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• CIGNA Defends Initially Denying Teen Transplant
  CIGNA Healthcare officials defended themselves on Monday against allegations the insurer acted maliciously when it initially rejected a liver transplant for a Northridge teen who later died, saying its experts determined the procedure may not have been "effective or appropriate."
• Last-Minute Shoppers Give Retailers Boost
  Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wish - a last-minute surge of shopping that helped meet their modest sales goals, according to data released late Monday by research firm ShopperTrak RCT Corp.
• Northwest CEO: Fares Likely To Rise
  Airlines have enough pricing power to partly offset any spike in oil prices, but travelers will probably pay higher airfares next year if fuel prices don't fall, Northwest Airlines Corp. chief executive Doug Steenland said.
• Stocks Extend Gains After Merrill Deal
  Wall Street advanced sharply Monday during an abbreviated day of trading, boosted by news that Merrill Lynch & Co. will receive an investment of up to $6.2 billion from two investment groups. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 100 points.
  
• Report: US Consumers Drowning In Credit Card Debt
  Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the last year and prompting warnings of worse to come.
• In-Flight Internet Access Raises Legal Questions
  Seat 17D is yapping endlessly on an Internet phone call. Seat 16F is flaming Seat 16D with expletive-laden chats. Seat 16E is too busy surfing porn sites to care. Seat 17C just wants to sleep. Welcome to the promise of in-flight Internet - and the questions of etiquette, openness and free speech that airlines and service providers will have to grapple with as they bring Internet access to the skies in the coming months.
• Chocolatiers Accused Of Price Fixing In Canada
  Newly released court documents allege that the Canadian divisions of Nestle, Mars, Hershey and others teamed up in a price-fixing scheme in the multibillion-dollar Canadian chocolate bar market.
• NLRB: OK To Ban Email For Unionization
  Employers can prohibit workers from using the office e-mail system for union activities, so long as they prohibit solicitations from any outside organization, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.
• Medtronic To Settle Lawsuits Over Defibrillators
  Medtronic Inc. says it's settling lawsuits related to a line of its implantable defibrillators.
• Stocks Rise On RIM, Merrill Reports
  Stocks jumped Friday following a better-than-expected rise in profits at Research in Motion Ltd. and on word that Merrill Lynch may have lined up a big cash infusion from a Singapore fund.