With a wave of Kindle competitors hitting the market, sales for Amazon's reader and similar devices are expected to double again this year.

随着又一批亚马逊Kindle阅读器的竞争对手打入市场，亚马逊公司生产的阅读器以及类似电子产品的销量预计今年将再度翻番。

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Amanda Roberts, an entrepreneur and blogger in Warrensburg, Missouri, hit the stores ahead of the storm that is expected to start hitting the state by late Monday.

CNN: February 25, 2013 -- Updated 1018 GMT (1818 HKT)

On Friday, a series of broad automatic budget cuts known in Washington DC as the sequester are expected to take effect, hitting many areas of the federal government if Congress does not act.

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Thus, with Ireland out of the way and shoppers hitting the malls with abandon, one might have expected to see stocks rise on Monday.

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