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BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 10:00pm neoform

Reuters -- CompUSA, the computer and gadget retailer owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, said on Tuesday it would close more than half of its U.S. retail locations over the next two to three months to focus on top performing locations. CompUSA said in a sta.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 2:15am neoform

Orlando Sentinel -- Circuit City Stores Inc., the second-largest U.S. electronics retailer, is closing 70 stores and eliminating about 400 jobs in the United States and Canada after profits from sales of flat-panel televisions shrank. Eight locations in the United States.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Jun 27, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

Washington Post -- The fraud trial of fallen media mogul Conrad Black and other former officials of Hollinger International moved close to going to a jury Tuesday as the defense concluded a week of closing arguments and the lead prosecutor pressed one last time for guilty v.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Wed May 16, 2007 @ 10:50pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- African Americans are snapping up broadband--and closing the digital divide Speedy internet connections once were considered perks for the privileged. Robust Net access was enjoyed by 30% of U.S. households as late as 2005, mostly in white homes. Meanw.. Read More