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Amazon reports record Holiday Sales with 72.9 Items ordered per second

 
Despite an economy in trouble and empty malls, Amazon today announced the 2008 holiday season finished as its best ever, with over 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on the peak day, December 15th, which is a record-breaking 72.9 items per second. A... (link)

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