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Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Laurie Schacht, co-publisher of "The Toy Insider," talks with Bloomberg's Jon Erlichman about the outlook for popular toys during the 2009 holiday shopping season. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD Group Inc., and Kenneth Goldstein, an economist at the Conference Board, talk with Bloomberg Television about the outlook for consumer spending and holiday retail sales. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Brian Dunn, chief executive officer at Best Buy Co. Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the outlook for the holiday shopping season. Dunn says Black Friday traffic is up over last year in store and on the retailer's Web site. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Brendan Hoffman, chief executive officer of Lord & Taylor, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about the outlook for the department-store chain and the U.S. retail industry this holiday season. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Mindy Grossman, chief executive officer of HSN Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu, Jon Erlichman and Adam Johnson about the company's sales outlook during the holiday season. Grossman also discusses the television retailer's merchandising strategy and customer base. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Betty Liu reports on the latest breaking business news and top stories in today's Business Briefs. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Gilbert Harrison, chief executive officer of Financo Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about the outlook for U.S. consumer spending during the holiday shopping season. Harrison also discusses retailers' strategy on Black Friday, the traditional beginning of holiday buying. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Jay Margolis, former president of the apparel division at Limited Brands, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the outlook for retailers during the holiday shopping season. Margolis says he sees lower inventories at retailers this year. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Jane Foley, research director at Gain Capital Group LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat about the possibility that Japanese may intervene in currency markets after the yen rose to a 14-year high against the dollar, hurting exports.

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Peter Benedict, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller about the outlook for retailers this holiday season. As many as 134 million people plan to shop over the weekend, 4.7 percent more than last year, according to the National Retail Federation, a Washington-based trade group. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- John Herrmann, chief economist at Herrmann Forecasting, talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller about the outlook for the U.S. labor market. Herrmann also discusses consumer spending and the U.S. economy. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- David Davis, managing partner of Arpeggio Partners, talks with Bloomberg's Julie Hyman about the outlook for holiday box office sales. Davis also discusses the outlook for James Cameron's new movie "Avatar" and the success of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Gould, chief executive officer of Macy's Inc.'s Bloomingdale's, talks with Margaret Brennan about the outlook for the retail industry. Gould also discusses jewelry sales and luxury consumers. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Jason Goldberg, a senior analyst at Barclays Capital, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about banks' loan losses the outlook for more failures in the industry. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation had 552 banks with $345.9 billion in assets on the confidential problem list as of Sept. 30, a 33 percent increase from 416 lenders with $299.8 billion in assets at the end of the second quarter. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Betty Liu and Michael McKee report on U.S. economic data released today. Orders for durable goods in U.S. unexpectedly fell 0.6 percent in October. Initial jobless claims dropped to 466,000 last week, the lowest level since September 2008. Consumer spending rebounded more than anticipated last month, rising 0.7 percent. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Mario Gabelli, chief executive officer of Gamco Investors Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu, John Erlichman and Adam Johnson about Kraft Foods Inc.’s $16.1 billion offer for Cadbury Plc and the possibility that Hershey Co. may outbid Kraft for the U.K. chocolate maker. Hershey’s controlling trust wants the company to make a $17 billion bid for Cadbury that would be worth more and have a higher cash component than Kraft, the Wall Street Journal reported on Nov. 20. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Ryan Chilcote reports on Russian Standard Vodka’s billionaire owner Roustam Tariko and the outlook for his business ventures. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Jon Erlichman reports on the latest breaking business news and top stories in today's Business Briefs. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Neil Buckley of the Financial Times' Lex commentary team talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton about General Motors Co. possibly shutting down the Saab unit after Koenigsegg Group AB canceled a planned acquisition. (Source: Bloomberg)

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