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Consumers scramble to pick up stocking stuffers. the coffee chain sold nearly $2.5 million gift cards last year, or one for about every seven people. and santa, hes got an extra gift for music lovers this year. john, paul, george and ringo. a report the beatles will be joining streaming music services including apple music and spotify on thursday. unlike artists such as cold play and taylor swift who wont allow some songs on free versions of those sites the beatles will be available to everyon...

The worlds largest soft drink maker shut down the service to simplify operations. voice mail has become obsolete with younger workers who prefer e-mail or text messaging. they predict productivity will increase and costs will decrease $100,000 a year. fido will have a very merry christmas. pet owners are splurging on gifts. the average shopper is expected to spend $30 on pet gifts. spending for human family members is up, too, about 6.5%. for the shopper who has trouble picking out the right p...

Atlanta. the worlds largest soft drink maker shut down the service to simplify operations. voice mail has become obsolete with younger workers who prefer e-mail or text messaging. they predict productivity will increase and costs will decrease $100,000 a year. fido will have a very merry christmas. pet owners are splurging on gifts. the average shopper is expected to spend $30 on pet gifts. spending for human family members is up, too, about 6.5%. for the shopper who has trouble picking out th...

Connect patients with doctors to help them make that connection. >> thats a huge statement. one of the most promising research involving autism ever? thats huge. google has the power to do all kinds of things. you never really connect them to a health, a medical breakthrough like this. thats fascinating. >> autism speaks has been collecting genetic data for more than a decade. they feel this gives them the tools to move forward. youre doing your holiday shopping and looking for stocking stuffe...

Day-after christmas sales in hopes of cashing in on holiday cheer. >> the week after christmas can account for as much as 15% of what retailers see during the entire holiday season. if you add it all up, this final week is just as important for retailers as the week before is. >> reporter: experts say the 26th is also a big day for gift card purchases with target customers cashing in their stocking stuffers the most today. >> gift cards for seven years in a row now have been the most requested g...

Christmas sales in hopes of cashing in on your holiday cheer. >> the week after christmas can account for 50% of what the retailers see throughout the entire holiday season. if you add it all up, this final week is just as important for retailers as the week before is. >> the 26th is a big day for gift card purchases with target customers cashing in their stocking stuffers the most today. >> gift cards have been the most requested gift item. were expecting them to bring in about $28 billion once...

Just in stores. theyre online, too. >> were doing a lot of amazon.com, online shopping. >> reporter: retailers like amazon.com, old navy and saks fifth avenue are amping up their day-after christmas sales in hopes of cashing in on holiday cheer. >> the week after christmas can account for as much as 15% of what retailers see during the entire holiday season. if you add it all up, this final week is just as important for retailers as the week before is. >> reporter: experts say the 26th is also a...

Treats and decor. >> the discounts will definitely be deep this week, but what you get are leftovers, you can get 70, 75% off on wrapping paper. >> reporter: and the sales are not just in stores. theyre on line, too? >> were doing a lot of amazon.com, a lot of on-line shopping. >> reporter: retailers like amazon.com, old navy and saks are amping up their christmas day sales in hopes to amp up your christmas cheer. >> theyre looking at what they see throughout the holiday season. so if you add it...

The decal was put on to the plane in a painstaking process. were speeding it up to show you. the promotion aims to encourage tourists to new zealand. who wouldnt want to go, which is up due to popularity of "the lord of the rings movies filmed there and "the hobbit" desolation of smaug, has been in earned 12million dollars. that is what it has raked insofar. i guess i have to see it. leland: go see it or fly on the plane to new zealand. jamie: love that. long flight. leland: go anytime. this chr...

Bail-out so the union workers -- >> obama didnt do it. >> got paid 90 cents on the dollar. the bondholders only got 10 cents on the dollar. bondholders should be paid back. >> by the way, this did start under bush. >> it certainly did. it going to remind my good friend that was the case. >> the car czar appointed by obama. >> he was. but the bail-out already occurred. look for better or worse, what the president of g.m. is saying is correct. we did do it as an equity deal. it might have been sma...