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Links to sites featuring various goods, services, and information
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  • Yahoo Shopping
    Shop here to compare prices from a number of different vendors.
  • eBay
    Buy and sell electronics, cars, clothing, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, digital cameras, and more.
  • Amazon.com
    Purchase books, clothes, electronics, jewelry, shoes, gourmet food, and much more.
  • Target
    This is the Target online retail site. Here you will find items in Women, Men, Baby, Kids, Home, Furniture, Electronics, Sports, Toys and Entertainment.
  • Office
  • Staples
    This is the on-line shopping site for Staples. Find office supplies, equipment, or a neighborhood store.
  • OfficeMax
    Shop for office supplies, technology, furniture, ink & toner and other items. Use the store locator to find a store nearby.
  • Office Depot
    This is the on-line home of the popular office equipment / supply store. Shop on-line or locate a store near you.
  • Computers / Electronics
  • CompUSA
    Shop here to purchase computers, software, digital cameras, computer games, and more.
  • CDW
    Shop here for Hardware, Software, Networking, Accessories and more.
  • CNET Shopper
    This site lets you compare products and prices side-by-side from many different vendors.
  • Sony
    Sony's online site offers music, movies, TV, games and electronics.
  • Consulting
  • Shipping
  • FedEx
    Ship online using this FedEx web site.

News items from Yahoo! News:

Ashley Judd confronts Africa's deadly mineral issue
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:50:34 -0700
With a dozen humanitarian missions behind her, Ashley Judd has ventured to Africa to challenge the relationship between valuable minerals and unspeakable violence.

Facebook pokes start-up Teachbook with lawsuit
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:28:15 -0700
The social network files a complaint against a social network that it says dilutes the Facebook brand through its use of the "-book" suffix. What about all the other companies that use it, too? Originally posted at The Social

Labour and Employment
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:30:10 -0700
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued new rules requiring disclosure of information in connection with services provided to ERISA-covered employee benefit plans. The rules consist of new regulations that interpret Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA and include a new prohibited transaction exemption.

Former Basic Energy employees confess to business scheme
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:45:31 -0700
Sidney Herald Former Basic Energy Services employees Douglas Pierce of Sidney, Mont., and Ricky Wolla of Minot pleaded guilty to felony mail fraud in Federal Court last week in Billings, Mont. Larry Strouf, Sidney, pleaded guilty on Wednesday. Basic Energy Services is a Midland, Texas, based company servicing oil well sites in the area.

Watch Tower: Understanding consumer and his behaviour
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:47:43 -0700
"There is an old saying in Spain: To be a bullfighter, you must learn to be a bull." Everyday of our life we are buying and consuming an incredible variety of goods and services.

Clergy Forum: There are spiritual pathways to deal with unplanned pregnancies
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:41:24 -0700
What would Jesus do today if He physically walked among us and a young woman came to him with an unplanned pregnancy?

eFuture Schedules 2010 Second Quarter Release on Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:15:00 -0700
BEIJING -- eFuture Information Technology Inc. , a leading provider of software and services in China's rapidly growing retail and consumer goods industries, today announced that it will release its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 after the U.S. market closes on Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

Haddam Neck Fair Opens Friday Night
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:56 -0700
Event Has Not Strayed From Its Agricultural Roots HADDAM — Clippers in hand, Deb Hawthorne pruned a tall stand of sunflowers and other late blooming varietals that have flourished alongside the tall metal chicken barn at the Haddam Neck fairgrounds.

The Leading Business Weekly
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:06:25 -0700
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Australia: Trade Balance results into a surplus of AUD 1,888m in July 2010
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:43:28 -0700
FXstreet.com (Córdoba) - In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $1,888 million in July 2010, a decrease of $1,550m on the revised surplus in June 2010. This balance comes below expectations of a 3,110 million surplus.