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Black Friday 2011: Best Deals From Prominent Brands and Stores

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Even the online shopping Web sites are way ahead in the best price race, by offering the finest deals, free shipping and other attractive offers to its customers online. The early bird and Super Saturday offers add even more excitement to the biggest shopping day of the year.

Black Friday Sale: Staples to Sell Blackberry PlayBook at $199

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Black Friday, the beginning of the Christmas shopping season has almost arrived in the U.S. where the retailers will offer products at a very cheap and discounted rate to kick off the the shopping season and hope to go into the Black (profitable) for the year.
Black Friday Ads Leak for 2011

Leaked Black Friday Ad Details, Expect Huge Savings for 2011

Black Friday is quickly approaching with just three weeks left, as customers eagerly await sale announcements from their favorite stores. Luckily for some, certain ads have already leaked to the public, allowing customers to map out exactly what they want and exactly where they need to go to get it.
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Zynga's IPO due week before Thanksgiving: sources

Zynga Inc is currently planning to price its initial public offering and have its shares begin trading the week before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on November 24, two sources briefed on the offering said on Monday.
Zynga will reportedly go public on Nov. 17, just one week before Thanksgiving. The company will attempt to raise $1 billion before then.

Zynga IPO Date is Week of Nov. 17 [REPORT]

Zynga, the social gaming company behind hits like FarmVille, CityVille and Words with Friends, has reportedly set its IPO date for Nov. 17, just a week before Thanksgiving.
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Chuseok— A Festival With Two Faces

The day is almost half-way over as the sun slowly fades in brightness over Hongdae, where hundreds of restaurants, bars, night clubs, and shops cover the streets and become an important center for night life in Seoul, South Korea.
Alleged iPhone 5 Design Drawing

iRumor Reloaded: 'Apple iPhone 5 Release in 2nd Week of September; iPad 3 by Thanksgiving?

It is time for another round of iRumors. Apple had upset the proverbial apple cart of iPhone fans by breaking with the tradition of releasing the latest iteration of its flagship product in June Developers Conference. Ever since, rumors have prevailed. The latest rumor suggests Apple iPhone 5 will be released in the second half of September. The same source says the latest version of Apple's iconic tablet iPad will hit shelves by Thanksgiving.
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Cyber Monday shopping to rise 11 pct

Over 106 million Americans plan to shop on Cyber Monday, the ceremonial kickoff to the online holiday shopping season, up significantly from the estimated 96.5 million who shopped last year, a survey showed.
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Black Friday Online Spending Rises

The U.S. online retail sector delivered double digit growth on Black Friday 2010 compared with the year-ago levels, according to a report from IBM. The findings showed that online sales rose 15.9 percent, with consumers pushing the average order value up 12.1 percent to $190.80.
Shoppers rush through the doors of Macy's at 5a.m. ET in search of Black Friday bargains in New York, November 27, 2009.

Black Friday is now part of the culture

Beginning well before midnight on Thursday, in malls throughout the nation, the lifeblood of the American economy – the consumers – will start queuing up outside the locked entrances of various retail stores, forming longer and longer lines, clutching ads and lists and coupons, sipping coffee and hot chocolate, rubbing their hands and stomping their feet for warmth, exciting each other with anticipatory chatter, and waiting, waiting for the clock to strike the appointed hour, the clerk to open ...
A turkey looks around its enclosure at Seven Acres Farm in North Reading, Massachusetts, November 24, 2010, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.

The bird is in the house

That homegrown American genius and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin was of the opinion that the national bird should be the turkey. The other Founding Fathers overruled him, obviously. Nonetheless, the turkey has in a way become the nation’s bird – the one most Americans want perfectly cooked and centerpiecing their tables for the two biggest feasts of the year.

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