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November 19, 2008 - CSX subscribers are invited to participate in an exclusive webinar conference on the convenience store channel’s performance through August 2008.
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November 19, 2008 - CSX subscribers are invited to participate in an exclusive webinar conference on the convenience store channel’s performance through August 2008. ...
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PCATS Announces Appointment of New Executive Director and CEO

PCATS
November 17, 2008 - The Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) announced the appointment of Thomas R. Oare as its new executive director and CEO, effective February 1, 2009....
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NACS Creates Energy Shot Category Classification



NACS
November 17, 2008 - Increasing sales volume in energy shot products has created a sense of urgency for proper categorization and sales attribution in the collection of data to compile NACS' state of the
industry report.

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Motor Fuels

AAA Projects Slight Decline in Thanksgiving Travel For First Time Since 2002

BUSINESS WIRE
November 20, 2008 - AAA forecasts a small decline in the number of Americans traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. ...
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Oil Falls Below $53 on Fears of Deep Recession

Associated Press
November 20, 2008 - Oil prices fell below $53 to almost a two-year low Thursday as investors, worried by plummeting stock markets, priced in lower crude demand as the global economic downturn shapes up to be the worst in decades....
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Further Signs of Stress in Canada's Oil Sands

Associated Press
November 19, 2008 - Canada's booming oil sands industry showed more signs of cooling off Monday as crude prices continued their long plummet from record summer highs. ...
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Technology

MagTek Extends Its Dual-Sided MICR Check Scanner Product Line withIts MDX for Secure Remote Deposit Capture

BUSINESS WIRE
November 20, 2008 - MagTek, Inc., a global provider of the most secure electronic payment technology, today announced the MDX. It offers a compact check reader with a dual-sided scanner and a secure MagneSafe reader all in one sleek design....
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GO-Tag and Go Buy First Data Mobile System Allows Cell Phone to Work Like a Prepaid Gift Card

Rocky Mountain News
November 17, 2008 - First Data has launched the GO-Tag, a sticker that allows a regular cell phone to work like a prepaid gift card....
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PCATS Device Integration Committee Sets Agenda for the 2009 Annual Conference

PCATS
November 13, 2008 - The Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) announced today that the Device Integration Standards Committee will be meeting at the 2009 PCATS Annual Conference to be held the week of January 26, 2009, in Orlando, Florida. ...
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Food

Burger King Corp. To Limit Sodium in Advertised Kids Meals

Business Wire
November 20, 2008 - Today, Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC) became the first quick service restaurant chain to announce that it is limiting sodium in all of its Kids Meals advertised to children under 12 years old. ...
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Friendly's Just Got Friendlier As They Use Trans Fat Free Oils

BUSINESS WIRE
November 19, 2008 - The entire chain of Friendly's restaurants is banning artificial trans fat from their menu....
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New Jersey Food Stores Roll Out Savings

The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey
November 19, 2008 - New Jersey food stores are slashing some prices and stepping up marketing efforts to position themselves as the place for the budget-conscious shopper....
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Government Relations

California's Independent Retailers Strongly Oppose Regressive Tax Hike on Alcohol Beverages

BUSINESS WIRE
November 19, 2008 - Members of the Neighborhood Market Association strongly opposed the $4.4 billion dollar tax plan introduced in the Legislature today that would dramatically increase the cost of alcohol products....
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Plan to Curb Fraud on Bottle, Can Deposit Refunds is OK'D

Detroit Free Press
November 18, 2008 - A state House committee on Thursday took the first steps to curb the smuggling of tens of millions of beverage cans and bottles from other states by people who cash in on Michigan's 10-cent deposit refund....
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State Sales Tax Revenue Below 2007 Figures

The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.
November 14, 2008 - Washington's budget picture continues to darken, according to the latest report that showed $52.8 million less revenue than expected for October. There was some growth, however. Sales-tax income from convenience stores was up 5 percent from last year, and drugstore receipts increased by 4 percent. ...
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Tobacco

R.J. Reynolds Disputes Study of Smokeless, Spitless Product Available in West Virginia

Charleston Gazette, The
November 20, 2008 - A refrigerated smokeless tobacco product available in West Virginia convenience stores has twice the nicotine content of an earlier version of the same product sold elsewhere in the United States, according to a new study from West Virginia University researchers....
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Adult Smoking is at Record Low: A Rate Below 20 Percent Has More Symbolic Than Commercial Significance, Tobacco Analyst Says

Winston-Salem Journal
November 18, 2008 - The decline of the U.S. adult-smoking rate to less than 20 percent comes at a time when U.S. tobacco manufacturers, particularly R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., are putting more emphasis on smokeless tobacco products....
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Discount Cigarette Manufacturer Cuts Jobs

Winston-Salem Journal
November 18, 2008 - A need to cut costs has led General Tobacco Co. to reverse its growth strategy, at least temporarily....
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Operations

Heartland Payment Systems Acquires Chockstone

BUSINESS WIRE
November 20, 2008 - Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE:HPY), a leading provider of credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payments solutions, has closed on its acquisition of Chockstone, Inc., a privately held provider of gift card programs and loyalty solutions. ...
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Wholesale Prices Plunge, Easing Inflation Concerns

Associated Press
November 20, 2008 - WASHINGTON--Wholesale prices in October experienced the biggest one-month drop on records that go back more than 60 years, illustrating the impact falling energy prices and fears of a prolonged recession can have on inflation....
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Recession "Crunches" New Product Recall to All-Time Low

BUSINESS WIRE