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Marshall Cohen, chief retail analyst at NPD Group, sees the Black Friday glass as half-full rather than half-empty. "The fact that retailers were able to sell as much, if not more, product at a 40% discount, compared with last year's 75% storewide discount, was positive," says Cohen...
...study, conducted at the University of Washington and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, involved 48 children ages 18 to 30 months. Half were randomly assigned to receive an intensive intervention called the Early Start Denver Model, which involved 15 hours a week of one-on-one work with trained therapists and another 16 hours a week with parents, who were taught how to continue the treatment during everyday activities such as eating, bathing and getting dressed. (See "Six Tips for Traveling with an Autistic Child...
Feeling Swiss Andrew Marshall's article "Identity Crisis" was well written but shouldn't have ended on such an optimistic note [Nov. 9]. True, the writer's son and my sons (with Swiss and African backgrounds) will always remain half-and-half. But as I always tell my boys, excellence has no color. Only if they excel in their chosen fields, like Federer and Hingis, will they be seen as authentic Swiss. And that's when Switzerland would probably celebrate. Taiwo Danjuma, EGERKINGEN, SWITZERLAND
...Thanksgiving span. The Stephenie Meyer phenomenon has now taken in $230.7 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates. That makes it, after just 10 days, the sixth highest-grossing movie of 2009. New Moon has amassed even more abroad, $243 million, which suggests it will cross the half-billion-dollar worldwide mark in its first two weeks. Not bad for an upstart indie distributor, Summit, and for a movie that cost just $50 million to produce. (See pictures of the New Moon actors...
...Scores of restaurants and hotels have opened. Generations of boatmen made a living by shuttling visitors across the lake. And armies of three-wheeled taxis, known as tuk-tuks, were imported from Asia to help move tourists around. Business is down significantly this year. Hotels say they have about half as many guests as usual. Tuktuk drivers report they barely make enough to pay for gas. Restaurant owners are considering giving up. The global recession may be a major factor but the stench isn't helping...