CHICAGO (Reuters) – A focus on bargains pulled U.S. shoppers into stores and onto websites over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but many said they would stick to their budgets and avoid purchases if they couldn’t find a good deal.

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Holiday shoppers keen on deals, online spending up

Ski resorts across the country are using the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the…

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Ski resorts fight global warming; Utah gov unsure

If you’re unhappy with your mutual fund, you can easily find another. After all, there are nearly 8,000 to choose from. But is that thinking too narrow? That’s the case a couple startups are trying to make. Companies like Covestor…

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New companies take on traditional mutual funds

Bailed-out Bank of America amended the salaries of two senior executives after a review by the White House pay czar, according to a regulatory filing. Chief Financial Officer Joe. L. Price and mortgage unit President Barbara J. Desoer will earn less salary in…

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US pay czar OKs changes for 2 top BofA executives

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‘Strong’ Friday Traffic for Some Retailers

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Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn’t believe him. So it took the most powerful military in the world 18 years to find the remains of the only U.S. Air Force pilot shot down in an aerial battle in the 1991 Gulf War….

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Twists and turns snagged missing pilot case

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will meet next week, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as a surging yen adds to debate over central bank policy.

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Japan PM, BOJ governor to meet next week: sources

Like many home owners, hotels are starting to drown in debt. They have been enticing travelers all year with sweet deals: credits for in-house spas and restaurants, up to 50 percent off five-star rooms, even free nights. But all that discounting hasn’t…

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Hotel owners, like home owners, behind on payments

The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. Manufacturers of standalone GPS products will have to move…

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GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices

As Meg Whitman has been introducing herself to California voters, she retells a line that usually generates a chuckle: “The next governor of California needs to know exactly what SHE believes.” The statement conveys the kind of confidence the former eBay…

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Whitman tries courting women in Calif. gov race

The gym is adorned with championship banners, expectations are high, and the players gasp and burn their way through sprints during the first days of basketball practice at Wyoming Indian High School. The afternoon is growing late and the sun casts long…

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In Wyoming, basketball drives reservation’s pride

A South Korean fishing vessel has burned and sunk in the port of Uruguay’s capital. Navy officials say all 38 crew members are safe. Navy spokesman Anselmo Borges says Saturday’s fire began in the bunk area and spread to other areas of the 130-foot (40-meter)…

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SKorea fishing boat sinks off Uruguay; no one hurt

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s plans to lift its stake in MAN SE to above 50 percent and fold the truckmaker into a new commercial-vehicles group at VW, a German magazine reported on Saturday.

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As world markets absorbed the shock of Dubai’s debt crisis, the ruler of the once-booming city-state left town for an important meeting in a desert palace. His hosts: the leaders of neighboring Abu Dhabi whose balance sheets are flush with oil revenue. It’s…

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Dubai looks to oil-rich neighbor for possible aid