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Midday Newscast: November 24, 2008
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Vermont’s congressional delegation says the national economy would be boosted if more transportation construction projects got started; Vermont retailers say they’re ready for the busy holiday shopping season;VPR News
Midday Newscast: November 17, 2008
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Senator Patrick Leahy has requested that the White House and Office of the Vice President preserve all documents relating to national security; The Vermont Retail Association says prospects for the upcoming holiday shopping season are mixed;VPR News
Food drive will complement weekend of tax-free shopping
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Retailers say they hope to help Vermont’s food shelves this weekend, when a sales tax holiday is expected to boost traffic at stores around the state.VPR News
VT Edition Interview: Geri Anne Higgins & Judith Levine on holiday spending
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Geri Anne Higgins is the marketing director at the University Mall in South Burlington, the state’s largest regional mall. Judith Levine is the author of "Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping." They spoke with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about economics and culture of consumers in the holiday season.Vermont Edition
‘Tis the season to be… shopping?
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December can be a make or break month in the retail calendar. But the stress of shopping can leave some of us questioning the point of all that standing in line and spending. We examine the economics and culture of consumers in the holiday season with Geri Anne Higgans, marketing director at the University Mall in South Burlington, and Hardwick writer Judith Levine, author of "Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping." Also in the program, Skip Vallee tells us what it was like to serve as the US ambassador to Slovakia. And we pay homage to a food that (for some) is synonymous with the Christmas season: fruitcake.VPR News
