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Best Buy Co. Inc. +$1.54 $41.78

Retailers posted big gains in Monday's stock market advance, as investors bet that consumers will spend more as the economy recovers and the holidays approach. (Ticker: BBY)

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Nov. clothing sales weaken compared with 2008's clearance sales, but electronics, online rise - After showing signs of improvement in early fall, sales of clothing and luxury goods weakened a bit the first half of November, compared with a year ago, when stores pulled shoppers in with massive discounts, figures released Tuesday show. More

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Lights out at U energy conference. Irony police notified.

Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.

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