Shoppers who have been busy searching the Internet for early reports on Black Friday deals will be happy to learn that Walmart has confirmed some of their sales for Friday, November 27, 2009, as well as weekly savings starting this Saturday on popular toys and video games.

Walmart Black Friday Sales

Walmart’s Black Friday specials include 50-inch Sanyo plasma HDTVs for $598, Magnavox Blu-Ray disc players for $78, TomTom GPS systems for $59, $7 reversible fleece jackets, and $3 children’s sleepwear, according to Walmart representative Melissa O’Brien.

Some of the toys at Walmart stores that will be discounted (up to 60 percent) starting this Saturday through November 27, 2009, are EZ Bake Oven, Disney Princess Scooter, and Nerf N-Strike Vulcan, The Associated Press reported. Also starting this Saturday, customers purchasing certain gaming packages such as “Band Hero” and “DJ Hero” will receive a $40 Walmart gift card while supplies last.

Black Friday Guide

Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally marks the beginning of Christmas shopping in the United States. Many retailers offer doorbuster sales as an incentive for shoppers.

Check the following stories for more Black Friday deals:

Best Buy 2009 Black Friday Ads Revealed

Check Out Early Walmart Black Friday Deals

Target Black Friday Ads Leaked Online

Sears ‘Black Friday’ Sales Revealed

The following Web sites are dedicated to locating Black Friday deals for major stores such as Sears, Walmart, Toys ‘R’ Us, Target, Kmart, and more:

• BlackFriday.fm
• Black-Friday.net
• BFads.net
• BlackFriday.info
• BlackFriday.com
• BlackFriday.GottaDeal.com

Know of some good Black Friday deals? Leave them in the comments below.

Users are not able to access ATT.net Monday morning due to an apparent outage.

AT&T

The homepage utilized for logging into email and other Att.net services has been experiencing technical difficulties since Sunday night, some users have reported.  As of 9:30 a.m. ET Monday, the site was still down.

The cause of the outage is not yet known, but it is expected to be restored shortly.

One site reported that attempts to gain further information from AT&T Inc. have not been answered.

UPDATE: The site was restored at about 10 a.m. ET.  The cause of the outage has not yet been reported.

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Best Buy is the latest store to have its Black Friday advertisement leaked online.

Best Buy Black Friday Deals

Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally marks the beginning of Christmas shopping in the United States. Many retailers offer doorbuster sales as an incentive for shoppers.

Special deals and doorbusters for holiday shoppers at Best Buy on Black Friday include newly released CDs for $6.99, digital cameras for as low as $49.99, a digital camcorder for $69.99, a PlayStation 3 package for $299.99, a Web cam for $19.99, and much more.   For more on Best Buy’s Black Friday deals, click here.

View/download ad here: Best Buy Black Friday 2009 Ad (PDF).

The following Web sites are dedicated to locating Black Friday deals for major stores such as Sears, Walmart, Toys ‘R’ Us, Target, Kmart, and more:

• BlackFriday.fm
• Black-Friday.net
• BFads.net
• BlackFriday.info
• BlackFriday.com
• BlackFriday.GottaDeal.com

Know of some good Black Friday deals? Leave them in the comments below.

Holiday shoppers can take advantage of early Black Friday deals at Walmart.

Walmart Black Friday Sales

The store is currently featuring 100 toys for under $10.  To see the list, click here. Walmart also announced that its online stores will offer many hot books for just $9 and free shipping.  Customers who purchase a BlackBerry will also receive a $100 gift card.  For more details on the current deals at Walmart, click here.

The official Walmart Black Friday ad has not yet been released.  The store has announced, though, that it will be open 24 hours on Black Friday.  For more about Walmart’s safety campaign for this year, click here.

Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally marks the beginning of Christmas shopping in the United States. Many retailers offer doorbuster sales as an incentive for shoppers.

Several Web sites are dedicated to Black Friday sales for stores such as Sears, Walmart, Toys ‘R’ Us, Target, Kmart, and more.  Here are a few to help shoppers get started:

• BlackFriday.fm 
• Black-Friday.net
• BFads.net
• BlackFriday.info
• BlackFriday.com
• BlackFriday.GottaDeal.com

 Know of some good Black Friday deals? Leave them in the comments below.

Target is the latest store to have its Black Friday deals leaked online as consumers continue to search the web for the scoop on this year’s holiday shopping deals.

Target Shoppers (AP)

Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally marks the beginning of Christmas shopping in the United States. Many retailers offer doorbuster sales as an incentive for shoppers.

Target’s Black Friday deals include $3 toasters and coffeemakers, deals on high-definition televisions, and discounts of 50 percent on clothes and toys, according to GottaDeal.com.  Brad Olson, founder of the web site, said Wednesday that he received a copy of the discount retailer’s ad.

(To view the list of Target’s sale items, click here.)

Target spokeswoman Sarah Boehle said the company “is unable to confirm the accuracy of any [Black Friday] two-day ads or pricing information that is posted online,” according to a CNN.com report.

“Each year we chronicle lots of excitement about our ads when we hear that they were prematurely leaked,’ said Boehle. “We really appreciate all the interest. We encourage consumers to look for our official [Black Friday] ad.”

Target is expected to release its weekly circular the week of November 22, 2009.

Several Web sites are dedicated to Black Friday sales for stores such as Sears, Toys ‘R’ Us, Target, Kmart, and more.  Here are a few to help shoppers get started:

• BlackFriday.fm 
• Black-Friday.net
• BFads.net
• BlackFriday.info
• BlackFriday.com
• BlackFriday.GottaDeal.com

 Know of some good Black Friday deals? Leave them in the comments below.

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Thousands of Fry’s and Safeway employees are threatening to strike this Friday, so Fry’s and Safeway stores are hiring in anticipation of the strike.  It’s probably not the best time for any employee to go on strike, no matter what the reason, because quite simply they will have workers doing the job and won’t be in a hurry to negotiate with the strikers. 

The unemployment rate is at a high this country hasn’t seen since 1983 and is only expected to rise over the next year.  The current national rate employment rate is 10.2%. 

Picket lines are anticipated the next time you go to Fry’s or Safeway stores, and the employers aren’t taking it sitting down.  They have taken out full-page ads stating they are looking to hire thousands of temporary workers.

13,000 workers plan to strike on Friday over healthcare costs for new employees. A grocery store worker averages $20,000 a year, and Fry’s and Safeway are asking new employees to pay up to $2,000 of that money for their healthcare, the union stated that is unacceptable.

Temporary workers should expect to get about $9.50 an hour and they are looking for clerks, stockers, meat cutters, and baggers.

House of Representatives

Last night, the House of Representatives passed the health care bill with a vote of 220-215.  Only one Republican voted for the Democratic bill,  Joseph Cao from New Orleans, and nearly 40 Democrats voted against it.  For a complete list of names of Democrats who voted against it, click here for the New York Times chart. 

The bill will extend health insurance coverage to 36 million Americans. Annual out-of-pocket expenses will have a limit, and insurance companies will be prevented from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. 

The Democrats have estimated the cost for health insurance coverage at $894 billion, but CNN has estimated that it will most likely cost over $1 trillion dollars once all provisions are included.  The public option will be available in 2013, and illegal immigrants will not be covered.  Everyone in the United States will be required to have health insurance.

Health care reform is important. Health care reform is controversial. Proponents of health care reform think it’s necessary to ensure American remains prosperous.  Many citizens and politicians are opponents of health care reform, citing that it will burden taxpayers and will lead to more governmental waste.

Today, the House of Representatives is voting on their bill.  If the bill passes, the Senate will vote on the bill after the first of the year.  If the bill doesn’t pass, health care reform will remain a question mark.

What strikes me as odd about the argument of health care reform isn’t the fact that the government is trying to pass a satisfactory bill. What strikes me as odd is that politicians – both Democrats and Republicans alike – are more concerned with each party’s individual agenda than the good of American people.  American people have spoken out against the bill, so legislators need to be looking at ways to make health care reform beneficial for Americans.

How could they do that? For starters, they could work with pharmaceutical companies to set reasonable prices on prescription drugs.  Currently, Americans pay for all the pharmaceutical company’s R&D costs.  Canadian citizens and those throughout the world don’t share those costs.

Second, the administration could start to take measures to cut Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud.  This would save millions of dollars that could be set aside to subsidize any further health care reforms.

Third, legislators could pass laws that make it illegal for insurance companies to drop individuals because of pre-existing conditions or because of extensive medical costs.  This will ensure that those that can afford health care have access to it, despite their current health conditions.

Universal health care is a great theory. However, our current environment doesn’t allow for a sensible option.  Making cost-saving changes and setting up a better environment to make sure that Americans stay healthy is what is important.