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Arlington native’s shoe company is helping needy children

Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 DALLAS — The shoe apparently fits. Otherwise, some 200 scene makers and heartbreakers wouldn’t be packed into the Neiman Marcus women’s shoe salon at Dallas’ NorthPark Center on a Thursday night to...

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Biodiesel plant may get new technology

An Illinois firm backed by Cargill, Dow Corning and the $45 billion Texas Pacific Group investment fund has asked the Iowa Power Fund to help finance an $8.1 million demonstration project at a Newton biodiesel plant.

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Sarah Palin: stylist defends £90000 campaign wardrobe

The stylist who gave Sarah Palin a controversial $150,000 (£90,000) wardrobe makeover has broken her silence to defend the spending. By Nick Allen in Los Angeles Sarah Palin's clothing costs included a $75,062 (_45,049) spree...

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Dirty secrets of Black Friday

Here's a Black Friday reality check: Of the hordes of pre-dawn shoppers who line up for hours outside stores on the day after Thanksgiving, most will not bag the best bargains that appear in merchants' circulars.

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Finding success, pop-up shops go permanent

More retailers are extending the lives of their temporary stores, thanks to desperate landlords who want to keep the stores filled until rents start recovering. This holiday season may be the era of the pop-up shop, but some...

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Energy use becomes part of TV-buying equation

People continue to buy TVs during recession. Seattle Times business reporters CLIFF DESPEAUX / THE SEATTLE TIMES Even when gift and clothing sales took a hit last fall, people continued to shop for televisions. "They were...

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Area Of Upscale Things Now Has More Upscale Things

Chevy Chase was at one time an area where the average wealthy and powerful lived, and where malls had special names like “Pavilions.” But now, with the addition of the Shops at Wisconsin Plaza, it has become officially beyond...

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It is the thought that really counts

THE MALL — You no doubt have completed your shopping for Christmas — or “holidays” as the season now is called so as not to anger worshipers of every faith including disciples of the saxophone section of the Coast Guard Band....

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Designer Bryan Bradley shows Tuleh spring line at Neiman's

Here, model Sarah Gwaltney wears a printed silk chiffon gown, $1,995, from the Tuleh spring collection. Bradley was at Neiman Marcus Wednesday to introduce the spring line. Silk-cotton trompe l'oeil coat-dress, $2,195, is part...

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The weird world of holiday windows

Caricatures representing characters performed by male actors of "Saturday Night Live" will be part of a SNL-themed holiday windows display for Barneys New York. Two dozen "Saturday Night Live" favorites have been transformed...

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