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| Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST Let the shopping begin |
| How good—or disappointing—will this year's holiday shopping season be? We'll get a better sense next week, on the day after Thanksgiving. That Friday, which is often referred to as Black Friday, is not only one of the busiest shopping days of the year, it's typically a harbinger for the rest of the Christmas retail season. |
| Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST Testicular cancer risk rises with infertility |
| Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer among young men, and it often produces no symptoms. Researchers have now identified a big one: Men who are infertile and have abnormal sperm counts are more than 20 times as likely to have testicular cancer as other men. A team of researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center reviewed the records of more than 3,800 men with infertility or abnormal counts and found that 10 had testicular tumors. |
| Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:00:00 EST From salesman to movie producer |
| Is a sales call pointless? That's the obvious contention of Marc Miller, coauthor of the book Selling Is Dead. Miller, who is head of a sales and marketing consultancy called Sogistics, says sales techniques need to change in the Internet age. For a small business, merely visiting and pitching your wares to a potential customer isn't enough, especially since anyone can find out about your products or services on the Web. Instead, salespeople must help customers become more productive and innovative and show how their goods might play a role in that. "Salespeople have to find new types of problems they've never before solved, and they have to help their customers attain objectives that may only loosely be part of their traditional value propositions," Miller writes me in an E-mail. A couple of examples of how to do that: |
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| Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:46:33 EST Actor Blake liable in wife's death |
| Actor Robert Blake, who was acquitted of his wife's murder in March, was found liable Friday in the wrongful death civil trial brought by the estate of his slain wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. Bakley's four children sued the 72-year-old actor in 2002, claiming he should be held responsible for their mother's death and forced to pay damages. A separate jury acquitted the former "Baretta" actor of murder in the criminal trial. |
| Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:58:00 EST Iraq mosque bombings target worshippers |
| Suicide bombers killed dozens of people today in Baghdad and near the Iranian border in Khanaqin. The blasts came a day after Rep. John Murtha, a Democratic hawk on defense issues, sparked a firestorm of debate when he called for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. |
| Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:29:26 EST Republicans seek vote on Iraq withdrawal |
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