Internet shopping peaks in mid-December, and Susquehanna analyst Marianne Wolk said in a research note that the biggest day will likely be Dec. 15, or Green Monday.
Why that day? It’s about as late as you can go and still get free shipping, she says. She estimates that Green Monday will grab 3.2% of holiday sales, [...]
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Fri, November 28 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
was this (emphasis added):
In recent years, South Carolina installed X-ray machines and metal detectors at all of its medium- and maximum-security prisons. While that stopped visitors and staffers from smuggling in phones, Mr. Gelinas said, handsets are now being thrown over the fence in packages, attached to footballs and even shot onto prison grounds from [...]
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Wed, November 26 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
Crazy widget. iPhone factoids. Obama’s tech-czar search. Ad agency spats.
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Thu, November 13 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
Ira Socol noticed election workers at his polling place in Holland, Mich., Tuesday telling voters the address on their ID card had to match the one on their voter registration. Otherwise, they couldn’t use the voting machines.
The 52-year-old doctoral student believed this discouraged some from his low-income district from voting.
In Birmingham, Ala., Joy Heard, a [...]
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Wed, November 5 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
It’s gonna be a big night! For WSJ.com, I talked to people from HuffPo, Politico, LGF, Daily Kos, Townhall, Atlantic Monthly, RedState, Newsmax, Talking Points Memo and Instapundit about their Election Night plans. Check it out: Red Bull, Shift-Blogging and Basement Video Shoots: Politics Sites Prep For Game Day
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Tue, November 4 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments