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Current Headlines - Jan 5, 2009
LG Consolidates Appliances and CE Divisions LG Electronics has consolidated its home appliance and consumer electronics businesses in the U.S. as a way to better capitalize its brand name, according to the company....
CES Begins This Week As a new year gets underway, the annual International CES is set to begin in Las Vegas this week....
LG to Unveil First 'Broadband HDTV' LG and Netflix had already gotten together on a Blu-ray player that made instant streaming of movies possible. Now, it's cutting the player out of the equation....
'Build Your Own PC' Contest Coming to CES CompUSA and TigerDirect, along with parent company Systemax, announced last week that they will host a Build Your Own PC Race for Charity at International CES this year. The event is scheduled to take place on the night of Jan....
New SurroundBar From Polk Polk Audio on Monday announced its latest SurroundBar product. With the SurroundBar SDA Instant Home Theater, Polk wishes to emphasis ease of setup, as well as compatibility with flat-screen TVs....
Consumer Group Pushes For Lower TV Costs A consumer coalition has petitioned the FCC to cut the cost charged to manufacturers for digital TV technology, believing that such a cost would result in lower costs of the sets themselves....
Historians Clash With Walmart Walmart has found itself in yet another high-profile feud- this time, with historians....
Local Appliance Store Accepting Circuit City Gift Cards Following the lead of hhgregg in accepting Circuit City gift certificates, a local appliance store in Ohio has begun a similar program....
E-Recycling Now Free in Oregon Thanks to a law that went into effect on the first of the year, the state of Oregon is now offering free recycling of electronics products, including televisions and computers....
Archived Headlines
Walmart Likely Alone in Retail Gains Jan 2, 2009 Zune Outages Reported Worldwide Jan 2, 2009 The Top 40 Products of the Year, From E-Gear Jan 2, 2009 CEA's Shapiro Assails 'Card Check' Jan 2, 2009 Survey: Networking Interest to Drive CE Purchases Jan 2, 2009 LG to Unveil Thinnest TV Yet Jan 2, 2009 Audiovox, Sirius XM Have Deal Jan 2, 2009 
