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Macy's Gains by Pushing Housewares Over Luxuries as Shoppers Stay Cautious Blenders and sweaters may rise in popularity this holiday season as consumers seek to replenish kitchens and wardrobes rather than spend money on luxury gifts.

Rhone Ranger's Vinthology, Winemakers' Profiles Make Great Holiday Books I like to think that wine lovers are also book readers, at least to feed their oenophilia. So, for holiday gifts I can guarantee that the following books will make your drinking buddies very happy.

Nokia Netbook's Beauty Proves Only Skin-Deep: Tech by Rich Jaroslovsky So near, yet so far.

London Eateries Slash Wine Prices; Haggis Dim Sum Honors Burns: Food Buzz Le Bouchon Breton has joined the ranks of London restaurants lowering the price of fine wines to draw in customers and to get us all drinking again. Among the bargains: La Tache, Domaine de la Romanee Conti 1995, down to 1,293 pounds ($2,150) from 3,900 pounds, and Charmes-Chambertin, Domaine Perrot-Minot 2001, cut to 105 pounds from 220 pounds. Let’s hope our employers appreciate the effort that is being made. Just think: The more you drink, the more you save.

Bentley's $273,000 Speed Demon Is Slow to Drink Biofuel: Jason H. Harper The elite are in trouble. Those exotic carmakers who produce fewer than 10,000 cars a year are looking at future fuel regulations and are realizing they need a plan. Fast.

Kohl's Lets `Black Friday' Customers Prepare Holiday-Special Lists Online Kohl’s Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. department-store chain, will let customers create shopping lists online to help them locate holiday specials before they set out to buy gifts.

Michelin-Snubbed Japanese Curry Is Gourmet Treat Costing $10: Tokyo Dining The Michelin Guide’s list of top Tokyo restaurants features French eateries, sushi shops and even blowfish specialists. Left entirely unrepresented is one of Japan’s favorite foods: curry.

Ford Tops Safety List, Toyota Is Shut Out in U.S. Insurance Group's Tests Twenty-seven vehicles earned the top safety rating in a U.S. insurance-industry group’s 2010-model crash tests, less than a third of the number a year earlier after a measure of performance in rollover accidents was added.

Wine Sellers Battle Fake Vintages with Radioactivity, Ion-Beam Sleuthing The label on the Chateau d’Yquem read 1816, but the number on the cork looked suspiciously like 1949.

Porsche Family Watches, Damien Hirst Cabinet on Sale for Charity: Art Buzz Christie’s International raised 19 million Swiss francs ($19 million) in the biggest watch auction this year, including a collection of 10 Patek Philippe watches for almost double the low estimate.