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CBS Market Watch
Dollar Tree profit falls; high gas prices cuts traffic marketwatch.com/enf/rss.asp?guid=%7B481A940C-966E-474B-83F3-7371BF424599%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw
Discount retailer Dollar Tree Stores Inc. on Wednesday said second-quarter profit declined, hurt by rising gas prices as fewer shoppers made trips to its stores.

Sun-Sentinel

Wal-Mart Takes a Page From Vogue
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Actually eight pages. The discount chain aims to lure bigger spenders with ads for its clothing. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which wooed cost-conscious shoppers to become the world's largest retailer, is setting its sights on deeper pockets.

SF Weekly
Discount Dynasty
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After scoring big with "Two Buck Chuck," renegade vintner Fred Franzia once again has Napa Valley's wine burghers in an uproar

Newsday.com

Drug card gives $3M dose of savings

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Leonard Gold buys three drugs for his wife every month -- Plavix, a blood thinner; Fosamax, for bone loss; and Aricept, for memory loss. Gold, 86, of Oceanside, could sign up for a Medicare discount prescription drug plan. But the paperwork overwhelms him.

Seattle Times

Will Southwest's noise plan fly? seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002450353_flightpaths23m.html?syndication=rss&source=seattletimes.xml&items=133
Southwest Airlines flew more than 22,400 flights in and out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last year. Most of the time, the discount...

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On Tuesday, Microsoft Vice President of U.S. Business Partner Group Margo Day told partners attending the Microsoft World Premiere event at XChange that the new offering, comprising Windows Server Standard, Exchange Server Standard and MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager) Workgroup Edition along with 50 midmarket client licenses, will start at US$6,444, a 20 percent discount from the individually

Forbes

Seattle In Uproar Over Kelly's Southwest Air forbes.com/facesinthenews/2005/08/24/southwest-boeing-airlines-cx_gl_0823autofacescan09.html?partner=rss
Discounter's Boeing Field proposal sparks opposition.

USA Today
Excerpt from 'User I.D.'
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After about twenty minutes, a young policewoman showed up, accompanied by a soundtrack of radio squawks and static. She was short and plump, and walked with an awkward, duck-like gait, encumbered by the arsenal of objects suspended from her belt. She also looked absurdly young: this must be the shit work they assign to the rookies, Vera thought, going down to the Avis agency on a Tuesday morning

24 Aug 2005
Oil prices lift PetroChina profits cnn.com/rssclick/2005/BUSINESS/08/24/petrochina.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest
PetroChina earnings are expected to remain strong as oil prices continue near record highs.

WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com News,
BRAC Commissioners Vote To Move 99th, Kelly The commission considering the Pentagon's proposal to restructure hundreds of military bases across the U.S. has voted to move two local facilities.

Wed, 24 Aug 2005