Tag Archives: Shopping Season

American Love Affair helps you Buy American And Keeping Jobs In The U.S.

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Throughout this would-be U.S. economic recovery, job creation has not matched what it has been in prior recoveries and incomes are under pressure. Once mighty retailers like Sears Holdings and Barnes...

Intel 4Q net income rises 6 pct

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Intel posts 6 pct rise in 4th-qtr net income, falls slightly short of Wall Street predictions NEW YORK (AP) — Intel's fourth-quarter net income rose 6 percent, as the company offset...
    






BlackPOS Malware Used In Target Attack On +70 Million Customers Retails For $1,800

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The massive data breach at Target during the 2013 holiday shopping season which the retailer now admits affected from 70 to 110 million customers used an inexpensive “off the shelf” malware...
    






PCs Rate Of Decline Moderating But Still Losing Share To Tablets

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Gartner estimates that PC shipments declined 6.9% year over year to 82.6 million units while IDC estimated they dropped 5.6% to 82.2 million. PC unit declines have ranged from mid-single to low-...
    






PCs cap worst-ever sales year with another 4Q drop

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Personal computer shipments fell 7 percent to punctuate unprecedented drop in annual sales SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Personal computer sales sank even further during the holiday shopping...
    






No News Is Bad News: JC Penney Tanks After Saying Zilch About Holiday Sales

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If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. JC Penney apparently took that old adage to heart, when it released “Comments on Holiday Performance.” The press release was only...
    






Learning From The Top Posts, Tweets, And Search Terms Of 2013

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Every year the top social platforms and search engines publish a list of items that made the needle jump on their respective websites. When you look at these lists, there’s a trove of terrific...