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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, November 30, 2004
  • New on Prince St.

    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
and
Stephen Schurr US Capital Markets Editor for the Financial Times on Merck offering executives large bouyouts, Thanksgiving shopping and the appointment of Gutierrez
» Financial Times

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

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

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
and
Donna Dempsey, Executive Director for the Society of Plastics Industry's Film and Bag federation
» Society of Plastics Industry's Film and Bag federation

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