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...force emerging in this year's holiday shopping spree is the increasing popularity of social shopping sites like Kaboodle, Etsy, ThisNext and Stylehive. Such online communities make buyers feel more comfortable opening their wallets. "People are reaching out for like-minded souls," says Wendy Liebman, CEO of WSL Strategic Retail, a New York-based retail consultancy. "Psychologically, it feels better if someone else is buying a product too." Kaboodle, the largest of the 25 or so social shopping sites in existence, lets community members discuss products, give one another shopping advice and receive feedback, like which item makes a better...
...police raids took place early Tuesday morning in Paris and in four other sites in France. A total of 20 people were arrested, and by mid-day 10 of those had been officially placed under investigation for participating in the spree of potentially deadly sabotage. In most of those incidents, hooked metal bars had been attached to high-voltage electricity lines that power high-speed trains; when the bars were snagged by passing locomotives, they plowed a path of destruction through high-voltage power lines. A total of six incidents of sabotage were recorded since Oct. 26, including a coordinated...
...lending spree is a scene playing out at credit unions across the country, though that's not to say the industry has escaped the financial meltdown completely unscathed. Some 21% of the nation's 8,000 credit unions have lost money in at least one quarter so far this year, and 14 credit unions have run into enough trouble that they've had to be taken over, according to the National Credit Union Administration, the federal regulator that backs deposits at credit unions much like the FDIC does at banks. Credit unions that made home loans in bubbly markets like...
...School’s recent hiring spree comes as part of an effort to decrease class sizes and the student-faculty ratio, and to raise the level of scholarship in fields outside corporate law and other traditionally strong areas. In an interview last spring, Kagan said that she hoped to increase the size of the Law School’s faculty to over 100, from the 90 faculty members at the time. Today, the faculty stands at 101 full-time professors...
...some point, most economists argue, the U.S. will have to balance its budget and repay what it has borrowed to fund the spending spree. That will most likely mean reducing outlays and raising taxes in the future. But neither presidential candidate can convincingly argue that a balanced budget is possible in the next few years. Both are advocating economic programs that will probably increase the deficit even more. Republican candidate John McCain is calling for some $52 billion in economic recovery spending, while Democratic candidate Barack Obama's plan would cost roughly $175 billion. Both McCain and Obama have vowed...