The week before Christmas was Sainsbury's strongest seven days of trading ever. The UK's number-three grocer served a record number of customers, with transactions exceeding 27 million. The supermarket also enjoyed its best Christmas ...
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IDG News Service - Google has taken steps to close potential security holes created by a fraudulent certificate for its google.com domain, discovered in late December. The certificate was erroneously issued by an intermediate certificate ...
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Netflix, which faced an interruption of its video streaming service on Christmas Eve, had problems again on Monday related to its DVD website. "Reports of an @Netflix outage today are wrong: Streaming is fine. DVD delivery is fine," said ...
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Netflix has restored its streaming video services, after Christmas outages related to problems with Amazon's online computing platform. Netflix users were unable to stream movies and TV shows from some devices on Monday, with many posting ...
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St. Nick and his reindeer have begun their Christmas Eve work delivering presents to children around the world and NORAD is tracking their progress today. As the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been doing since 1958, ...
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West Australian quoted Sundance Resources has underscored the long term value of its West African iron ore project,saying that a reserve upgrade on the Congo side of the Mbalam-Nabeba venture has the potential to push the first stage mine ...
17 million UK consumers are expected to shop online. UK consumers are expected to visit nearly 126 million sites on Boxing Day this year, a 31% increase from 2011. According to Experian and IMRG, online retail visits will break Cyber ...
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For the fourth Christmas Eve since her son's murder, Julia Hudson, along with her sister, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, tried to create something positive out of her family's tragedy. The Hudson sisters and volunteers gave Christmas ...
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THE Australian dollar is lower, trading on thin volumes, as investors remain cautious about the US budget negotiations. THE Australian dollar is lower, trading on thin volumes, as investors remain cautious about the US budget ...
Over a third of UK adults will leave Christmas shopping until Christmas Eve this year. Nearly 17.2 million - 36 per cent of UK adults - will leave their shopping to the last minute, according to a survey from ICM commissioned by ...
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Art Van Furniture Chairman Art Van Elslander, third from right, meets with officials including Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Detroit Fire Commissioner Don Austin as the retailer presents mattresses to city firefighters. WARREN, Mich. ...
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December 22, 2012 - Just in time for Christmas, a team of GE scientists and engineers have introduced several new features to Santa’s sleigh. The updated vehicle incorporates a number of new technologies that promise to make ...
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Editor's note: We recently asked readers to share their thoughts on what is the best part of this season. Following is a selection of readers' favorite traditions. Truth be known The year I found out the truth about Santa Claus, it was ...
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Argos'partnership with Barnardo's has resulted in a£700,000 bumper pre-Christmas bonus for the children's charity. During the six-week Toy Exchange campaign with the retailer,donations to Barnardo's rose by over 71,000 bags. Those ...
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STOCKS fell in a quiet, preholiday session as concerns lingered that a fiscal stalemate could hit the economy in the new year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 51.76 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 13139.08. The markets closed early, ...
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