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Talking up exports

U.S. exports will grow next year even as a sovereign-debt crisis pushes Europe into recession, Bloomberg said. The euro area’s share of overseas sales for American-made goods has dwindled to 13 percent after peaking at …

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Dollar General earnings continue to rise

Dollar General Corp.’s earnings jumped 34 percent in its third quarter as same-store sales continued to rise on improved traffic and a larger average transaction size, and as sales of seasonal and consumable items increased, …

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Walgreen reports earnings growth

Walgreen Co. reported that for November, comparable-store sales rose 1.8 percent and total sales climbed 4.2 percent to $6.09 billion from $5.84 billion in the year-earlier month, MarketWatch reported. Comparable pharmacy sales rose 1.2 percent, …

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Sales and profit margins both on the upswing at Deere


Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. saw increases in sales and profit margins in all three of its product categories in the fiscal year that ended Oct. 31, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange …

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This Thanksgiving, Americans hungry for Black Friday deals


Holiday season shopping started off with a bang on Black Friday weekend, with 226 million shoppers navigating the dense crowds at malls or surfing the Web to find deals online, up from 212 million shoppers …

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Internet provides highlight for Gannett in first three quarters


Media company Gannett Co. Inc., whose holdings include The Des Moines Register, saw publishing income drop and digital income soar in the first three quarters of the year, according to a Nov. 2 filing with …

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Iowa Chamber Alliance outlines priorities

Iowa Chamber Alliance outlines priorities   Revamping Iowa’s tax code and funding repairs to the state’s roadways are among the 2012 legislative priorities announced this morning by the Iowa Chamber Alliance.   The nonpartisan coalition,…
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Social Report: Subway in the Western Gateway

A new Subway restaurant that opened across from the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park in the Western Gateway is generating a variety of opinions. Some are happy to see growth and a new inexpensive …

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Shrinking mortgage balances helped U.S. households cut their debt

Shrinking mortgage balances helped U.S. households cut their debt U.S. households pared their debt by 0.6 percent in the third quarter as mortgage balances shrank, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of…
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Yes, it was a big weekend for retailers

Yes, it was a big weekend for retailers U.S. retailers racked up a record $52.4 billion in sales over the Thanksgiving weekend, a 16.4 percent jump from a year ago, the National Retail Federation said.…