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That's what retailers anxious to lure holiday shoppers are hoping to find out with their latest innovation: Walmart, Kmart, Sears and eBay are all testing versions of the "real" online store.

Well, 300 years is a good run for just about anything, but it seems that the era of the paper check might just be drawing to a close across the pond. In the U.K., a board made up of major banks called the U.K. Payments Council voted to phase out paper checks by 2018. According to this Reuters...

Baps. Spotted Dick. Bubble 'n' Squeak. A nice fry-up. One doesn't normally associate good food with Britain, Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson notwithstanding. That's why this latest British invasion is such a delicious shock.Fresh & Easy, the new grocery chain opening stores all over Southern...