Letters: Letters: What Kind of Victory?

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I read these new volumes in December.  There are six large books, two columns to a page, large pages, the whole thing weighs about thirty pounds.  I can't recall taking on such a large reading project in such a short period of time, but I am very glad I spent a few weeks immersed in the world of Vincent van Gogh.  I was impressed by how smart van Gogh was, what an intellectual omnivore h

In the nonstop struggle to produce the perfect e-reader, Amazon responds to Barnes & Noble’s Nook with the Kindle Paperwhite.

David Leonhardt responds to reader comments and questions about balancing work and family, and whether women are unfairly penalized in the job market if they have children.

A Scarborough city councillor and animal lover wants Toronto to adopt a “no kill” policy for coyotes living among us. In a letter to the municipal licensing and standards committee, Glenn De Baeremaeker says recent requests to trap or shoot coyotes in Toronto have been ill advised.

Internet auction giant eBay said Monday it has bought Hunch, an online service which provides users with personalized recommendations for products and services.Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but former TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington, in a post on his personal blog Uncrunched.com, put the purchase price at around $80 million."With Hunch, we're adding new capabilities to personalizing the shopping experience on eBay to the individual relevant tastes and interests of our customers," eBay chief technology officer Mark Carges said in a statement.

eBay this morning said it has acquired Hunch, an online platform ?that delivers customized recommendations to its users based on their individual tastes.? The company said eBay customers should benefit from Hunch's ability to generate ?meaningful, yet often non-obvious, recommendations for items available on eBay based on their specific tastes.? Terms of the deal were ...