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Amazon.com Launches Inauguration Store (NPR) The online retailer offers just about everything inauguration goers might need. There are Obama pins and T-shirts — even Obama action figures. Shoppers can buy all the books that the president-elect is said to enjoy. Then there's the section of cold-weather gear for those joining the throngs on the National Mall for the outdoor event. us.rd.yahoo.com
Online shopping habits in recession revealed (Mad.co.uk) The first new media age online shopping survey has revealed consumers' spending plans for 2009 as the UK economy teeters on a recession. Conducted by Lightspeed Research, it revealed cost-conscious users intend to shop more online this year, dealing a further blow to the beleaguered high street. us.rd.yahoo.com
Legislature Might Unplug Statewide Online Library System (Free Times) Unless the General Assembly drastically changes its tune toward higher-education funding, one of the state’s most cutting-edge — and crucial, officials say — online educational resources will be gutted to the point of irrelevancy once the state budget is passed. us.rd.yahoo.com
Borders Group names new CEO, posts lower sales (AP via Yahoo! News) Borders Group Inc., which has struggled along with other booksellers as people buy more books online and from discounters, announced a new CEO and other top managers Monday as it also reported weak holiday sales. us.rd.yahoo.com
Shakeup at Borders; stock may be delisted (Denver Post) Borders Group Inc., which has struggled along with other booksellers as people buy more books online and from discounters, announced a new chief executive and other top managers Monday as it also reported weak holiday sales. us.rd.yahoo.com
Best sellers list (The Scranton Times-Tribune) THE NEW YORK TIMES Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Dec. 20, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general-interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Books Get Personal (Litchfield County Times) Imagine taking your child's favorite storybook and adding photographs and a special message, transforming the volume into a lasting keepsake-or imagine again taking a treasured family member's obituary and making it into a book, adding photographs of the loved one, along with an expanded history, and remembrances submitted by friends and family, which can then be shared and kept forever. us.rd.yahoo.com
Borders Group names new CEO, posts lower sales (San Francisco Chronicle) Borders Group Inc., which has struggled along with other booksellers as people buy more books online and from discounters, announced a new CEO and other top managers Monday as it also reported weak holiday sales. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company also warned... us.rd.yahoo.com
Peter Crabb: Bad loans still on banks' books will prolong recession (The Idaho Statesman) What happened to the $700 billion pail? Months ago, when President Bush said “our entire economy is in danger,” his administration asked for and received $700 billion to buy bad mortgage-backed loans off the books of U.S. banks. us.rd.yahoo.com
Borders Group replaces CEO George Jones with Ron Marshall, also posts lower holiday sales (Canadian Business) Borders Group Inc., which has struggled along with other booksellers as people buy more books online and from discounters, announced a new CEO and us.rd.yahoo.com
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