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ELECTRONICS 
May 4, 2017 Xiaomi India Offers Discounts in Exchange for Recycling Your Old Electronics
Xiaomi has announced an e-waste management programme called Mi India Product Take-Back & Recycling Program for the country. As the name of the programme suggests, the company will be taking non-operational electronic products, irrespective of their brand, for recycling purposes and, in exchange, provide them with Rs. 100 discount coupons, which can be used at […]
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ALL DEALS 
May 4, 2017 We reveal where to find the best value all-inclusive deals for £300pp or less this summer
GOING on holiday is all about over-indulging in sun, snacks and sangria, which often leaves us with a gaping hole in the bank account. But all-inclusive vacations don’t have to be expensive – there is a way to have a week’s holiday for less than £300 per person this summer. ALAMY Popular Eastern Med resorts […]
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CLOTHING 
May 4, 2017 Made-To-Order Clothing Is An Opportunity Tailor-Made For Amazon
(TOMMASO BODDI/AFP/Getty Images) Fashion industry insiders love to count Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com AMZN -0.61% out when it comes to unlocking the secret world of fashion. From their perspective, Bezos may know how to sell clothing, but he doesn’t know fashion, which is why the success Amazon.com has found in retailing more utilitarian and functional […]
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CLOTHING 
May 2, 2017 WRAL Mom Talk: Clothing deals for kids
WRAL SmartShopper Faye Prosser and I have teamed up for a fun little video series we’re calling WRAL Mom Talk, which is debuting today. As always, we had a blast getting together and talking shop. We’re excited to share it with you! In one of the first videos, we share tips on clothes shopping […]
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CLOTHING 
April 26, 2017 Chinese Workers at Factory for Ivanka Trumps Clothing Maker Earn About $62 a Week Report
A new report by a watchdog group found the Chinese knitting factory used by a company that makes clothing for Ivanka Trump’s brand has poor conditions and pay, with workers putting in up to 60 hours a week for wages of about $62 weekly. The factory violated two dozen standards set by the U.N. International […]
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CLOTHING 
April 26, 2017 Clothing firm Nordstrom castigated for $425 mud-coated jeans
A US clothing company has been mocked on social media for selling a pair of $425 (£330; €390) jeans complete with “crackled, caked-on muddy coating”. The jeans are described on Nordstrom’s website as typifying “rugged, Americana workwear” and “hard-working action”. But critics on Facebook are scathing of what the company describes as its new design […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 22, 2017 MY MACBOOK A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR ELECTRONICS BAN AIRPORT THIEVES
New security regulations from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.K.’s Department for Transport ban passengers flying from certain Middle East and North African airports to the U.S. and U.K. from bringing electronics bigger than a smartphone into the cabins. Laptops, e-readers, tablets, cameras, and more will now have to be checked in at […]
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COUPONS 
April 11, 2017 Online coupon site RetailMeNot acquired for $630 million
Harland Clarke, a payment and marketing services firm, will acquire online coupon site RetailMeNot in a deal worth $630 million in equity. Harland Clarke will pay $11.60 per share in cash, which is about 50 percent higher than the stock’s closing price of $7.75 on April 7. A subsidiary of MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings, the […]
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COMPUTERS 
April 10, 2017 Apple on hiring spree for London-based GPU development team
The Californian tech giant is currently advertising at least 11 hardware engineering roles at its UK Design Centre based in London to work on the development of GPUs in what the job ads describe as a “newly formed graphics team”. The job ads on Apple’s corporate careers website have been posted at various times between […]
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ALL DEALS 
April 8, 2017 Why all the one year deals for the Redskins?
The Washington Redskins have had a busy offseason, although it has been a bit of an unconventional one. The team has signed a pair of impact starters on both sides of the ball in Terrelle Pryor and Zach Brown, but both have agreed to one year deals. CSN Mid-Atlantic’s Rich Tandler does a nice job […]
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ALL DEALS 
April 5, 2017 Op-Ed Why Dodger Stadium should be the model for all sports venue deals
Right now, somewhere in the United States, a city is trying to attract or retain a major league sports team with the promise of a state-of-the-art stadium. At the same time, municipal officials are busy crunching numbers for bond issues and tax increases, trying to raise public money to sweeten the deal for the team […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 20, 2017 Old computers refurbished for Mid-Ohio Valley schools
Photo by Kate York Fox Computers owner Jonathan Jeffers, front, and Paul Prachun look over a computer they refurbished at the shop. MARIETTA — A local business owner is hoping to turn one man’s trash into a local school district’s treasure, with plans to refurbish computers and put them directly into the hands of students. […]
