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The economy may be going to hell in a shopping basket, but you wouldn't know it from the crowds I saw at my local Big Box store today. The parking lot was a snarl and lines were out the door, even in my relatively sleepy southern town.

The deals were pretty good too.

Shoppers who crave electronics goodies, but are increasingly short on cash, may sacrifice a gym membership or movie popcorn just to get a new gadget like the "Google phone" this holiday season.
Tightened U.S. household budgets in the face of a recession means holiday spending plans for electronics are at their lowest level since the industry's Consumer Electronics Association began its annual shopper survey 15 years ago.

Gold and Oil rally, causing more concern of a 2008 Stock Market CrashBank Failures, continued bad news....No end in site to the market crash of 2008Notice that each holiday brings us closer to the Great Stock Market Crash of 2008. It's been a very strange year in the stock market. Look back at the 2008 calendar as the stock market crashes, month after month.A brilliant professor writes about the myths and Reality of the upcoming2008 Stock Market CrashIs a Collapse in the Cards?By Jeremy Siegel on TradeOurMarkets.com

With a slowing economy, it is more important than ever to save money for your business. That's the promise of VoIP and one of the main reasons why so many organizations are now taking advantage of this fast-growing technology.

The world's largest retailer might not be immune to the economic slowdown after all

Sometimes low prices aren't enough.