24 August 2005

Keyword News: [discount]


Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:09 AM PDT
Your Keyword News Alert for [discount]
matched the following stories:

Bloomberg.com, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 9:41 PM PDT
Costco-Wal-Mart Pay -- Don't Discount Difference: Graef Crystal http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&refer=columnist_crystal&sid=arNjFjq0qpd0
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Costco Wholesale Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. both offer low-priced goods, yet when it comes to paying their employees, there is a difference in dollars and cents that starts with hourly workers and goes to the top.

Seattle Times, Wed, 24 Aug 2005 0:54 AM PDT
Will Southwest's noise plan fly? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002450353_flightpaths23m.html?syndication=rss&source=boeingaerospace.xml&items=14
Southwest Airlines flew more than 22,400 flights in and out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last year. Most of the time, the discount...

New York Post, Wed, 24 Aug 2005 0:34 AM PDT
WAL-MART VOGUES INTO MAG http://www.nypost.com/business/52441.htm
WAL-MART VOGUES INTO MAG August 24, 2005 -- Vogue is mixing mass with class in its glossy pages. The magazine is running ads for huge discount retailer Wal-Mart alongside upscale designers such as Gucci, Oscar de la Renta and Roberto Cavalli.

The Derrick, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 9:16 PM PDT
Man arrested after Brookville robbery attempt http://www.thederrick.com/stories/08242005-3008.shtml
The suspect is also accused of assaulting a clerk at the Choice Discount Cigarette Shop. BROOKVILLE - A clerk was reportedly drenched with lighter fluid while a man held a lighter near her during a robbery attempt late Monday in Brookville.

People's Daily, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:25 PM PDT
Figures and facts: Gender Equality and Women's Development in China (2) http://english.people.com.cn/200508/24/eng20050824_204338.html
-- During the period from 2001 to 2004, a total of 13.52 billion yuan in small-sum credit loans for rural households were granted from the state poverty-reduction discount loans, and more than half of the money went to women. Since 2001, the Chinese government has taken poverty-reduction projects in the form of participation of the poor as the main way to "enhance the whole village," and such

Lima News, Wed, 24 Aug 2005 0:03 AM PDT
Continental clears way for Dollar General http://www.limanews.com/story.php?IDnum=16983
CONTINENTAL Economic development leaders narrowly cleared a major hurtle Tuesday, paving the way for a new discount store to open in the village. Continental Village Council voted 3-2 with one councilman abstaining to approve the rezon-ing that will allow a Dollar General store to open.

Bloomberg.com, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:47 PM PDT
Retailers' Denim Glut, Gas Prices May Hurt Back-to-School Sales http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=auRfXQDeY72Y
U.S. Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Retailers from Federated Department Stores Inc. to American Eagle Outfitters Inc. may have a hard time selling all the jeans and denim jackets they stocked for back-to-school shoppers.

MSNBC, Wed, 24 Aug 2005 1:03 AM PDT
WP: Drivers set to pay any price for gas http://g.msn.com/0MN0RS9/3?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9056643/&&CE=3032071
Across the United States, the subject of gasoline prices is like the smell of gas after it spills on your hands. You can't escape it.

BBC News, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:39 PM PDT
SEC charges two Kmart ex-bosses http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/4179132.stm
The US market watchdog charges two ex-top executives of Kmart with fraud in the lead up to the retailer's bankruptcy.

Bloomberg.com, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 9:48 PM PDT
U.S. Treasury to Tighten Rules on Offshore Patents, Licenses http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=alG4UFNucA6g
U.S. Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Computer and drug companies such as Microsoft Corp. and Pfizer Inc. may face a higher U.S. tax bill after the Bush administration said it would tighten rules on diverting profit to offshore tax havens.

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