Christmas sales up 1, 000% from 1998 at some sites, e-tailers enduring explosive traffic growth.

FORBES: The Last Etail

McKinsey executives, in an attempt to cash in on the explosive growth of hedge funds, had recently sent Rajaratnam several e-mails proposing that Galleon hire the company to provide expert advice.

NEWYORKER: A Dirty Business

Lt Chesterman, a Platoon Commander in C Company, was commanding a patrol convoy in the Nad-e Ali district when the lead vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.

BBC: Lt Andrew Chesterman

The Ministry of Defence said the soldiers were part of a patrol travelling along Route 611 between Forward Operating Base Ouellette and Patrol Base Lashkar Gah Durai in Nahr-e-Saraj when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.

BBC: Fuberal of Fusilier Samuel Flint-Broughton

Sapper Clive Smith, 26, from Hednesford, Staffordshire, was injured when he stood on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) while on duty with the 33 Engineer Regiment in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand in 2010.

BBC: Poppy appeal fronted by Staffordshire amputee soldier

The rise will be steady for a long time, but it won't be explosive, " says Shatzkin, who adds that art books and other illustrated works are simply not "e-bookable.

WSJ: Book industry gathers for annual convention

In other words, despite everything the dot-coms did to screw up the business, the e-commerce market is continuing to cook along, meeting all of the most optimistic predictions for explosive growth.

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