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Holiday event guideThere's never a shortage of holiday events in the area to occupy your time until the New Year rings itself in. This year, all the usual suspects are present — Woodland Lights, RiverScape ice skating, Lebanon's Carriage Parade — with a couple of brand new additions to the mix. Buy, create holiday gifts at First Friday event
If you haven't caught the holiday spirit yet, you'll have plenty of ways to get in the mood for buying or creating gifts both downtown and in the Oregon District. Hundreds of gift items in a variety of media will be available for purchase for the December First Friday event happening from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5. In these tough economic times, a handmade gift can save you money and mean more. Fun family activities that are easy on your wallet
The Miami Valley offers a wide variety of wonderful adventures for families, and you may be surprised at how many of them are free. Spend less, get more: Three ways to have a great family holiday
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If there has been a particularly strong mentor in your life, what was it about them that helped you make a difference? Museum shop offers unique holiday gifts
DAYTON — It's no wonder the Museum Holiday Shop Around just keeps growing. There's no better place to find an unusual mix of gifts while at the same time contributing to some wonderful causes. Holiday gift ideas
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Online retailers see surge on 'Cyber Monday'NEW YORK — Like their counterparts at the malls, online merchants finally got some relief with the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, spurred by a bevy of deals and free shipping offers. But the stronger-than-expected bump in online sales Monday couldn't cancel out a lackluster November. Online deals for 'Cyber Week'
Many retailers are offering online deals not only for the day they have dubbed "Cyber Monday" — when people return to work after Thanksgiving and shop from their desks — but for the rest of the week or longer. Here is a sampling: Black Friday shoppers out in force, but cautious
NEW YORK — Shoppers, who had snapped their wallets shut since September, turned out in force Friday to grab early morning deals and hard-to-find items like Elmo Live and the "Wii Fit" exercise game, but many said worries about the economy have them focusing on fewer gifts and less expensive, more practical items. Online retailers ramp up deals to capture dollars
NEW YORK — Online retailers are ramping up heavy-duty deals to turn skittish shoppers into buyers during the crucial Thanksgiving weekend and "Cyber Monday" — but even so, online sales are expected to be fairly flat after years of strong growth.
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Review: MiBook is cheap, colorful e-book readerNEW YORK — Electronic books are the persistent wallflowers of the gadget world. Consumers have snubbed them again and again in favor of a 500-year-old technology: ink printed on paper. Microsoft taps Yahoo exec to lead Web business
SEATTLE — Microsoft says it's bringing in a former Yahoo search executive to lead its online push. More shoppers bought online Monday but spent less
RESTON, Va. — Online spending at U.S. retailers on Monday jumped 15 percent over with the comparable day a year ago to $846 million, comScore said Thursday, as consumers sought out bargains in a tough economy.
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