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Mapping a battle plan for Black Friday and beyond
Created: 11/20/2006
Video description: The annual battle of nerves between shoppers and retailers is about to get under way, with the start of the holiday shopping season. With all those tech toys--and there are a lot of cool, new items--what's the plan? Buy now or wait it out? Join Charlie Cooper, Erica Ogg, Michael Kanellos and Tom Krazit on the CNET News.com Reporter's Roundtable to find out.

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