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Netflix will replace The New York Times Co. on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index of publicly traded companies. The movie and TV show rental company moves up from the S&P MidCap 400 index for mid-sized stocks, while the newspaper and media company was demoted to that index.

Digital has net degraded NYT shareholder value while it has boosted Netflix. It comes down to superior alignment of content with delivery and external forces. In Netflix case that's long tail movies and TV shows plus broadband plus consumer adoption of delayed viewing habits.

http://www.internetretailer.com/2010/12/14/netflix-replace-new-york-times-sp-500-stock-index

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Reflective Lace for Strollers Reduce Accidents

Reflective Lace is the safety-minded and stylish embellishment that makes bicyclists more visible at night. Now bringing similar reflective qualities to baby strollers is Wagalum, a German maker of self-adhesive strips designed specifically to keep young children safe while on the go.

Wagalum's reflective sticker set includes eight pieces in four different sizes to provide all-around visibility for babies in strollers. The stickers' microprismatic surface shines nine times brighter than comparable materials do, causing strollers bearing them to be seen six times earlier by other traffic participants and 85 percent less likely to be involved in an accident, Wagalum says. 

Wagalum's reflective strips are currently available at a number of stockists in Germany, but the company aims to expand to other countries soon, and it welcomes dealer inquiries. Retailers of children's products: this one's for you! (Related: Five business ideas focused on babies & new parents — Color-changing sleep suit signals baby's fever.)

Bugaboo in Park Slope for $360, now $420

Saw this stroller at 78 8th Avenue today. Advertised as "great condition" but the poster neglected to mention that the break didn't catch. Kinda important if your tot is hanging out on a hill. I was wary and a bit miffed that I drove the Toyota across the Slope only to find a stroller that wasn't in quite such great shape.

He called me 20 minutes after I left to say he'd fixed the break and it was working fine. I sort of agreed to come back, but D talked me out of it after I told her the guy let slip he paid $420 for it, which means he bought it used, too. And do you want your kid relying on a break that this guy fixed in 20 minutes?

Anyway, he reposted this evening, boosting the ask up to $420 - exactly what he said he paid for it.

shop rite is a humiliating experience

Fairway is cool and people don't care how much things cost. At shop rite they push and fight and line up for a few cents off.

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