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...categories rounding out the bottom 20 are for the most part expendable. Film and cameras, whose unit sales dropped 31.5%, was the worst of the bunch. "A camera is not something you need right now," says DeMott. Plus, who really wants to remember these tough times? And if couples are using contraception, they won't need a camera to snap precious baby pictures...
...Apple Store went down briefly, then came back up with news of the new, new thing: "The first music player that talks to you." Uncharacteristically, Apple's p.r. folks, normally a reticent bunch, carried out a coordinated media blitz at dawn, offering up Apple execs to reporters for briefings. The scenario was similar to last month's refresh of the company's desktop Macs, which were also announced without the usual fanfare. (See the top 10 moments in Apple history...
...record from the weekend does not speak to the squad’s impressive showing, with Zailskas and others sparking the offensive effort the Crimson has much to be enthusiastic about for the remainder of the season.“We have an extremely talented line-up with a bunch of guys who can put the ball in play,” Zailskas says. “I’m not the kind of guy that is going to hit 20 home runs or have 10 strikeouts a game. But I can help the team best...
...figures" (our own leader and design chair emeriti among them) seemed to be able to convince themselves of two contradictory conclusions over the course of about four minutes (three too many). We got that nearly-assassinated former UC presidential candidate Michael Koenigs was the best of the bunch for entertainment value. We even got that it's not the easiest thing in the world to cheese it up in a video that will be widely viewed and "analyzed closely" (that's what this blog does, right?), so we give the seniors some props. But what...
Consider for a moment why certain stocks rallied. The news that gave Citi - and a bunch of other finance firms - such a boost was that the New York City-based company would be profitable for the months of January and February. Fantastic, but those results exclude asset write-downs (i.e., one of the big reasons the stock takes a beating most other days of the week). Another big gainer: United Technologies. What did the aerospace-equipment and industrial-products maker do to earn an 8.6% boost to its stock price? It said it would lay off 11,600 people. (Read...