Sales of DVDs Slow Down
Sales of DVD titles and players were “stable” during the first half of 2006 as the maturing DVD industry struggles to regain some of the explosive growth it enjoyed for so many years, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. According to a midyear report released Tuesday by the Digital Entertainment Group, nearly 14 million DVD players were sold from Jan. 1 through the end of June, virtually the same pace as last year. More than 740 million DVDs were shipped to retail outlets during the first half of the year, a 4 percent drop from 2005’s midyear total of 772 million units, according to figures compiled for DEG by Kaplan, Swicker & Simha.
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Senate Votes to Ease Drug Imports
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to make it easier for Americans to import cheaper prescription medications from Canada, a strong reproach to the Bush administration’s recent crackdown on drugs ordered by mail for personal use, the Los Angeles Times reports. Approved by a 68-32 vote, the measure would prohibit Customs and Border Patrol agents from seizing prescription drugs imported by individuals from Canadian pharmacies by mail or carried over the border.
