Word: allowance
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...Amazon's foray into the digital-book business with its groundbreaking Kindle reader that's been making the biggest headlines lately, as sales far exceeded analysts' expectations. Its decision to allow customers to download best-selling books from its e-bookstore to the Kindle for only $9.99 a pop played a big role in stimulating demand. "When we have both [hardcover and e-book] editions, we sell six Kindle books for every 10 physical books," said Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, in a statement...
Adding to the iPad threat is a dispute over e-book pricing. Apple signed deals that allow publishers to set the prices in Apple's iBooks store, and new e-book best sellers are expected to be priced at $12.99 to $14.99 - which is considerably higher than Amazon's $9.99 price. Publisher Macmillan is already pressuring Amazon to offer similar pricing. It demanded the right to set prices on Amazon, causing an angry Amazon to pull all of Macmillan's books from its site. However, two days later, amid a firestorm of debate, Amazon indicated that it would agree...
...most importantly, erasing DADT from federal law will do much to allow homosexual soldiers—and homosexuals in general—to be viewed in the heroic and patriotic light they deserve as dutiful American citizens...
Unlike HFAC’s current $32,000 equity fund, the new grant will allow members to make investments in any class of assets, according to Roots...
What should Harvard administrators learn from this long-dead thinker? College policies should allow students to be students: to study without rigid barriers to concentration choice. Even for those who happen to like art history and engineering sciences, the College’s attitude should not begin with the assumption that the unusual is aberrant...