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...brick-and-mortar retailers slashed inventories to offset the pullback in demand, shoppers stampeded online to see the full selection at competitive prices, says Keith Jelinek, a director at AlixPartners. "It was definitely a competitive advantage for Amazon," he says. The Seattle-based retailer posted a 40% earnings increase in full-year 2009, with the biggest gain coming in the fourth quarter, where net income shot up 71% - far above Wall Street's expectations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amazon Outlook Bright Despite New Threats | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

Drawing on her experience at Harvard, Wilf is interested in reforming the Israeli educational system, which is highly professionalized due to mandatory military service and splintered by numerous groups, such as the ultra-Orthodox, who demand the right to their own educational establishments...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wilf ’96 Elected to Israeli Parliament | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...prosecutors thought Wilders would wilt in the courtroom, they underestimated his sense of theater. The politician is using the case against him to put Islam on trial, vociferously defending his right to free speech. He suffered a setback on Wednesday, however, when the Amsterdam District Court rejected his demand that the Supreme Court hear the case because he's a member of parliament and then denied his request for 18 witnesses to testify on his behalf - including Bouyeri, who is serving a life sentence for van Gogh's murder. (After he killed the filmmaker, Bouyeri used a knife to stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anti-Muslim Dutch Lawmaker's Trial Tests Freedom of Speech | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...expected to teach more classes to soften the blow from lost courses, like the Economics Department’s junior seminars, until faculty levels return to normal. Professors are the best resources that undergraduates have, and as long as we still have enough faculty-taught courses to meet demand, undergraduates will leave Harvard with an incredible education...

Author: By Elizabeth C. Bloom | Title: Old Harvard, New Harvard | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

Sample tweet: The Demand for Guns in India: In the land of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian gun owners are coming out of the shadows for t... http://bit.ly/cWcyzC

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: @harvardstudents OMG profs have twitter accounts! | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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