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Staples Announces Black Friday Deals via Facebook and Twitter

San Jose, CA, November 10th, 2009 -- Yesterday, in a witty post on their Facebook fan page, Staples announced that they would be leaking some of their best Black Friday deals this morning to their faithful Facebook fans.  Sure enough, around 6:00am (PST) today,...

US economy is growing once again

" The US economy grew at an annual pace of 3.5% between July and September, its first expansion in more than a year. The growth was helped by a substantial government spending plan, including a scrappage scheme to...

‘Boycott Scotland’ Not Likely To Have An Effect On Sales, Travel

"Boycott Scotland," an unexpected online rant, is not likely to cause US consumers to stop buying Scottish goods and services, says Scottish First Minister. The “Boycott Scotland” campaign made the news...

New House Sales Up 11 Percent In June

This is good news but limited in scope and effect. There are still millions of foreclosed houses unsold. This does not indicate the recession is over or even easing up but it the numbers continue to go up in the...

‘Open Letter’ to Obama Speaks Volumes

By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com Look at the statements below, then try to guess the identity of the person Lou Pritchett was describing as someone who “scares” him in a letter published May 19 at...

Scrappage scheme marks automobile sales milestone UK

"Motorists who have traded in their old vehicles for new cars under the Government’s scrappage scheme visited Downing Street this morning as it was revealed more than 35,000 cars have been ordered through the...

SOI SAVE OUR INTERNET! - Democrats Letting Net Neutrality Die?

"Here was what was supposed to happen: With telco-friendly Republican Congress members swept out of the way, Democrats would usher in legislation enshrining Network Neutrality principles and give the FCC the power...

Has Rap Killed the Black Male Singer?

Did Rap Kill The Black Male Singer?By Pearl Jr. How many of you know who the best selling Black male singer in the world for 2008 was?  I bet you'll never get this right, without a few clues.  Well, he's 50 years old, considered washed up and too controversial...

Movie Buffs Could Soon Earn Big by Investing in their Favorite

With cinemas recording record breaking returns, Hollywood is eagerly anticipating the launch of the first movie-futures market. source link: http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002973-investors-lured-to-the-movies-by-record-breaking-ticket-sales.htm

Gossip Titles Prosper Despite Overall Magazine Declines

Gossip magazines seem to be the only category within the consumer magazine industry in Canada that are seeing increased sales - even as most other titles are posting significant declines in readership and ad...

Retail sales rise 1 percent in January

" U.S. retail sales jumped 1 percent in January, reversing a six-month declining trend and defying economists' expectations by posting the biggest increase in 14 months."This is good news.  It certainly ...

Mahindra sells 1,788 XYLOs in 2 weeks, bookings cross 4,000 mark.

Synopsis: 1,788 Mahindra XYLOs sold between January 16 – January 31, 2009 XYLO bookings cross the 4,000 mark Mahindra ramps up production to meet demand XYLO website registers over 7 lakh hits till date February 2, 2009, Mumbai: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., (M&M),...

Citigroup upgrading mile-high club

What can I say?"Beleaguered Citigroup is upgrading its mile-high club with a brand-new $50 million corporate jet - only this time, it's the taxpayers who are getting screwed. Even though the bank's stock is as cheap as a gallon of gas and it's burning through a $45 billion...

GM falls behind Toyota in annual global sales

Oh how the mighty have fallen - Toyota has overtook GM as the No. 1 global sales leader in 2008 with a 11 percent drop in global sales. To make matters worst, GM is continuing to decline as their shares fell to...

The Worst Retail Season in my Lifetime

Most of the people who work at NowPublic were born after 1970.  This means that for almost everyone in the office this year's holiday shopping season was the worst in their lifetime.   "The...

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