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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2009 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation WRAPUP 1-Black Friday sales seen strong, but will it last? * Early rush may not be sustained through holiday season<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=z6lL_9IF_oY:1Xlr_QZlCdI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a 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http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN2726862720091127?feedType=RSS&feedName=consumerproducts-SP UPDATE 3-Carphone ups earnings view, confident on Christmas * To accelerate Wireless World rollout; megastores on track<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=-1qvEZ4HUBo:Oo5w5RjioJo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=-1qvEZ4HUBo:Oo5w5RjioJo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=-1qvEZ4HUBo:Oo5w5RjioJo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=-1qvEZ4HUBo:Oo5w5RjioJo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=-1qvEZ4HUBo:Oo5w5RjioJo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~4/-1qvEZ4HUBo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~3/-1qvEZ4HUBo/idUKGEE5AP1US20091127 UKGEE5AP1US20091127 consumerproducts-SP Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:09:17 +0000 http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKGEE5AP1US20091127?feedType=RSS&feedName=consumerproducts-SP UPDATE 1-GM's Saab says talking to possible buyers * Saab in contact with suitors for the 60-year-old company<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=gtYkvDSEqHo:PwyQI_fuEkE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=gtYkvDSEqHo:PwyQI_fuEkE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=gtYkvDSEqHo:PwyQI_fuEkE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a 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"optimistic" about the holiday shopping season after scores of parents picked up season's favorite Zhu-Zhu Pets hamsters and classic toys like Lego on Black Friday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=yct6EUn59Tg:4PNZIGMPVeI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=yct6EUn59Tg:4PNZIGMPVeI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=yct6EUn59Tg:4PNZIGMPVeI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=yct6EUn59Tg:4PNZIGMPVeI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=yct6EUn59Tg:4PNZIGMPVeI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~4/yct6EUn59Tg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~3/yct6EUn59Tg/idUKN2743236620091127 UKN2743236620091127 consumerproducts-SP Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:13:39 +0000 http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN2743236620091127?feedType=RSS&feedName=consumerproducts-SP UPDATE 2-Tata Motors in profit as Jaguar's outlook brightens * Q2 net profit 218 mln rupees, yr ago loss 9.42 bln rupees<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=OZ2E2NKkGXw:gAyQEKgB8Hs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=OZ2E2NKkGXw:gAyQEKgB8Hs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=OZ2E2NKkGXw:gAyQEKgB8Hs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=OZ2E2NKkGXw:gAyQEKgB8Hs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img 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Continental is set to pay a higher interest rate in exchange for postponing a 3.5 billion euro ($5.2 billion) tranche payment due in August next year.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=-NBGNFL0E-I:X-7DpKA7WN0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=-NBGNFL0E-I:X-7DpKA7WN0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=-NBGNFL0E-I:X-7DpKA7WN0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=-NBGNFL0E-I:X-7DpKA7WN0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=-NBGNFL0E-I:X-7DpKA7WN0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~4/-NBGNFL0E-I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~3/-NBGNFL0E-I/idUKGEE5AQ1CE20091127 UKGEE5AQ1CE20091127 consumerproducts-SP Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:49:21 +0000 http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKGEE5AQ1CE20091127?feedType=RSS&feedName=consumerproducts-SP UPDATE 1-Three brewers eyeing Mexico's FEMSA -sources * SABMiller, Heineken, Kirin interested in FEMSA Cerveza<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=43sVr9CGex8:nRr6FxCdX40:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=43sVr9CGex8:nRr6FxCdX40:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=43sVr9CGex8:nRr6FxCdX40:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=43sVr9CGex8:nRr6FxCdX40:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=43sVr9CGex8:nRr6FxCdX40:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~4/43sVr9CGex8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~3/43sVr9CGex8/idUKGEE5AQ1X520091127 UKGEE5AQ1X520091127 consumerproducts-SP Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:22:09 +0000 http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKGEE5AQ1X520091127?feedType=RSS&feedName=consumerproducts-SP INTERVIEW-UPDATE 2-Subaru marches on in US but more work ahead * Need work improving profitability but strategy in place<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=DEpPz0x2_dg:PEtQaTLYsaM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=DEpPz0x2_dg:PEtQaTLYsaM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=DEpPz0x2_dg:PEtQaTLYsaM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?a=DEpPz0x2_dg:PEtQaTLYsaM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKConsumerProducts?i=DEpPz0x2_dg:PEtQaTLYsaM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~4/DEpPz0x2_dg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/UKConsumerProducts/~3/DEpPz0x2_dg/idUKT3622520091127 UKT3622520091127 consumerproducts-SP Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:25:27 +0000 http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKT3622520091127?feedType=RSS&feedName=consumerproducts-SP