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19 Oct 2009 20:55

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Tech: Now that the PS3 doesn’t cost a month’s rent, people are buying it

  • three years amount of time Sony’s costly PS3 has been on the market; the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii routinely beat its sales numbers
  • $299 (finally) the cost of the PS3 Slim – which allowed Sony to finally win a month in console sales against Nintendo and Microsoft source

08 Oct 2009 22:00

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Biz, U.S.: The economy’s starting to (slowly) recover from the recession

  • 521,000 new jobless claims this week, the lowest level since January
  • thirteen months since the last increase in retail; we had one in September source

02 Oct 2009 10:49

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Biz: Like the year before it, September sucked for jobs

  • 9.8% unemployment, which is pretty darn depressing source