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LONDON -- A cut in U.K. value added tax won't bring lasting respite for embattled retailers who are already trying to counter slumping consumer spending by slashing their prices ahead of Christmas, analysts said Monday....

LONDON -- The U.K. government's temporary 2.5% cut in sales tax won't bring lasting respite for embattled retailers who are already trying to counter slumping consumer spending by slashing their prices ahead of Christmas, analysts...

FRANKFURT, Nov 18 - Germany's state and federal governments will decide by Christmas whether to extend a guarantee of 1 billion euros ($1.26 billion) to Opel should its Detroit-based parent General Motors file for Chapter...

SAO PAULO --The Brazilian president of European food giant Nestle (NSRGY) expects to acquire a Brazilian food company before Christmas, local news service Estado reported Tuesday. Nestle is also in acquisition talks with other Brazilian...

Europeans will limit spending on Christmas as they brace for a tough 2009, though shoppers in eastern countries are more optimistic than those in the west, surveys by business consultancy Deloitte showed on Wednesday.

OSLO, Nov 6 - The Yangtze River dolphin, the Christmas Island shrew and the Venezuelan skunk frog are all victims in an alarming flood of extinctions, but how do scientists decide when such "possibly extinct"...

The big guy himself -- Santa Claus -- checked into Santa Universityat the Noerr Pole in Arvada, Colo. recently, with two dozen of hishelpers, providing pointers on everything from encouraging shychildren to give him their Christmas lists to answering toughquestions like, "Are you really Santa?"

A memento with Depression-era humor helps Kristin Bertrand keep perspective as her family braces for a Christmas holiday without their home...

MADRID, Oct 23 - Israel Barragan and his wife Isabel Navarro are hoping for a good Christmas at their home and kitchenware store Piu e Piu in Madrid, but say even buoyant sales are unlikely...

MADRID, Oct 23 - Israel Barragan and his wife Isabel Navarro are hoping for a good Christmas at their home and kitchenware store Piu e Piu in Madrid, but say even buoyant sales are unlikely...