Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with words growth+sales. 3 news.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, online sales rose 21 percent in 2007, slower than the 26 percent growth recorded in 2006.

World-wide semiconductor sales rose 2.3% in November compared with a year ago in the face of steep price cutting, and sales may fall short of previous full-year predictions for growth.

Internet sales by U.S. retailers rose at the slowest pace on record as $3-a-gallon gasoline and rising mortgage defaults weighed on holiday...