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Tw Cran wy 18 aK YS 1 weigh in on newer technologies, “If last year was the awaken- SAN JOSE,Calif. retailing. a 30-year mortgage was 6.83 percei nt. Fifleen-year mortgages, a popular option for refinancing, also were up this week w! th an average holds about 40 percent of Chiqui- The Minnesota cereal maker, whi ich also counts Wheaties, Total and Lucky Charms amongits brands, had 29.8 percent of the figures. such as DVDs, which offer much. An associ- day by Freddie Mac, the mortgage company. A year ago, the average rate on biggest U.S. cereal company for the four-week period ended Dec. 5. The Lindners are the controlling ig stockholders in AFG, which increasing stockholdervalue. ing, this year was the confirma- sonal copy of material they have purchased, such as copying a music compact disc onto a cassette tape. Judges have yet to Theresults exceeded all expec- Lawsui it Seeks to Stop DVD-Cop: ying Software Wednesday. according to the association. Courts repeatedly have found that consumers can make a per tations for Internet-based online purchase amount, about$55.50 to $60. holiday season, lifting online shopping sales 300 percent over the same period last year, according to a study released and comes in a bo: that can be rec ycled as a timecapsule, Whateverthe reason, General Mills s: surpassed Kellogg Co. as the increased 300 percent overlast WASHINGTON — Mortgage cent increase in the average from BOSTON — Customers clicked and clicked andclicked againthis 30. -year fixed-rate morigages cl jimbed to 8.06 percent for the week ending Dec. 31, up from 7.96 percentlast week, according to a weekly ly survey released Wednes'2000' acquired 6.6 percent of Chiquita limited-edition version of frosted plier Samuel Navarro, has a heavy demand for Millenios, a headed by former Chiquita sup- Cheerios that spells out and has madeovertures to Chiquita, American Financial Group Inc, and the Carl LindnerJr. family, about discussing options for same period, the study showed. The groups did not give dollar fears that the red-hot U.S. economy maysparkinflation down the road. The average interest rate on year. The numberoforders placed online rose 270 percent during the the second time this year amid Online Sales Jumped 300 Percent T! his Year ous week. Infla tion Fears Spark General Mills Tops Mortgage-Rate Hike Kellogg in CerealSales Cincinnati. based banana compa- rates crept up above 8 percent for ny, according to documentsfiled Silver Spring, The survey of 30 online retail- C INCINNATI— Some Panamanianinvestors in Chiquita Brands International Inc. are considering rate of 6.56 percent this week, combination Jotint venture or otherstrat itegic transaction, ” but the investor group noted tha’ t dis- the possibility of trying to buy the MINNEAPOLIS — Maybe it was a craving for holt iday Chex mix. n Thenagain,it could have withthe Securities and Exchange Commission. Consolidated Fruit Corp. Ltd., ers were asking an average initial the Morgan Hill-based DVD Copy Control Association also seeks to stop Websites from offering a link to other sites that carry the software. Websites distributing information al bout the copying software are “part of a scheme to defeat DVD encryption software which thus enables users to illegally pirate copies of DVD viders showed that Internet sales between Nov. 20 and Dec. 19 Clara County Superior Court by vice president of The Boston Consulting Group. His group concussions were preliminary. downfrom 6.64 percent the prev: from distributing software that allows people to make illegal copies of DVDs. The su it filed Tuesday in Santa ducted the study with Shop.org, a trade association of nearly 300 online jonesthat is based in rate of 7.66 percent this week, up from the average rateof 7. 57 percentlast week. However, on one year adjustable-rate mortgages, lend percent, according to supermarket data collected by Information Resources Inc. 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