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Barnes and Noble Announces eBookstore

Barnes Nobel jumps into the eReader market with eBookstore, which offers 700,000 digital books that can be viewed on a variety of mobile devices, computers and eReaders.

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Nobel announced the launch of the Barnes amp; Noble eBookstore, which the
company claims is the worlds largest, on the companys Web site. The service
enables customers to buy eBooks and read them on a range of platforms,
including the Apple iPhone a…


Newsweek: Why Is Washington Ignoring “Economic Prophet” Stiglitz?

Such is the lot of Joe Stiglitz. Even in the contentious world of economics, he is considered somewhat prickly. And while he may be a Nobel laureate, in Washington he’s seen as just another economic critic–and not always a welcome one. Few Am…