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Eurostars ticket sales for 2009 totalled a record £675.5m, an increase of 1.7% on 2008.

The volume of travellers year on year increased by 1.2% to hit 9.2m despite the chaos caused by bad weather over the Christmas and New Year period.

Eurostars Brussels route saw the highest growth in 2009.

The number of passengers travelling between London and Brussels increased by 6% in 2009 compared to 2008.

SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, aims to increase handset sales by 20 percent this year and is pinning its hopes on Google's Android operating system to beef up its smartphone range.

The South Korean company faces stiff competition in 2010 due to its relatively weak footing in the booming smartphones business against Apple Inc, Research In Motion and Nokia.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers stepped up their spending in November and grew more optimistic this month, unexpectedly strong data showed on Friday, raising hopes a self-sustaining economic recovery was starting to unfold.

A slew of data this week has suggested the recovery is gaining momentum, pulling further away from the devastating recession that pushed unemployment to quarter-century highs and raising hopes the economy can return to normal growth without massive government support.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc witnessed stronger-than-expected online sales around the kickoff of this year's holiday shopping season as mobile phone shoppers scoured the Web for bargains, Ralph de la Vega, the head of its mobile and consumer business, said on Wednesday.

De la Vega said it was too early to estimate AT&T's overall wireless demand in the current quarter but said that the day after Thanksgiving, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, appeared to bring out cost-conscious consumers.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When U.S. retail chains report November sales this week, investors will learn whether they have gone far enough to protect profits against a weak start to the holiday shopping season.

Early data on weekend shopping from U.S. Thanksgiving Day on Thursday through Sunday showed a slight increase in retail sales, pressuring shares from Wal-Mart Stores Inc to J.C. Penney Co Inc and Saks Inc.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a worrisome sign for retailers, data released on Saturday showed that sales rose a scant 0.5 percent on the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season despite early signs of a strong showing.

A focus on bargains pulled shoppers into stores and onto websites over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but many said they would stick to their budgets and avoid purchases if they could not find a good deal.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers may stretch tight budgets this year to reward loved ones after months of thrift, a softening of heart that store chains hope will erase the holiday season sales debacle of 2008.

Retailers from Wal-Mart Stores to Gap, RadioShack and Walgreens opened their doors on Thursday as U.S. families celebrate Thanksgiving, aiming to capture early bird shoppers a day before the official start of holiday shopping on "Black Friday."

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is once again expected to top Wall Street's estimates when it unveils quarterly earnings next week, but it may have to beat by a lot to drive an already lofty share price higher.

The maker of the Mac, iPhone and iPod is on a roll: CEO Steve Jobs is back at the helm, its stock has more than doubled this year to within spitting distance of a record high, and it has smashed profit expectations two years running.

LG Electronics announced that the LG Arena (LG-KM900) multimedia phone has exceeded one million sales worldwide.

The LG Arena Smartphone reached the milestone in just five months after debuting at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in February, reinforcing its stature as a premium Smartphone.

Dell has admitted to raking in over $3 million from advertising its products on Twitter.

The PC maker has been using Twitter for two years, and employs proprietary software to track sales from users clicking through from Twitter links.