Barnes & Noble cuts outlook; Borders sales fall
Barnes & Noble Inc cut its full-year forecast on expectations of a tough holiday season and high costs for its Nook electronic reader, while rival Borders Group Inc posted a wider-than-expected loss. Shares of both booksellers fell sharply.
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Wal-Mart has high hopes for the holidays
Raul Vazquez wants to be the Grinch who steals Christmas — for Wal-Mart, that is. Vazquez , the CEO of Walmart.com, told BusinessWeek he expects as much as a 30% gain in online sales this holiday season compared with last year.
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CompUSA® Opens New Store in Aventura, Florida [press release]
MIAMI----CompUSA® today announced the opening of its newest store in Aventura, Florida. This is CompUSA’s fifth store in greater Miami, 18th in Florida, and is fully integrated with “Retail 2.0®,” CompUSA’s powerful new shopping method.
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Columbia Establishes Genomic Research Collaboration With Tsinghua University, Beijing [press release]
Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of the top-ranked universities in China, to collaborate in cutting-edge research in the field of genomics. To help enable the project, Tsinghua University will set aside dedicated laboratory space for the collaborative research.
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Does cold weather kill cell phones?
Baby, it's cold outside! While you can wrap yourself up in a Snuggie to keep warm, your cell phone can't. (Inventors, take note.) But electronics and cold weather don't mix well, and by popular consensus, extremely cold temperatures can be worse for your gadgets than extreme heat. But is the old legend true? Will losing your phone for an hour in the snow render it inoperable? Popular Mechanics ...
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