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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Make-A-Wish Foundation Treats Boy To Shopping Spree

LAKEWOOD, Calif. -- To observers, the boy in the bright red shirt is just another kid prowling Sunday for games at a Best Buy in Lakewood. That is, until you notice his entourage that includes three generations of family members. The boy is Hayden Merrill, a 10-year-old leukemia patient and the recipient of a shopping spree from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. .

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Shopping groceries in the cyber space

BANGALORE: Hungry Bangalore.com, redbus.in, I-ticket.in, are a few e-services started by IT graduates to cater to the daily needs of the common man. To add to these, ecityindia.com was launched recently, which enables shopping groceries online. Arun Sundaram and Lokesh S, management graduates, launched the ecityindia.com website to make grocery shopping easy. Sundaram said, "Due to late night working, busy schedule, I did not have time to run household errands. Buying groceries for house was a tedious work at the end of the day and most of the time the shops were closed late in the evening." With ecityindia.com one can shop regular daily products ranging from cooking supplements, chocolates, baby products to even spices and powders. This would be of great help to the working population, who can order their groceries online and need not wait till evening to shop after a tiresome day.

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The owner of a popular downtown shopping and nightlife center is ...

LOUISVILLE - The owner of a popular downtown shopping and nightlife center is moving to evict three of its nightclubs for failing to pay $250,000 in back rent. The Cordish Co., owner of 4th Street Live, has filed a suit against the owner of the clubs. The suit names Headliners Entertainment Group of Montclair, N.J., and its three downtown clubs: Red Cheetah, Parrot Beach and the Palm Bar. Headliners began the dispute Jan. 2 when it filed a suit accusing Cordish of engaging in unfair trade practices. Headliners' suit alleges Cordish has favored other businesses at 4th Street and has made unfair demands. Eduardo Rodriquez, a Headliners partner, said the company intends to keep the three nightclubs open as long as it can. Headliners' suit said its businesses face direct competition from at least two other clubs that don't have to charge admission fees or meet the minimum food and beverage prices that Headliners does.

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