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Amazon's ebook
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PRODUCT REVIEW

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 Web to TV? 
 You've Got 
 Options 

Blu-ray setup, Xbox and custom-built player all serviceable options

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 Quake-Bereft Chinese 
 Sow New Baby Boom 

Parents who lost state-mandated only child rush to conceive again

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

 Toronto Opens 
 Gehry's Sober 
 Masterpiece 

Art Gallery of Ontario eschews wild curves for spare, light-filled spaces

MARKET Open

Burger King Slammed for Seducing 'Whopper Virgins'

Campaign to bring burger to newbies leaves bad taste in critics' mouths

 Credit Suisse 
 Cuts 5,300 Jobs, 
 11% of Workforce 

Investment banking unit takes major hit as bank joins rush to cut expenses

Treasury May Lower
Mortgage Rates to 4.5%

Rates could go as low as 4.5% to curb falling home prices

MARKETS

 Dow Rises 173 in Volatile Day 

Fed's beige book reports economic contraction

Israeli Salesmen the Kings of the Mall Kiosk

Pushy vendors bring bazaar-culture to holiday shopping

OPINION

Nader: Obama Should Pitch
a Worldwide Carbon Tax

Because China won't agree to a cap-and-trade

Openly Gay Union Activist
on Shortlist for Labor Secretary

Granholm, Sebelius also rumored picks



 Google Cuts 
 Spending, 
 New Projects 

Company plans cuts in contract workforce, tightens perks as it refocuses

MARKET Open

 Paulson May 
 Hit Congress 
 for 2nd $350B 
 Next Week 

Treasury Secretary will face a tough audience as skepticism mounts

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