Japanese 'Gun Tourists' Flock to Hawaiian Ranges *
Dec 21st, 2005 · Japan's strict gun laws are spawning an unlikely tourist industry. Luke Burbank reports on Hawaii's shopping mall firing ranges and the Japanese tourists who flock to them.
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Dispelling Some Holiday Shopping Myths
Dec 20th, 2005 · Dispelling Some Holiday Shopping Myths December 20, 2005 · There's all sorts of conventional wisdom about how to save money during holiday shopping -- but much of it is wrong, according to Day to Day regular personal finance contributor Michelle Singletary. She speaks with Madeleine Brand about the best way to keep spending in check this holiday season.
Holiday Shopping and the Elusive Xbox
Dec 19th, 2005 · The new Xbox 360 is selling so quickly, shelves are emptying as soon as they fill up. What other toys are big sellers this holiday season?
Suicide Bombing Kills Five at Israeli Mall
Dec 5th, 2005 · At least five Israelis were killed Monday when a suicide bomber struck a shopping mall in the coastal town of Netanya. More than 40 others were wounded, some of them seriously. It's the first suicide bombing inside Israel since late October, when five Israelis were killed in a town nearby.
Vinyl Archivist Gilles Peterson 'Digs America'
Nov 29th, 2005 · BBC radio host and DJ Gilles Peterson is famous in Britain for his compilation CDs of rare funk/soul/jazz tunes. Now Peterson is taking his act across the Atlantic with a new compilation CD of tunes by little-known American artists salvaged from the bins of used record shops.
Holiday Shopping: Monkey See, Monkey Buy **
Nov 28th, 2005 · Holiday Shopping: Monkey See, Monkey Buy November 28, 2005 · Humorist Brian Unger points to the holiday weekend consumer frenzy as evidence that avarice and advertising have now completely obliterated the traditional and religious aspects of the Christmas season. Shoppers are willing to trample each other like wildebeast to get at a shiny bauble -- now that's intelligent design...
For Internet Retailers, It's 'Cyber Monday' *
Nov 28th, 2005 · Brick-and-mortar retailers celebrated a boost in business on "Black Friday" last week, the day when shoppers move from Thanksgiving cleanup into holiday shopping mode. But for online merchants, Monday is the real kickoff of the holiday shopping season.
So Far, No Drop in Holiday Shopping
Nov 27th, 2005 · As holiday shopping begins in earnest, there's serious traffic at store cash registers. Purdue professor Richard Feinberg gives Sheilah Kast some perspective on a key time of year for U.S. retailers.
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