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25 Apr 2009 11:14

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Tech: Google’s G1 is no iPhone, but T-Mobile likes its sales figures a lot

  • 1 million people own one – two-thirds of all 3G devices T-Mobile sells source
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23 Apr 2009 22:14

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Biz, Tech: Microsoft’s Vista flop is finally catching up to them

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19 Apr 2009 11:04

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U.S., World: Hugo Chavez can create a bestseller by handing Obama a book

  • 54,295 Saturday’s sales ranking on Amazon for the paperback edition of “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent.” source
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14 Apr 2009 10:27

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Biz, U.S.: Regarding that whole good economic news thing: Hold your horses

  • -0.3% fall in retail sales in March after a good February source
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25 Mar 2009 22:52

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Tech: Wii feat: Nintendo is king of the mountain. No pushing them off.

  • 50 million sales of the Nintendo Wii, an all-time home video game console sales record, topping the Playstation 2 source
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25 Mar 2009 10:30

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Biz: Another piece of the economy, durable goods, unexpectedly perks up

  • +3.4 increase in durable goods (computers, machinery, etc.) sales in February; that’s really good. Time to party! source
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20 Mar 2009 13:02

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Biz, Music: The music industry sees a customer gap unfolding

  • -17 million fewer customers bought CDs in 2008. That’s pretty bad for the music industry, friends. source
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05 Mar 2009 10:30

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Biz: Wal-Mart: Where everybody shops because they’re broke

  • 5.2% increase in same-store sales during the month of February for the mega-retailer source
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15 Feb 2009 20:01

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Biz, U.S.: How nuts has the peanut salmonella crisis been?

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30 Jan 2009 08:40

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Biz, Tech: Amazon’s sales are so good, it don’t matter if the Kindle’s ugly

  • $6.7 billion in sales in the fourth quarter for the online retailer source
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