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17 Sep 2010 20:13

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Tech: Best Buy’s CEO says something pretty stupid, retracts quickly

  • admissionBest Buy’s CEO, Brian Dunn, was quoted as saying that iPad sales had cut into notebook sales by as much as 50 percent.
  • retraction Now Dunn is trying to back off from his claims, saying they were “not an accurate depiction of what we’re currently seeing.” Ya think? source

30 May 2010 11:54

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Politics: Now both parties have a Senate candidate with spotty army stories

  • Dems Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal, who’s running against a woman who’s been attacked by a folding chair before, made it seem like he served in Vietnam when he didn’t.
  • GOP Now, Illinois Senate candidate Mark Kirk was caught claiming in his official bio that he won the U.S. Navy’s Intelligence Officer of the Year when he didn’t. Ah well, it’s not as bad as Roland Burris serving. source