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The article states that small retailers with outlets in shopping malls would be required to open on Thanksgiving Day 2015 due to shopping mall owner demands that the stores follow the lead of anchor chains such as retailers J.C. Penney Co. and Macy's Inc. The article presents comments from mall landlord Taubman Centers Inc. spokeswoman Maria Mainville.

The article discusses U.S. and Canadian clothing retail stores that offer extended business hours for regular customers and the expansion of such services. According to the article, retailer J.Crew has offered private shopping hours publicly since 2012. It also discusses extended hours at retailers such as Scoop NYC, Mitchells Family of Stores, and Intermix. The article presents comments from investor Melissa Shapiro.

The article reports that U.S. stock exchange Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. plans to start processing premarket stock trades at 4 a.m. in order to compete with rival NYSE Euronext. Comments from Stephen Ehrlich of brokerage and software firm Lightspeed Financial and Brad Vopni of Nasdaq in support of the decision are included, as well as criticism from Tom Carter of broker JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC.

The article examines a trend among fast food chain restaurant companies in which restaurants have extended their hours of operation to close to or at 24 hours a day. An increase in the number of franchise restaurants of McDonald's Corp. and Burger King Holdings Inc. which operate 24 hours a day is cited. The role of sharp sales increases in McDonald's restaurants between midnight and 5 a.m. in an 11 percent increase in corporate profits in the fourth quarter of 2011 is considered.

The article discusses the plans of livestock exchange operator CME Group to reduce the hours of electronic trading for livestock futures contracts, focusing on reasons why the change is occurring such as light trading and volatility, and how the change could impact the exchange.

The article examines a proposed change in Saudi Arabian law which would reduce the time business enterprises close for Islamic prayer times.

The article discusses a November 2013 reform initiative that aims to create jobs and increase consumer spending in Greece by allowing stores to open on Sundays, focusing on opposition to the initiative from leaders of the Church of Greece, some members of the Greek public, and some retailers.

The article reports that several fast-food restaurants are extending their hours of operation in an attempt to increase customers, with information on the costs incurred by franchises by remaining open and the average increase in sales.

The article reports on the December 6, 2012 ruling of a Paris, France civil court in regard to the luxury-goods conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA's business hours.

The article reports on the extended hours of operation implemented by several U.S. retail stores during the 2011 holiday season.