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All rights reserved.http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=sksLatest Financial News for SAKS INCen-usThu, 7 Jan 2010 22:31:42 Etc/GMThttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100107/us_department_stores_sector_snap.html?.v=3Department stores reported higher sales in stores open at least a year this December than last, and many raised their fourth-quarter forecasts.yahoo_finance/2065554790Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:31:42 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100107/us_retail_sales.html?.v=20A firm stand on prices and a surge of last-minute holiday shoppers gave retailers a big present: modest December sales gains and healthy profits, a big improvement from last year's Christmas catastrophe.yahoo_finance/928037822Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:56:43 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/ft/rss/SIG=125km28ck/*http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/811d23ba-fb9d-11de-93d1-00144feab49a.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058The good ship retail has stopped sinking. Comparable store sales for December on Thursday were surprising for their buoyancy. Thanks to a flurry of shopping activity just before and after Christmas day, Retail Metrics estimated that sales for the holiday season as a whole were 2 per cent higher than the previous year.yahoo_finance/3596912629Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:00:14 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cbsm/rss/SIG=11b2pb2sn/*http%3A//www.marketwatch.com/story/story/?guid=%7B2E98C5A4%2D4AB9%2D4786%2DB82E%2DB73C56A8183F%7D&siteid=yhooThe jobs report sits front and center. Airports in the Northeast had trouble getting planes to gates on time last year. And some old consumer brands are reborn in the New Year.yahoo_finance/1778530126Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:00:02 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cbsm/rss/SIG=12gisgmmc/*http%3A//www.marketwatch.com/news/story/santa-delivers-us-retailers/story.aspx?guid=%7B18755562%2DC185%2D48C5%2DBE14%2D0AF105C4C165%7D&siteid=yhoofSeveral U.S. retailers raise their profit outlooks as last-minute shopping and the post-holiday-bargain hunt drive better-than-expected December sales.yahoo_finance/3754333361Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:15:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=12p0g8bqk/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10657712/1/same-store-sales-by-the-numbers.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NAyahoo_finance/1221747137Thu, 7 Jan 2010 18:24:09 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100107/us_retail_sales_glance.html?.v=1For selected chains in four key retail sectors, here is how sales at stores open at least a year changed from December 2008 to December 2009.yahoo_finance/819886672Thu, 7 Jan 2010 18:13:57 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/video/ts/rss/SIG=12eg208ia/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10657664/1/winner-retail-stocks.html?cm_ven=YAHOOV&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NAyahoo_finance/1750675211Thu, 7 Jan 2010 17:20:16 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100107/us_retail_sales_department_stores.html?.v=1Summary of sales at stores open at least a year in December for department chains, with percentage increase or decrease over the same month last year.yahoo_finance/1569527387Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:32:38 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100107/us_saks_sales.html?.v=2Luxury retailer Saks Inc. said Thursday that sales in stores open at least one year jumped 9.9 percent in December, helped by a designer clearance event, but fell during the overall holiday period.yahoo_finance/649681165Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:11:41 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cbsm/rss/SIG=11kitjnkn/*http%3A//www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9590BC1E-45C4-4344-8905-0EE3BF78E851%7d&siteid=yhoof2yahoo_finance/3365570467Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:17:17 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107005149.html?.v=1NEW YORK----Retailer Saks Incorporated today announced that owned sales totaled $393.6 million for the five weeks ended January 2, 2010 compared to $354.4 million for the five weeks ended January 3, 2009, an 11.1% increase.yahoo_finance/550602456Thu, 7 Jan 2010 13:30:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/wsj/rss/SIG=12ijj008i/*http%3A//online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704160504574640733299930824.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hsyahoo_finance/340862336Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:08:20 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/wsj/rss/SIG=12i65acq2/*http%3A//online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703436504574640610179822356.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hsyahoo_finance/1812556073Wed, 6 Jan 2010 03:03:50 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cnbc/rss/SIG=11hlc0dkv/*http%3A//www.cnbc.com/id/34706449/site/14081545?__source=yahoo%7Cheadline%7Cquote%7Ctext%7C&par=yahooyahoo_finance/4051970224Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:30:10 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/mfool/rss/SIG=1281s285v/*http%3A//www.fool.com/investing/general/2009/12/31/whos-broke-now.aspx?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=yyahoo_finance/183211625Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:22:45 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=12quvvklr/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10653582/1/four-things-i-learned-in-phoenix.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NAyahoo_finance/2055134048Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmpe/rss/SIG=1280erqe8/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/p/_yahoo/rmoney/jimcramerblog/10653540.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=PREMIUM&cm_ite=003190yahoo_finance/3571990357Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:43:48 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/video/cnbc/rss/SIG=113mb0hsu/*http%3A//www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=1372064347&__source=yahoo%7Cheadline%7Cquote%7Cvideo%7C&par=yahooyahoo_finance/4202025356Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:43:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ts/091229/10653407.html?.v=1Here are some of the big consumers trends of 2009, a year ruled by tech geeks and savvy shoppers.yahoo_finance/2313878702Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:42:00 Etc/GMT