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...National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that 195 million people visited stores and websites over the Black Friday holiday weekend, up from 172 million last year. However, shoppers spent less, with average spending dipping 8%, to $343.31 a person from $372.57 a year earlier. Total spending over the holiday kickoff weekend reached $41.2 billion, up only slightly from $41 billion a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Black Friday, Doubts Grow About a Shopping Uptick | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...announcement begins with a conversation between Pertile and former University President/House namesake Charles W. Eliot. Pertile writes that he thought Eliot "spent fall and winter in Florida and only came back to Massachusetts in the spring, just before the crew races. That anyway is when I expected him to reappear...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Letters From Lino | 11/28/2009 | See Source »

...spirit and joy that so many students have brought to the House will carry us beyond the years spent here," the two wrote. "Anna and I have learnt a huge amount from so many of you along the way. We are immensely grateful for that gift...

Author: By Crimson News Staff | Title: Eliot House Masters To Step Down in June | 11/28/2009 | See Source »

...promised to fund $7 to $9 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Guinea in exchange for bauxite and iron mining concessions. (Guinea has some of the world's largest bauxite deposits.) Idrissa Cherif, Camara's spokesman, says the first batch of Chinese money has now arrived and will be spent on "electricity, water, roads and the like." (See life on the Streets of Guinea-Bissau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Guinea, Hopelessness After the Massacre | 11/28/2009 | See Source »

...Even if the final tally indicates sales surpassed last year's numbers, it's not necessarily clear sailing for retailers through the holiday season. The average shopper spent $372 over the Black Friday weekend last year, which was up from $347 the previous year, says Grannis. Yet, holiday sales, which tracks total sales through November and December, fell 3.4% - the first decline since the NRF started tracking sales in the mid-1990s, she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Friday Sales Were Encouraging, Retailers Say | 11/27/2009 | See Source »

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