And you buy Daimler and it wins this year we can light up victory cigars together on New Years Eve 2013.

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So what should you do between now and New Years Eve?

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If you do choose to drink alcohol on New Years Eve, you may want to keep these tips in mind to wake up happier on new years morning.

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Verizon seems more excited about the prospect, expecting the 284 million text messages sent last year on its network between 12pm New Years Eve and 4am New Years Day to rise to 300 million.

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And that means stress for people already on weight loss programs and opportunity for companies like Weight Watchers (WTW) seeking a share of the money spent by guilt-ridden holiday over-eaters the morning after their New Years Eve binges.

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The Pope's statements on Christians in the Middle East came after a deadly New Year's Eve bombing in the al-Qiddissin church in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria three years ago.

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