Yule sales slump as retailers question holiday reliance
New York observers say holiday hype may be overrated as Christmas sales miss targets for the third year running. Shoppers resist extended hype, while stores explore year round strategies. Executives warn that Christmas fueling profits can no longer sustain the year.
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New York
Leonard Grossman
New York City
Susan Greene
New Yorker
Reilers
Jeffrey Feiner
Lehman Brothers Inc
Mark Slosberg
Kpmg Peat Marwick
Carl Steidtmann
Management Horizons
Price Waterhouse
Charleston
D.C
Seattle monorail plan shocks city after ballot approval
Seattle voters approved a proposed world’s largest monorail system despite sparse details on funding and route. Critics warn costs could exceed a billion dollars, with council salaries tied to payment plans under a no pay clause.
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Seattle
Dick Falkenbury
Monorail
Falkenbury
Grant Cogswell
Circumcision Pain Claims Trigger Anesthetic Push
A study in JAMA reports circumcision causes newborn pain and anesthesia should always be used. Researchers stopped enrollment after finding no anesthetic use unethical, noting 64 to 96 percent lack anesthesia in some North American settings and detailing dangerous episodes in untreated infants.
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Chicago
North America
Journal of the American Medical Association
Janice Lander
University of Alberta
Man sentenced for stepdaughter death in Ohio trash can burial
IRONTON Ohio AP a 42 year old man Jack Volgares was sentenced to 37 years to life after being convicted of murder kidnapping and other charges in the June killing of his seven year old stepdaughter Seleana Gamble He reportedly shoved her over dishwashing and a mishap with wet pants prosecutors said Seleana died in convulsions as the body was buried in a backyard trash can Volgares claimed he did not intend to hurt her.
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Ironton
Ohio
Jack Volgares
Seleana Gamble
Seleana
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Edmonton
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Boonton
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