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Guns Magazine - Surplus replicas: traditions New Model Army .44

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000

February 1, 2008 — If we can’t get our hands on inexpensive, historical surplus pieces, there’s no reason we can’t have some fun with the today’s beautifully made and…

Original post by default@goarticles.com (Marie Wakefield)

Spint Nextel may have big write-down

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:12:44 +0000

Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation’s third-largest wireless provider, said Thursday it will have to write off a significant chunk of the remaining value of its 2005 purchase of Nextel Communications Inc.

Original post by Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Amazon buying Audible.com for $300M

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:12:27 +0000

Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it will buy online audio book seller Audible Inc.

Original post by Seattle Post-Intelligencer

[andy campbell @ the ioct]

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:10:52 +0000

” Since the 1990’s Andy Campbell has experimented with the possibilities of writing fiction for the computer screen and, although most people still consider fiction something they’d read from a book, an …

Original post by Jess Laccetti’s Musings

Neon shadows

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:09:18 +0000

AFTER READING JUST A FEW PAGES, it’s easy to understand why Random House is so giddily excited about Charles Bock’s debut novel, Beautiful Children.

Original post by Las Vegas City Life

Correction: Books-Winfrey

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:09:12 +0000

In a Jan. 30 story about Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick, Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth,” The Associated Press misstated the starting date of the Web program on the book.

Original post by San Jose Mercury News

Don’t Go Yet, Audible

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:08:51 +0000

Do not go gentle into that good night, Audible ! The digital audiobook specialist has agreed to join forces with Amazon.com , like so many promising young companies before it.

Original post by Fool.com

Russia opens door to investing its oil reserves in Western stocks and bonds.

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:06:39 +0000

MOSCOW : Russia has split its government fund for oil windfall profits into two portions and cleared the way to invest one of them, whose size rivals the largest U.S. hedge funds, in Western stocks and bonds.

Original post by International Herald Tribune

Amazon Calls An Audible

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:06:32 +0000

Amazon.com wants you to download your favorite reading and audio material on line.

Original post by Forbes

GAMBLING: Big football games mean bigger bets

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:05:59 +0000

NIAGARA GAZETTE What do Peyton Manning and Las Vegas have in common? They will both do anything possible to make a dollar.

Original post by Journal-Register