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Hollywood Movies Misfire with Core Male Teens"Barry Reinholtz address the decline in movie attendance and revenues. He cities that an overpriced, mediocre experience at the theatre is taking a backseat to an alternate home entertainment medium

Bill Cara comments on the rising Japanese Market

Yahoo is introducing Flicker, which is journalism from all around the globe, displayed into News Search results. Consumers can now enjoy opinions, analysis and commentary, via blogs.

James Hamilton a professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, examines the The Macroeffects of Oil. Hamilton includes a great chart on how historical disruptions in oil production have affected the GDP.

Nuriel Roubini, a Professor of Economics, the Stern School of Business at New York University and chairman of RGE Monitor, also gives a great overview to Oil Prices and the Global Economy . Unlike previous spikes in the price of oil (1973, 1979, 1990, 2000, the this year's rise is a demand shock, rather than a supply problem.

According to the NPD Group, a group helping retailers understand consumers, Holiday Spending is expected to rise in spite of gas prices.