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If sales do not respond soon to interest-rate cuts, some retailers may resort to deep discounts as Christmas approaches.
ECONOMIST: Debt and deflation
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Now, as Christmas approaches, it's nearly time for America to face that ordeal of digital strip search and physical feel-ups once again.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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Unless spending picks up as Christmas approaches, demand growth in the fourth quarter of 2006 is likely to be little better than in the third.
ECONOMIST: America's economy
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The numbers claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for more than six months fell slightly from 103, 400 in October to 94, 230 in November, perhaps reflecting the rise in temporary jobs as Christmas approaches.
BBC: Youth bear brunt of recession
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As Christmas approaches, her 17-year-old son Sari checks daily for the arrival of his permit to travel 20 minutes' drive to East Jerusalem to see his sister on Christmas Eve.
BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Bethlehem's Christians cling to hope
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But as Christmas Day approaches, the school principal, Alan Brown, suggested that Percy could soon be on a dinner plate.
BBC: Bangor children urge 'mercy for Percy' the pheasant