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By Staff -- TWICE, 12/1/2008

TWICE NEWS:

Samsung Stepping Up With Omnia Touch Phone

New York — Samsung launched its latest smartphone, the high-end Omnia, through Verizon Wireless, which priced it at $249 after a mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract.

Consumers Shortening Their CE Shopping Lists: NPD
Marantz Adds Bluetooth To iPod Dock
Sharp Pushes LCD Leadership, Innovation In Ad Campaign
Volvo First With Standard HD Radios

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TALKBACK:

In response to: Tweeter Demise Ends Era In CE Retailing: Patrick Butler, Massachusetts, regional sales and training: "Tweeter never specialized in high-end audio. Rather, they specialized in middle-fidelity audio and flirted over the years (with varying degrees of success) with high-end audio."

In response to: Mexican Billionaire Builds 28% Stake In Circuit City: AceBandage: "Let's hope that Pliego can help Circuit City better than Carlos Slim did with CompUSA. I would think that these billionaires would consider it a challenge to take a retail chain from rock bottom and turn it around to be number one."

BLOGS:

Executive Insight: Dr. Paul Liao

Obama Demographics: Lessons For Our Industry

This past week I finally had time to think about some of the implications of the recent presidential election. The election of Mr. Obama is both a historic milestone and comes at a time when the country is looking for steady leadership during difficult and challenging times. He ran on a policy platform that promised a "change" in our nation's policies that would address the economic and national security issues that presently beset us.