WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of spare parts for F-16 jets and radars to Taiwan for an estimated $320 million, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Pentagon said the State Department had also approved a potential sale to Taiwan of improved mobile subscriber equipment and support for an estimated $65 million....

FORT WAYNE, Indiana/NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey/RALEIGH, North Carolina/SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - Brushing snowflakes off her hair, Teagan Hickson walked into a Walmart Supercenter in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with hopes of picking up a few holiday deals on Black Friday. The first thing the mother of two spotted: A pallet stacked high with Gourmia digital air fryer ovens for $50...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory activity expanded modestly for a second straight month in November, an official survey showed on Saturday, adding to a string of recent data suggesting a blitz of stimulus is finally trickling through the world's second-largest economy. The National Bureau of Statistics purchasing managers' index (PMI) on Saturday rose to 50.3 - a seven-month high - from...

* Retailers offer exclusive products and steep discounts * Shorter holiday season pressures retailers to maximize sales * Shoppers making 'price checks' online before purchases * Inflation affects spending habits, increasing demand for deals (Updates paragraph 10 with online spending estimates) By Siddharth Cavale, Arriana McLymore and P.J. Huffstutter FORT WAYNE, Indiana/NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey/RALEIGH, North Carolina/SANTA BARBARA, California, Nov...