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Pedestrians pass the Dow Jones display ticker in Times Square Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in New York. U.S. shoppers spent cautiously this holiday season, a disappointment for retailers who slashed prices to lure people into stores and now must hope for a post-Christmas burst of spending. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 photo, a woman browses through a display of jewelry on sale at a J.C. Penney store in Las Vegas. In the midst of the busy holiday shopping season, when retailers can make up to 40 percent of their sales, promotions are actually down 5 percent year over year so far, according to BMO Capital market's sales rack index. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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Shoppers browse store fronts at Silver Sands Premium Outlets on Wednesday Dec. 26, 2012 in Destin, Fla. (AP Photo/ Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek)
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Shoppers walk past an H&M location, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in New York. This holiday season is shaping up to be the weakest since the country was in the middle of a deep recession in 2008. That not only shows that stores misread Americans' willingness to spend during this period of economic uncertainty. It also could indicate that the days of throngs of shoppers spending thousands of dollars willy nilly on holiday gifts may be long gone. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Helen Earley cleans off her car in the parking lot of Hawkins Market in Ashland, Ohio Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 after buying groceries. (AP Photo/Ashland Times-Gazette, Tom E. Puskar)
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Daniel Kryger (left) and Kevin Lodewick Jr. follow trading from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Dec. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)
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"In the worst-case scenario, most of the data on the servers of every company in the developed world gets wiped out." - Tatu Ylonen, chief executive officer of SSH Communications Security Corp.
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An export revival in the U.S. has been sparked by a dramatic drop in American natural gas prices, thanks to the shale boom fueled by well sites such as this one in Zelienople, Pa. The U.S. is now considered a highly desirable location for manufacturers relying on gas for energy and as a component in many essential materials. (Associated Press)
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Christmas trees were for sale at the Eastern Market on Capitol Hill. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Some Democrats are calling on Speaker John A. Boehner to ignore the “majority of the majority” rule of thumb, as others have done to advance major legislation, to avert the Jan. 1 tax hikes and spending cuts. (Associated Press)
