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By TIMES WIRES
Published November 3, 2006

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO BUY COMRADE? 

If you're looking for gift ideas for the holiday season, businesses catering to Russia's millionaires suggest a $1.3-million diamond-encrusted cell phone, a $500,000 racehorse, or - if you're really short of cash - a $70,000 mini airplane. These are among the items on display at the Millionaire Fair in Moscow this week - a screaming showcase of the country's oil-driven wealth and the free-spending ways of its nouveau riche. The second annual exhibit in Moscow featured some 200 firms offering luxury goods and such services as yachts, sports cars and islands to about 40,000 visitors. Sales were estimated at $635-million, organizers said.

Wow, it's a sale on Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines launched a holiday fare sale on Thursday, including a handful of "Super Bargain Days" aimed at filling its planes during November and December. It's the first time in two years Northwest has launched a domestic fare sale. Some of the fares included $89 one-way from Milwaukee to Philadelphia, and $99 one-way for Detroit to Dallas-Fort Worth. The cheapest fares require travel on Thanksgiving or the day after, with a return trip the following Wednesday. The other "Super Bargain Day" falls on Christmas. Smaller discounts are spread between Nov. 16 and Jan. 8.

Need a recipe? Remember Yahoo

Yahoo Inc. has introduced a food Web site with recipes and videos of celebrity chefs, including Martha Stewart and Wolfgang Puck. The site, Yahoo Food, lets users share and rate recipes online. Yahoo has signed advertisers, including Kraft Foods Inc. and Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, to support the site, which is targeted at women. "It's an underserved audience," said Scott Moore, head of news and information at Yahoo, which also may develop sites on home decorating and fashion.

Cell phone news ...

Cingular Wireless: The company will offer more music on its mobile phones through services from Napster Inc., Yahoo Inc., eMusic and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. Cingular customers will be able to transfer songs they download from Napster and Yahoo onto their phones for monthly fees. XM Satellite will broadcast 25 music channels to handsets and cost $8.99 a month.

Google: The Web search giant introduced software that will let cell phone customers easily tap into their Gmail e-mail service. The free application lets people search messages and view attachments such as photos. The software works with all phones that run Java applications.

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