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29 Nov 2009 01:11

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Biz: Black Friday sales mostly flat, but with silver lining online

  • +0.5% increase in sales this Black Friday, compared to last year
  • +35% increase in Black Friday Web purchases from last year source
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28 Nov 2009 08:25

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Tech: “Call of Duty” series a $3 billion cash cow for Activision

  • 55
    million     copies of the six games in the series have sold since the series launched in 2003
  • $550 million amount of money the latest, “Modern Warfare 2,” made in its first five days source
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25 Nov 2009 19:56

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Politics: Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” less like Bill Clinton, more like Hillary

  • How Sarah Palin’s book did:
  • 469,000 people went “Rogue”
  • How it compares to other political books:
  • 606,000 copies of Bill Clinton’s “My Life” sold in its first week
  • 440,000 copies of Hillary Clinton’s “Living History” sold in its first week source
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21 Nov 2009 14:26

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Tech: Will you be able to find a Barnes & Noble Nook for the holidays?

  • NO so put that in your pipe and smoke it, reading fans source
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07 Nov 2009 14:21

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Tech: Microsoft has lots of reasons to celebrate the Windows 7 launch

  • 234% increase in box software sales over Vista source
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01 Nov 2009 10:43

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Biz, Tech: Nintendo needs to do a lot to save its hide quickly

  • We sensed that the market mood was cooling off in the spring. But frankly, we hadn’t expected to get as bad as it did by summer.
  • Nintendo President Satoru Iwata • Describing the quick decline in sales of the Nintendo Wii this year. Despite the company’s cut in price on the Wii, it kind of made things worse this quarter: Profits dipped 52%, while sales slid 28%. Nintendo’s working hard to make some changes to help improve profits – new Mario and Zelda games are coming soon, and the company could make changes to the platform to enable (on the Wii’s end) Blu-Ray discs and (on the DS’ end) 3G and social networking. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. • source
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29 Oct 2009 10:30

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Biz, Tech: Nintendo can’t count on the Wii to save them anymore

  • 52% drop in quarterly profit – Sony & MS are on top again source
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23 Oct 2009 12:48

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Biz, U.S.: After August fall, home sales get significantly better in September

  • 9.4% boost in pre-owned home sales from August source
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19 Oct 2009 20:18

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Biz, Tech: After a killer profit report, Apple’s stock is on a tear

  • Somehow, Apple outdid themselves again. More people than ever are buying Macs, with sales up 17 percent from a year ago. And the stock, as you can see, is reacting positively to the fact that the company has $1.67 billion in profits this quarter. It hit a record high today. The cult of Steve is stronger than ever.source
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15 Sep 2009 09:03

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Biz: Duh: Cash for Clunkers led to a huge jump in retail sales

  • 2.7% increase in buying stuff at retail in August source
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