The document provides a weekly review of various news topics, including instant noodles losing a brand icon, disappointing holiday retail sales except for luxury stores and Walmart, plans to deliver 5 million low-cost laptops to developing nations through the OLPC program by summer, and ABC's Rosie O'Donnell show winning its time slot in ratings.

2. Week in Review © 2006 Sullivan Higdon & Sink. All rights reserved.

3. What’s being watched…

4. Instant noodles lose an icon…

5. What do “ Kayak Salad, Alaska Yak” and the final score of the BCS National Championship have in common?

6. 92,000 is the new 20,000

7. Holiday retail sales fall short Luxury stores continued to ride the boom in high-end fashion and accessories Many mall-based specialty chains, rang up disappointing results Wal-Mart reported a gain of 1.6%, which was higher than the projected 1% Gift cards may boost January sales numbers

9. Smartphones are now stupid

10. OLPC (one laptop per child) Five million OLPC laptops will be delivered to developing nations this summer Ebay may partner to sell laptops Laptops may be sold with a “buy 2 get 1” strategy. Buyer gets one, the other is sent to a developing nation.

11. Rosie wins the ratings battle

12. A paixão na água