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Real life doesn't quite provide that kind of a party for actual 10 million milers - though certainly get treated well. Phillip Dunkelberger is the president of a data protection firm. Work sends him around the globe and he has earned about 14 million miles, mostly with American. ("I'm also an elite on United and Luftansa," he says.) What did he get at 10 million? It passed with the outward fanfare of an on-time arrival. "It was a trip to Zurich two years ago. I knew this trip would put me over 10 million miles," he recalls...
...Last year was the worst Christmas in 40 years and we're tracking below that right now," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a retail consulting and investment banking firm.. "The whole [holiday season] will be determined by the last two days before Christmas...
...across the Northeast over the weekend heightened the tension, dampening sales on the critical last Saturday before Christmas. That has added to pressure on department store retailers to make unplanned markdowns on select items in the final days, says Matthew Katz, a managing director at AlixPartners, a business advisory firm. Katz notes that many retailers launched aggressive TV ads in the past few days. "That's an indication there's a little bit of tension and nervousness," he says...
...media shake-up, cable operator Comcast agreed to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric. The deal would create a giant firm whose assets pulled in $51 billion in revenue last year. Thriving NBC Universal cable channels such as USA and MSNBC were especially attractive to Comcast, though the flagship NBC broadcast network remains mired in fourth place. Regulatory approval of the deal could take more than a year...
...Analysts are not so sure. "People are furious right now, but I'd be very surprised if this had any significant impact on Eurostar's position in the longer term," says Joe Gill, an aviation industry analyst for the Dublin brokerage firm Bloxham. He notes that airlines aren't exactly popular with travelers these days either. Indeed, only days ago, a planned strike by cabin crew at British Airways threatened to leave up to 1 million passengers stranded during the entire holiday season - until a judge blocked the industrial action. "Had this been a terrible crash or something, it might...