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2 hrs ago | NetworkWorld

California Takes Aim Power-Hungry TVs: What's Next?

Televisions are notorious for draining huge amounts of energy, which is why California is cracking down with energy efficiency regulations.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Televisions, Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, CPU, Science / Technology

7 hrs ago | Minyanville

California Oversteps with HDTV Regulations

What can a state government do to decrease energy consumption among a population that has doubled since 1970 but maintains the lowest per-capita rate of electricity use in the country? That's right: Place restrictions on a major industry, resulting in a whopping annual savings of $30 per household and possibly the loss of countless jobs.

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Related Topix: Televisions, California, California Government, Electronics, Sony

11 hrs ago | Chicago Sun-Times

Cops posing as 'customers' nab three in Craigslist crime wave

A West Pullman man and two South Side brothers have been charged with stealing cash and property at gunpoint from victims thinking they were meeting to buy televisions and other electronics advertised on Craigslist.

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Related Topix: Electronics

15 hrs ago | CNN

Black Friday deals at Wal-Mart

By Parija B. Kavilanz , CNNMoney.com senior writer Each year, Neiman Marcus unveils a handful of over-the-top fantasy holiday gifts.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Televisions, Laptops/Notebooks, Electronics, iPod

Thu Nov 19, 2009

CBC

Ontario reviews flat-screen TV standards

Ontario will consider new standards for flat screen TVs. Ontario will consider revising its standards for flat-screen televisions now that California has moved to ban power-hungry sets from its store shelves, Energy Minister Gerry Phillips said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Canada,

ClipSyndicate

Finding the Best Black Friday TV Deals

Everyone is looking for deals this holiday season, hoping to get a lot of bang for their buck - and when it comes to flat screen televisions, now is the time to buy.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Video

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Senator Wants New TV Energy Efficiency Standards

Senator Dianne Feinstein is encouraging the Obama administration to adopt new energy efficiency standards for televisions, similar to those just approved in her home state of California.

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Related Topix: Electronics, US Senate, Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Lethbridge Herald

Retailers launch deep discounts to lure in shoppers in stagnant holiday season

Canadian retailers are getting ready for the holiday season with rock-bottom prices and major promotional campaigns in hopes that shoppers will open their wallets and seize the opportunity to save.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Electronics

ABC News - Brian Ross

Sony Aims for 5 Percent Profit Margin in 3 Years

Sony, which is headed for its second-straight annual loss, shed jobs, closed plants and sold non-core assets this year to improve its cost structure, and investors are now convincing growth strategy from Sony management.

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Related Topix: Televisions, Sony

WALA - Mobile, Pensacola

Black Friday ad: 50-inch TV for $600

The official kickoff for the holiday shopping season is more than a week away. But the nation's retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., are already starting to let shoppers know about their fat discounts in hopes of attracting big crowds.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Electronics, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Video Games

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Slam Sports

ABC has strongest week in ratings in more than a year, thanks to country music

Country music helped ABC to its best ratings week in more than a year. The network, which narrowly lost to CBS for the distinction of America's most popular TV network last week, aired the Country Music Association awards to 17.2 million people, according to the Nielsen Co.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Reality TV, Dancing With The Stars, Crime TV, Action TV, The Oprah Winfrey Show

Reuters

California sets limits on energy-gulping TVs

California regulators gave final approval Wednesday to the first mandatory U.S. energy curbs on television sets, a growing but often overlooked power drain that accounts for 10 percent of home electric bills in the state.

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Related Topix: California, Electronics, California Government, US News

MyFoxPhilly

Real Deal: Black Friday TV Deals

Retailers won't talk specifics about what is going on sale or for how much this holiday season, but many door-buster specials have been leaked.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Electronics

Lansing State Journal

Keep 23 household products in top-notch condition

Taking the time to do a little preventive maintenance - before things get stained, scratched, frayed, worn out or broken - is like buying an insurance policy for everything in your house.

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Related Topix: Computers, Electronics, Cameras

ABC News - Brian Ross

California Targets TVs to Lower Electricity Demand

FILE - In a Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 photo, Doug Pongrazc checks out a large screen television while... FILE - In a Thursday, Jan.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Elk Grove, CA, Televisions

WJHG-TV Panama City

O-C-S-O Investigates TV Thefts

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a spate of recent burglaries targeting big screen t-v's and other electronic devices.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Okaloosa County, FL, Destin, FL

Tue Nov 17, 2009

DigiTimes

Us market: Samsung retakes leadership in LCD TV market in 3Q09, says iSuppli

Press release, November 17; Yvonne Yu, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 17 November 2009] Samsung Electronics in the third quarter of 2009 retook the top ranking in the US LCD TV market from chief competitor Vizio, according to iSuppli.

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Related Topix: Televisions, Electronics, Marketing

The Florida Times Union

Stay seat belted, don't watch TV while driving

In unrelated cases, Miranda Zant, 16, and Virginia Liming, 19, died this year in Jacksonville when they were thrown from pickup truck beds.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Jacksonville Metro

PR-inside.com

Holiday Shopping Tips for Buying an Energy Efficient TV

TV power consumption is expected to outpace the energy used to power the average refrigerator by 2010, with this figure doubling by 2030 1 . This trend is driven by the move to larger, higher performance TVs, more TVs per household, as well as many new applications, such as gaming, DVDs, Netflix , and Tivo and other digital video recorders .

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Related Topix: Electronics, Digital Video Recorders

RedOrbit

Comcast To Buy Majority Share Of NBC

NBC is on the verge of making a move that would illustrate broadcast television's decline after eight decades pioneering the concept of broadcasting.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Comcast, Electronics

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