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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

McNally Robinson is a family-owned chain of bookstores with outlets in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary…and now Soho. Throwing conventional wisdom to the wind, the new 7,000 square foot store will try to match Barnes and Noble for breadth and reach.

To the market we go

Ron Scherer, New York bureu chief for the Christian Science Monitor focuses on the economy on Merck offering executives large bouyouts, Thanksgiving shopping and the appointment of Gutierrez
» Christian Science Monitor
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Stephen Schurr US Capital Markets Editor for the Financial Times on Merck ...

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New On Prince St.

Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Robinson, a new independent bookstore opening on Prince Street, is expanding her mini-chian of bookstores from the high plains of Canada to the wilds of Soho
» McNally Robinson

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What Patients Never Learn

Atul Gawande, New Yorker writer, says there is a big difference between the care different hospitals offer.
» "The Bell Curve" in this week's New Yorker

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Bagging Plastic

Mark Murray, executive director of Californians Against Waste, says a proposed tax on plastic bags in San Francisco will help the environment
» Californians Against Waste
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Donna Dempsey, Executive Director for the Society of Plastics Industry's Film and Bag federation
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World AIDS Day

In 1981 the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported by the CDC. It wasn't till 1984 that the virus was isolated and identified. Twenty four years later we are still far away from a cure. Tomorrow marks the 17th commemoration of World AIDS day.

UNAIDS focuses on one ...

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