mayor now backs casino plan

HOLYOKE - A western Massachusetts mayor whose opposition to casino plans helped him win last year's election at age 22 is now supporting a bid to bring a gambling resort to town. Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse is expected to announce Monday that he is backing...

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Lorillard appeals in Mass. cigarette samples case

BOSTON - Willie Evans remembers all the things his mother tried to quit smoking: the patch, the gum and even hypnotism. Her attempts all failed. Marie Evans died of lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 54. Willie Evans sued Lorillard Tobacco Co., arguing...

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