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Dates: during 2000-2009
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"We have heard all season that people are only buying items that are on sale and we think people are still holding out to get the best deal possible," says Grannis. "There could be great deals, but they're not going to be the 70% [across the board sales] that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Shopping: For Retailers, Down to Two Crucial Days | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

The T has suffered from a slew of recent service interruptions. On Monday, there were delays at the Porter Square station while a wall panel was removed due to water leakage. Last week, a Green Line train derailed near Copley Square, resulting in no injuries but long delays.

Author: By Shan Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Red Line Train Derails | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

Among the more interesting discoveries were pipe stems, ceramics with hand-painted designs, and glass bottles. The students who originally owned these objects didn't know it back then, but these will now be used by archaeologists to learn about life at this 17th century college. (Makes us think twice...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: More Than Just a Hole in the Ground | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

Until Senate Majority Harry Reid decided to scrap a government-run insurance plan in order to get the 60 votes needed to pass health care reform legislation, Sen. Jay Rockefeller was one of the chamber's most ardent public option supporters. Without a public option, the West Virginia Democrat feared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forcing Insurers to Spend Enough on Health Care | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

Insurance companies have a very technical term for this proportion - "medical loss ratio" (MLR) - and critics say the terminology itself illustrates the callousness of the health insurance business. Companies that sell coverage consider revenues that go to pay for medical costs "losses,"; minimizing these losses by dropping sick customers and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forcing Insurers to Spend Enough on Health Care | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

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