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...Cyber Monday and half as good [as Black Friday]," says Vincent. Stores will make up for that with extra enticements like lower purchase minimums for free shipping or a free-shipping voucher with gift-card sales, a promotion Lands' End is having. "Free-shipping deals is a minimum cost of entry," says Cassar. "Essentially, retailers will subsidize it, with those costs coming out of their margins." In addition, sites will offer more bundles like "buy one, get 50% off another item," which help stores move two pieces of merchandise and lower their inventory levels. This year e-commerce sites have...
...vital that we continue regular vaccinations. Though it may not send a Harvard student to the hospital, getting the flu could impact studying for finals or cause a serious thesis setback. Employers try to get their workers vaccinated because there are huge productivity benefits given the small cost of the vaccine. For most college students, the benefits remain and the cost is effectively zero...
...called Senator Hillary Clinton a “monster” last March, and it cost her her position in President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign. Now, it seems, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Samantha Power has been invited back into the fold—she’s reviewing the State Department, which Clinton is expected to lead, for Obama’s transition team. Since mid-November, Obama’s transition Web site has listed Power among the officials selected by the president-elect’s office to review national security agencies...
...person organization that draws about a third of its membership from FAS—said yesterday that union officials were organizing a meeting with Smith for this week, and would look to emphasize the importance of staff support to the educational mission while exploring alternative cost-cutting measures...
...airports the day before and ordered police to clear them of the several thousand PAD protesters. So far, the police have not attempted to enter the terminals at either airport. Olan Chaipravat, an economic advisor to the government, said on Saturday that the closure of the airports could cost the country one million jobs in the tourism industry, as arrivals could drop from an expected 14.5 million this year to just 6 or 7 million...