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CA-BUSINESS Summary (The Globe and Mail)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's minority Conservative government will focus on long-term ways of stimulating the economy rather than repeating the U.S. mistake of sending out one-time tax rebate checks, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Sunday. Van Buren teen's project will send 13,000 Christmas cards to soldiers (MLive.com)
What started with as a schoolgirl's wish to send a Christmas card to a single serviceman in Iraq has ballooned into a project that this year that will provide about 13,000 cards to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Alternatives to the Christmas card dilemma (Reno Gazette-Journal)
With more and more digital options becoming available, this season could be the time to exchange the holiday paper card for an e-card. Do You Make These 5 Costly Direct Mail Mistakes? (Flathead Beacon)
It's easy to waste a lot of money by making a few simple mistakes when sending direct mail. Today we're going to talk about 5 particularly costly errors that are relatively easy to fix. CA-BUSINESS Summary (The Globe and Mail)
LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell after staging a sharp rally last week and the yen rose on Monday as investors looked to interest rate cuts in several major economies, while oil dropped as OPEC delayed a decision on a third supply cut. CA-BUSINESS Summary (The Globe and Mail)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks dipped on Monday to snap a six-day winning streak, with investors caught between aggressive steps by central bank to alleviate the sharp global downturn and increasingly grim economic data. CA-BUSINESS Summary (The Globe and Mail)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil fell more than a dollar on Monday, toward $53 a barrel, after producer cartel OPEC decided to delay a decision on a third supply cut to its next meeting later in December as economic woes squeeze oil demand. CA-BUSINESS Summary (The Globe and Mail)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil fell more than a dollar on Monday, toward $53 a barrel, after producer cartel OPEC decided to delay a decision on a third supply cut to its next meeting later in December as economic woes cripple oil demand. Peek at the Week (Niles Herald-Spectator)
Submissions for Community Calendar are required 10 days preceding the date of publication. Send to: Niles Managing Editor, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495 or e-mailed to mbottari@pioneerlocal.com. Sending good cheer to troops (Athens Banner-Herald)
An economy rapidly plunging into the toilet. A new president. Fires in California. With so much to cover, the media doesn't devote as much time as they once did covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But those wars are still being fought.
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