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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Gifts for Everyone on Your List

With the holidays less than three weeks away, don't panic if you haven't gotten gifts for everyone on your list; there is still much time to play Santa Claus. Here is a holiday gift guide, with the hottest gifts of 2011 for everyone on your list.

HSBC Faces Record Fine for ill-advising the Elderly

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Europe's largest bank is facing a record fine of 10.5 million pounds ($16.4 million) for inappropriately advising over 2,000 elderly customers about bond investment between 2005 and 2010.The bank is also likely to pay another 29.3 million pounds in compensation to victims, according to Reuters.
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Costly Holiday Season National Railroad Strike Averted, For Now

The nation's major freight railroads averted the possibility of an imminent strike, which could hit the retail industry hard during the holiday season, by reaching tentative agreements with two labor unions and agreeing to extend talks with a third late Thursday, just hours after Republican House leaders said they would move to vote Friday an emergency bill to block a strike.
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Jobless rate unexpectedly rises in November

Canada's economy unexpectedly lost jobs for a second straight month in November, raising concern that weakness in other countries may do lasting harm to an economy that has so far been surprisingly robust.
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Top 10 Tablets of 2011

Tablets are now becoming an integral part of our lives and as well as a portable alternative to PCs and laptops.
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Google in talks to take on Amazon in retail: report

Google Inc is pondering an Internet service to help consumers shop online and take advantage of same-day delivery, hoping to stanch the loss of Web traffic to Amazon.com Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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November retail sales reports show mixed results

Major U.S. retailers showed a big rift between winners and losers in November, as a strong turnout on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, encouraged some, while others did not experience the swell of buying they had hoped for.

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