Take-up of digital television slows Dec 19, 2008
There are now a total of 60m television sets in the country, of which aroun 25. 6m are main sets and 34. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Push for education yields little for India's poor Jan 17, 2008
Not only has the roaring economy run into a shortage of skilled labor, but also the nation's many new roads, phones and television sets have fueled new ambitions for economic advancement among its people and new expectations for schools to help them achieve it. Today in Asia - Pacific. (International Herald Tribune)
In online worlds, the thought and the gift are social currency Nov 24, 2007
Over the past two years, he has spent his Habbo coins on items such as a butler, television sets, a Frappuccino machine and a refrigerator - "stuff I'd like to have in my room," he said. For his friend's birthday, Shepard gave him a teleporter, which looks like a phone booth and transports Habbo residents from one room to another. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Newel Furnishes Movie Sets for Warner Bros. Oct 11, 2007
Newel has supplied hundreds of movies and television sets with furniture. Its recent credits include "A Beautiful Mind," "Maid in Manhattan," "Hitch," "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," and current TV shows like "30 Rock" and "Gossip Girl.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Feeling lucky? With its lavish new casinos, S. Florida's the new Sin City Sep 21, 2007
With its lavish new casinos, S. Florida's the new Sin City - 09/21/2007 - MiamiHerald (The Miami Herald)
From kayaks to phlebotomy chairs: UCD's Bargain Barn is a nonstop garage sale Aug 21, 2007
Old television sets no plasma screens here cost 25 to 30. Some computers and flat-screen monitors go for less than 100. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
Mishra: Booming Market of Antiques Aug 3, 2007
The material part produces goods like food items, clothes, cars, television sets, washing machines, shoes, umbrellas and so on, whose production and supply are regulated by market forces, keeping in view the changing volume of demand. As neo-classical economists say, the law of diminishing marginal utility applies in their context. (Zmag.org)
Super Bowl Sunday for a geek without bean dip Feb 12, 2007
D. went on to say, as I shot furtive glances at one of the five widescreen television sets in the restaurant, that even though we all know that television is essentially about advertising - persuading us to purchase that which we really don't need to fill whatever void we find in our lives - we still forget that that's what television is really about and so we become robots instead of citizens, poets, lovers, friends, craftsmen or good parents. M. said that when FCC Chairman Newton Minow said... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
People's choices Jan 30, 2007
With satellite dishes and 27 television sets programmed to sports, fans flock to Draft Pic s Sports Bar and Grille in downtown Mount Vernon. Nasty Jack s Antiques owners Marlo and Gary Frank regularly travel to England to fill 40-foot containers with vintage furniture, stained glass and other items, some requested by the customers at the La Conner shop founded by Marlo s workaholic hippie father. (Skagit Business Pulse, WA)
Got a Problem? Maybe This Will Help Jan 8, 2007
The Problem: Where to recycle old television sets, computers and wireless devices that pose hazards if you toss them in the trash ... For television sets, retailers can help ... Circuit City Stores Inc. sponsors similar events and will also take away old television sets when delivering new ones in some circumstances. (The Ledger)
