Happy New Year!

Here's hoping everyone will have a very good 2010. By the way, is it pronounced "twenty ten" or "two thousand ten"? There was an article in the DMN today with the same question.

Free Shipping!

Reminder...free shipping day is Thursday, Dec. 17th on products bought online.

Some 700 of them, will ship orders for free and vow to get them delivered to you by December 24.

Consumer Reports
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/money/2009/12/free-shipping-day-is-a-week-away.html

Libel laws in Britain under review

This caught my attention this morning.

Britain, Long a Libel Mecca, Reviews Laws

By SARAH LYALL
Published: December 10, 2009
New York Times

LONDON — England has long been a mecca for aggrieved people from around the world who want to sue for libel. Russian oligarchs, Saudi businessmen, multinational corporations, American celebrities — all have made their way to London’s courts, where jurisdiction is easy to obtain and libel laws are heavily weighted in favor of complainants.

Embarrassed by London’s reputation as “a town called sue” and by unusually stinging criticisms in American courts and legislatures, British lawmakers are seriously considering rewriting England’s 19th-century libel laws. (cont)