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...Miller expects the somnolent stock market to revive. Among the companies he thinks will benefit are banking behemoths like J.P. Morgan Chase and Citigroup. He's also wagering that Internet company Expedia will profit from increased online travel bookings and that other consumer plays, like Sears Holdings and Home Depot, will rebound as concerns over high fuel costs fade...
...greedy self-service gas pumps is, at least in theory, possible. It's a romantic, enchanting notion: walking and paddling great distances without a bulky wallet in one's back pocket. I doubt I'll ever try it, though. In a state where a visit to the nearest Home Depot can take a whole weekend and require a motel stay, a person wants a large and gutsy vehicle capable of cruising uphill at 90 m.p.h. and allowing its driver to yawn and stretch his arms while his passengers doze or play Scrabble in the backseat...
...consumers' tastes shifted toward more sophisticated products. That left an opening for specialty lines from GE and Whirlpool and upstarts like LG and Samsung. Thanks to stylish marketing, those brands are synonymous with high-end, high-quality products. LG has a deal to sell its products in Home Depot, Samsung at Lowe's. Maytag just lost its space at Best Buy to Whirlpool. Who needs nostalgia when you've got cool...
Education is a tricky battleground. "There's an emotion to it that makes it different from day laborers hanging out in front of the Home Depot," says Krikorian. In North Carolina an in-state-tuition bill died in committee in May after talk radio helped stir a furor "one hundred times bigger than Terri Schiavo," in the words of Kevin Miller, a host at WPTF in Raleigh. Many listeners were worried that expanded in-state rates would not only suck up taxpayer dollars but would also make it harder for their kids to get into top state schools like...
FIRST ALERT has three different models in its OneLink line firstalert.com $50 to $90 a unit), currently available at Home Depot. The priciest includes smoke and carbon-monoxide detection and talks aloud, announcing throughout the house the specific location where a hazard has been detected...