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Chinese Shoppers Spent $25.3 Billion In 24 Hours, This Singles Day
Alibaba also said it had turned 100,000 physical shops around China into "smart stores" for this year's event. The outstanding results also reflect the upgrading of e-commerce itself to something known as "New Retail". Singles Day was begun by Chinese college students in the 1990s as a version of Valentine's Day for people without romantic partners. The date of November 11 emerged as a counter-cultural antidote to the sentimentality of Valentine's Day.
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Jenny McCarthy says Steven Seagal sexually harassed her during audition
Though McCarthy was "totally starstruck" to see Seagal, she remembered walking into the audition room with a "firm", "serious actress" handshake. "So I stand across from him and he plops onto a sofa that's near a fireplace - of course it is - and taps the sofa cushion next to him saying, 'Take a seat".
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Women assaulted manager at Indianapolis McDonald's because they wanted chicken McNuggets
The manager at the restaurant told WISH-TV that the woman pulled up at the second window and argued that they ordered 10 McNuggets - not four as they were given. "I thought that they were robbing", said McNeely, "and when I heard the shouting I thought 'Please tell me this is not happening to me'". Ms McNeely said she had to hide her face from the attackers, out of fear that they'd come for her next - but while she's pretty sure they saw her, they just got back into their vehicle and sped ...
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Boeing signs deal to sell 300 planes worth $37 billion to China
China Aviation Supplies Holiday Company, the state-owned firm which does big orders for local airlines, signed the deal during a ceremony today, as part of the U.S. Aircraft orders contain list prices however buyers are usually given discounts that end up significantly lowering the prices. This past July, the company announced it agreed to purchase 140 Airbus aircraft in a deal that had list prices that totaled $23 billion.
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United scrubs Newark-Delhi flight citing poor air quality
United said the city's air conditions were severe enough to be considered a natural disaster, and to be avoided like a hurricane or wildfire would be. Illegal crop-burning by farmers in the neighbouring states has been blamed as the main source of the hazardous pollution. A photo of New Delhi Streets taken November 8, 2017.
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U.S. toymaker Hasbro makes new approach to buy Mattel
The terms of a potential deal could not be learned, the newspaper said. Combining could be beneficial for both businesses as it would give them more pricing power to negotiate with entertainment studios over TV and movie franchises. Mattel stock fell on that day to its lowest since 2009. What is clear, however, is Mattel's financial struggle. The two companies have engaged in talks several times over the years including in 1996 and again sometime in late 2015.