Investors look to consumer for clues to recovery (AP)
From:  bullishblog.com
AP - Investors will get some guidance about the economy this week from data issued not by the government, but by big retailers in the form of third-quarter earnings reports. Read Full Story
Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
From:  cellphonehub.com
AT&T might be suing Verizon for misrepresenting its network in ads, but that doesn’t seem to have dissuaded Beg Red from using that same map image in this new spot, which casts the iPhone away to the Island of Misfit Toys. Hard to argue with the premise, but here’s the real question: why not just sack up use a real iPhone, instead of this KIRF piece? Check the ad after the break. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Continue reading Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, p... Read Full Story
Young Entrepreneur Helps the Local Small Businesses to “Grow” Online (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
An Internet Marketing Company located in Ottawa Offers New Solutions to Small Business Owners on How to Achieve Success with Online Marketing Campaigns Read Full Story
Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks grow (Reuters)
From:  bullishblog.com
Reuters - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer. Read Full Story
Fort Hood shooting: Reaction
As the details of the massacre began to filter out across the country, many people connected to the military expressed their surprise and dismay. Read Full Story
Book Review: Patience With God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism) by Frank Schaeffer (Blogcritics.org)
Schaeffer spares no-one, including himself, in his search for the beauty in the questions. Read Full Story
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Nov 08 09
In this issue of Media Literacy Digest, open education advocate George Siemens, takes you to news and stories on emergent media, technology and learning, helping you make good sense of the many changes taking place around you and of how these directly impact your daily lives. Photo credit: Victor Habbick Inside this Media Literacy Digest: Future of The Social Web - Of course, the web is not social. Just like technology is not social. Or media is not social. We use these resources for social... Read Full Story
Pakistan snubs Taliban at glamorous fashion week (Press Trust of India)
Islamabad, Nov 8 (PTI) Defying hardliners and the Taliban, models clad in off-shoulder and backless gowns wowed audiences during Pakistan’s first fashion week, which was “bigger, better and sexier” than anything seen before. Read Full Story
Roseman: Online scams abound (Toronto Star)
Craigslist is a popular website, where you can sell your stuff without paying for listings. But some buyers are more interested in scamming you than in scoring a great deal. Read Full Story
Pakistan models defy Taliban with first fashion week (Denver Post)
Some women strode the catwalk in spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Male models wore Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. Read Full Story