Black Friday 2016

Black Friday sales were up 3.4% from last year’s Black Friday, and with a record setting amount of shopping being done online. More than 108 million shoppers this year shopped online whereas only 99.1 million people shopped in traditional brick and mortar stores, a decrease from the 102 million in-store shoppers from Black Friday 2015. In a report done by Adobe, the company saw a growth of 21% and a record $3.34 billion spent.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/27/black-friday-deals-pulled-in-more-shoppers-but-they-spent-less-nrf-data-shows.html

Jill Stein’s Recount

Jill Stein has raised about $6 million of her $7 million goal. She launched the Stein/Baraka Green Party Campaign on 11/23 to guarantee the integrity of the US elections, and is checking states where she believes there is a need for a verification of machine-counted vote totals. Her proposed recount in Michigan and the two already funded in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have raised controversy, especially with Hillary Clinton joining into the efforts.

https://jillstein.nationbuilder.com/recount

The Death of Fidel Castro

Cuban revolutionary, Fidel Castro, died at age 90 on November 25^th. His death was announced by his brother Raul, who rose to power eight years ago after his brother, on Cuban TV. His death sparks either grief or joy in the Cuban people.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/26/americas/fidel-castro-obit/