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To: sammy™ -_- who wrote (1570)	12/30/2006 5:33:22 PM
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A Lackluster Last Weekend By Ann Zimmerman, Stephanie Kang and Gary McWilliams Word Count: 1,051 \| Companies Featured in This Article: Best Buy, Tiffany, Wal-Mart Stores, J.C. Penney Retailers worried about a steep slowdown in the first three weeks of December got some relief in the final days before Christmas, but last-minute shoppers and heavy discounting failed to deliver as strong a finale as retailers had hoped, according to one early projection. Holiday spending between Thanksgiving and Christmas rose a disappointing 6.6% over last year, according to SpendingPulse, a retail-sales data service from MasterCard International's MasterCard Advisors Unit. Last holiday, sales climbed 8.7%. "People were expecting a lot more momentum," said Michael McNamara, vice president of research and analysis for MasterCard Advisors. "Retail sales are growing, but at ...http://online.wsj.com/google_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB116710056784559386.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj