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		<title>Cyber Monday Sales: Exactly As Expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gracie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Blodget says:
One headline after another trumpeting the Comscore (SCOR) release that Cyber Monday sales &#8220;jumped&#8221;, &#8220;broke records,&#8221; etc., but not one (so far) contains the actual news: sales came in exactly as expected&#8211;up 21% year over year, the same growth rate as the first ten months of the year.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Mr. Blodget <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/11/cyber-monday-sales-exactly-as-expected.html">says</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>One headline after another trumpeting the Comscore (SCOR) release that Cyber Monday sales &#8220;jumped&#8221;, &#8220;broke records,&#8221; etc., but not one (so far) contains the actual news: sales came in exactly as expected&#8211;up 21% year over year, the same growth rate as the first ten months of the year.</p></blockquote>
<p>Here&#8217;s the kind of <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071127/holiday_online_sales.html?.v=4">half-baked headline</a> Henry is talking about.  Bloomberg, on the other hand, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&#038;sid=ap4QN6xuA78U&#038;refer=exclusive">pulled no punches</a>.</p>
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