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Nov 03 2008 9:46am EDT

First Bytes: Wink, Reunion, Kindle, Facebook, Circuit City, Tesla

Social search engines Wink and Reunion merge for a combined 750 million members.
[GigaOm]

Oprah boosted Kindle search traffic by 479 percent.
[SiliconAlleyInsider]

Facebook, strapped for cash, tries a quirky revenue stream: variable pricing on Facebook gifts.
[SiliconAlleyInsider]

Circuit City closes 155 stores, reducing workforce by 17 percent.
[Bloomberg]

Tesla gets $40 million from investors to alleviate financial problems.
[NYT Bits]

--Andrea Chalupa
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