Removing the veil from Afghan women's lives (The Record)
It's an image that haunts Khaled Hosseini, the Afghan-born author whose debut novel, "The Kite Runner," has become an international bestseller. A burqa-clad woman is led into a Kabul sports stadium and shot in the head by a Kalashnikov-toting soldier....more...Amazon.com Acquires Brilliance Audio (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SEATTLE----Leading online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. today announced it has acquired Brilliance Audio , the largest independent publisher of audiobooks in the United States. The acquisition will enable Amazon to work closely with the book publishing community to further expand the number of books produced in audio format and provide customers with an even greater selection of audiobooks to find, ......more... Saturday night's big sale at Meijer was a mistake (Detroit Free Press)
Some Meijer shoppers received an unexpected discount on their purchases because of a mistake that briefly knocked half off the price of nearly every item sold at the 179 stores operated by the retailer. The accidental discount was even given to customers who paid for their fuel purchases inside Meijer gas stations, though not to those who paid at the pump....more... Wall Street Breakfast (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
What you need to know before the open today....more... Meijer's mistake cuts prices in half for an hour (Detroit Free Press)
GRAND RAPIDS ? Some Meijer shoppers received an unexpected discount on their purchases because of a mistake that briefly knocked half off the price of nearly every item sold at the 179 stores operated by the Midwestern retailer....more... Amazon.Com Acquires Brilliance Audio (RedNova)
Leading online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced it has acquired Brilliance Audio (www.brillianceaudio.com), the largest independent publisher of audiobooks in the United States....more... 'Kite Runner' author out with new book (Sharewatch)
A burqa-clad woman is led into a Kabul sports stadium and shot in the head by a Kalashnikov-toting soldier. The grainy video footage, secretly recorded in 1999 and broadcast widely, captured the Taliban regime's brutality and stirred Hosseini's curiosity....more... KB Toys Announces Top Travel Toys That Will Go the Distance During Summer Road Trips (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Memorial Day is just around the corner and that means it's time to load up the car for summer road trips! Just in time for the start of the summer travel season, KB Toys, the nation's largest mall-based specialty toy retailer, shares its list of the best on-the- go travel toys....more... `Kite Runner' author out with new book (AP via Yahoo! News)
It's an image that haunts Khaled Hosseini, the Afghan-born author whose debut novel, "The Kite Runner," has become an international best seller....more... |