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By TIMES WIRES
Published September 15, 2006
Add Microsoft's Zune to your holiday wish list Microsoft Corp.'s effort to compete against Apple's iPod juggernaut will focus on the idea that people want to be able to easily share music with friends and others. The software maker said Thursday that its portable Zune media player, scheduled to be available around the holiday season, will include wireless technology to let people share some of their favorite songs, playlists or pictures with other Zune users who are close by. Those users can listen to the songs three times over three days before deciding whether to buy it themselves. "The idea is to legitimize peer-to-peer sharing in a healthy way that works for everybody," said J Allard, a Microsoft vice president in charge of the Zune product line. Microsoft said the song-sharing capability will be available for most songs available through its forthcoming Zune Marketplace service, although some music publishers won't allow it. Other chatter WAL-MART ENDS LAYAWAY, ADDS COLIN COWIE ITEMS: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will end layaway service this year because of falling demand and rising costs. Wal-Mart said Thursday it will stop accepting layaway items Nov. 19 with a pickup deadline of mid December. Also Thursday, Wal-Mart said it is introducing a home collection by celebrity designer Colin Cowie. The items range in price from $2.94 for a champagne glass to $39.97 for a floral topiary. NEW YORK TIMES EXECS TAKE PAY CUT TO OFFER EMPLOYEE BONUSES: Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman of the New York Times Co., is taking a pay cut this year and next along with his cousin, the vice chairman of the company, to create a bonus pool for employees, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday. About $2-million will become available for payments to reward exceptional performance by staffers who don't participate in the company's annual bonus plan. TRUMP ON THE OCEAN COMING: Donald Trump plans to build a $40-million waterfront dining and banquet hall on the boardwalk in Jones Beach State Park on New York's Long Island, the developer and New York Gov. George Pataki said. Trump has entered into partnership with Steve Carl, operator of the Carlyle on the Green at Bethpage State Park, to create Trump on the Ocean, a 33,000-square-foot facility on 5 acres.
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