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...getting interesting. To counter Wal-Mart, the much smaller KB Toys slashed prices to $10 or less on more than 200 items. Best Buy is staging an essay contest: applicants vie to describe how important a family ritual Black Friday shopping is. The 25 winners get a $1,000 gift card, a limo ride and early admittance at 4:30 a.m. to the Black Friday deals. The electronics dealer will provide hot chocolate and outside movie screens showing holiday films to tired customers who wait in overnight lines. And in a drastic move to steal market share from competitors, Kohl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Retailers Get Consumers into the Christmas Spirit? | 11/1/2008 | See Source »

...victor and survivor. At one point on that narrow winding stretch he negotiates a 360-degree turn, maybe a 720 - with all the flashy editing it's hard to tell - and makes his way safely to a hideout where his boss M (Judi Dench) awaits. He has a lovely gift for her in the boot of the Aston Martin: a suave crime boss, Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), brought in for MI6's brand of extreme rendition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brisk, Brutal Bond: The Quantum of Solace Review | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Gill in Denver. Since the beginning of 2001, Stryker's foundation, which is called Arcus and has offices in both the U.S. and the U.K., has given away $67 million, about three-quarters to gays and about one-quarter to apes. (Stryker, who got a pet monkey as a gift when he was young, is a major donor to the conservation of ape habitats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gay Mafia That's Redefining Liberal Politics | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...look back at that time and shudder at how we treated those who came from another place? Our incredible ingenuity, our innovation, our ideas, our universities - all these are the product of our ability to attract the brightest minds from all over the world. The Statue of Liberty? A gift from France. "God Bless America"? Written by an immigrant. Why do we continue to submit to an antiforeign ideology? Emily Feder, ST. LOUIS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Financial Contagion | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...tipping a street musician or paying the highway tolls of 10 cars behind you. If you upgrade your room, the hotel will donate $25 to one of three local charities, including the Chicago Food Bank. Generosity must be contagious: Another Chicago hotel, Hotel Indigo, is handing guests $25 gift cards to Target or Best Buy. And Detroit-area Marriott hotels are giving away $25 Visa gift cards; they're also offering $94 weekend rates to entice you to stay (mention the code D53, when you call 800-228-9290 to book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel News: Cheap Helicopter Rides from JFK | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

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