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Has the HP TouchPad Lost Its Resale Luster?

Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 26, 2011 at 10:44 am PT

Once a hot resale item following its fast demise, the HP TouchPad isn’t flying off virtual shelves anymore.

Today Is Probably the Last Chance to Buy an HP webOS Tablet Until 2013

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 11, 2011 at 1:22 pm PT

HP will sell its remaining TouchPads on eBay beginning at 4 pm PT on Sunday. Prices start at $99, so the fire sale probably won’t last long.

New York Times Tells the Boston Globe It Doesn’t Have to Sell the Boston Globe

Peter Kafka in Media on September 9, 2009 at 11:32 am PT

The cash-strapped New York Times, which has put the Boston Globe and its other New England properties up for sale, wants you to know that it’s in no way having a fire sale. Boston Globe employees appeared to have taken that message at face value.