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• Retailers Face an Ominous Holiday Sign
  Sales of women’s clothing, a traditional pillar of the holiday shopping season, are unusually weak so far this year, according to a major credit card company.
• Faster Chips Are Leaving Programmers in Their Dust
  Newer computer chips with multiple processors require dauntingly complex software and programmers are having a hard time keeping up.
• Changing Courses at the Food Network
  Having taken food and chefs from what was once the domain of public television to new celebrity heights, the Food Network is now undergoing a transformation.
• Case Lays Bare the Media’s Reliance on Iraqi Journalists
  Bilal Hussein is an Iraqi photographer who had a hand in The Associated Press’s 2005 Pulitzer Prize for photography before being jailed without charges by the U.S. military.
• Ingersoll in Bid for Climate Control Maker
  Ingersoll Rand, the industrial conglomerate, is near a deal to buy Trane, the air-conditioning company that is the successor to American Standard, for about $10 billion.
• A Pro Athlete With Spare Millions? Lenny Dykstra Has Your Magazine
  Lenny Dykstra, a former baseball star, is launching The Players Club, a magazine aimed at helping players manage their millions.
• Advertising: A Year for Quick Hits and Fast Flops as Campaigns Broke New Ground
  In 2007, a growing number of marketers, agencies and media owners forsook the tried-and-true in favor of new ways to reach elusive consumers.
• Group to Ask for Expanded Inquiry of the Power Markets
  A broad coalition of groups is expected to file a petition asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expand its investigation into the marketing of power.
• Once Broke, GameStop Moves Up to S.&P. 500
  A decade ago, the company now known as GameStop was bankrupt, but now it says it’s the world’s largest video game retailer and is about to join the S.&P. 500.
• A Book Signing With the Author a World Away
  With his recent conviction and sentencing, the media baron and author Conrad M. Black has turned to a device called the LongPen to help him hold book signings from afar.
• Greenspan Urges U.S. to Help Those Facing Foreclosure
  Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, said that the government should provide direct financial assistance to those threatened by foreclosure in the credit crisis.
• E-Commerce Report: A Quicker Resort This Year to Deep Discounting
  Ideeli, a new e-commerce Web site, will offer members a chance to buy heavily discounted luxury items — as long as they are quick enough.
• At Web Site for Journalists, Criticism of a Campaign Article Becomes a Melee
  A round of media self-criticism turned into a schoolyard brawl last week, as editors, reporters and bloggers traded insults over a front-page article in The Washington Post.
• Free Trade Zones Ease Passage of Counterfeit Drugs
  Counterfeiters use free trade zones to hide a drug’s provenance or to make or relabel adulterated products.
• The Media Equation: A Warning From Behind the Curtain
  Media consumers have been watching the writers’ strike from the sidelines, but they might take notice if the awards season is replaced by marches and pickets.
• Facebook, the Place People Go to Meet Other Scrabble Players
  Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like application that lets Facebook members play one another online, has been experiencing booming popularity.
• Chinese Airline in Airbus Deal and in Negotiation With Boeing
  China Eastern Airlines intends to buy 40 Airbus A320 aircraft and is in talks for 40 Boeing 737s to expand its domestic and regional routes.
• A Familiar Editor for Gawker
  Nick Denton, the entrepreneur who has built Gawker Media into a formidable blog brand, will become the managing editor of his flagship site, Gawker.com.
• Zurich Journal: The World Is Flat, and Chocolatiers Want to Coat It
  Swiss chocolatiers, having conquered European and North American markets long ago, are now aiming at the vast expanses of Russia, India and China.
• Boycotted Radio Host Remains Unbowed
  The humbling of Don Imus has done nothing to quiet Michael Savage, a radio host with a far bigger following and far more checkered track record.
• Drilling Down: Commercials Bask in a Show’s Glow
  Viewers who enjoy a program are more likely than disgruntled viewers to have favorable responses to advertisements during that program.
• Looking Ahead
  Key milestones expected in the week ahead.
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