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Cyber Monday

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Giving Tuesday: A Day To Come Together To Give Back

After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it's Giving Tuesday. How many of you are going to kick off the holiday season by giving?

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are good for stimulating the economy, but Manhattan's 92nd Street Y believes that giving is good for stimulating the soul.  The 92nd Street Y, a nonprofit cultural and community center in New York, has brought together a consortium of charities, businesses and individuals and created GivingTuesday as the day that America comes together to give back. With charitable donations down, the 92nd Street Y wanted to find a way to shine a collective light on charitable organizations while getting people to pause and think about those who are in need and what they can do to make a difference.   The organizers of GivingTuesday want to transform the way people think about, talk about and participate in giving during the …

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Cyber Monday Makes Holiday Shopping as Simple as Clicking Your Mouse

Monday is day for shopping specials online.

  Instead of braving early morning cold temperatures and the crowds at the mall, here comes a shopping day every person can enjoy from the comfort of his or her own home.  Cyber Monday—the retail day for shopping online this holiday season—takes place on the first Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday. Last year, consumers spent an estimated $13.55 billion on e-commerce starting on Nov. 29, 2010 through Christmas Eve, according to ComScore.com.  As shoppers leave Black Friday and Small Business Saturday behind, the e-commerce season begins. Online shoppers may enjoy the convenience of shopping from the comfort of home, avoiding long lines, parking hassles, wrapping gifts and trudging to the post office to mail gifts.  In fact, though it's …

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Teresa Akersten

7:30 pm on Monday, November 28, 2011

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