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The challenges facing Borders

Jan 04 2010: In a financial analysis prepared in late December by the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler, the challenges facing Borders are laid out in the synopsis, which point to the retailer's declining revenue and profit margins; a short-term liquidity crunch; a highly leveraged ...

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Books Banned on Canada-U.S. Flights?

Jan 04 2010: Are books dangerous? A new Transport Canada ban on almost all airline carry-on items would seem to indicate just that.

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Holiday retail sales see modest gains year on year

Jan 04 2010: US Retailers emerged from the 2009 holiday season relieved, perhaps even surprised, by modest gains despite several negative factors like the still wobbly economy, fewer discounts, buyers' reticence and disruptive weather. December sales figures will be announced later ...

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Philanthropist and poetry lover, Ruth Lilly, dies aged 94

Dec 31 2009: Ruth Lilly, the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly, has died aged 94.

During her lifetime, Lilly gave away much of her inheritance including about $500 million to charitable and arts related groups including a donation of $100 million...

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Kirkus Reviews to close

Dec 10 2009: Kirkus Reviews, one of the leading US pre-publication review magazines founded in 1933, is set to close.

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Apple's Kindle-crusher arriving in the spring?

Dec 09 2009: Apple's alleged Kindle-killing ereader appears to be scheduled for a Spring 2010 launch - and some industry watchers are wondering whether Hachette and Simon & Schuster's decision to publish the ebook version of a number of high profile books 4 months after the ...

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Major publishers plan to delay e-book editions

Dec 09 2009: Simon & Schuster plans to delay by four months the e-book editions of 35 leading titles early next year, and Hachette Group has similar plans "for the majority of its titles," according to the Wall Street Journal, which called the moves "a dramatic stand against the cut...

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France starts massive book digitization project

Dec 09 2009: France is to embark on a mass book digitization project financed by a a national loan. Apparently, president Nicolas Sarkozy told a public meeting that he wanted to prevent what he described as a "friendly" large American company taking away its digital heritage.

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