Headline Roundup: Corporate Hail Mary Pass Edition

Companies offer out-of-work customers career counseling and training, hoping to gain loyalty when the economy recovers. [WSJ]

Toys 'R' Us unveils an aggressive holiday sales push. Retailer plans to open 80 temporary stores, buying the rights to KB Toys and FAO Schwartz. [WaPo]

Harris Tweed removes any mention of Scotland in it US advertising, fearing backlash over the Lockerbie bomber release. [Times of London]

Google launches the Fast Flip, designed to mimic flipping through newspapers or magazines. [NY Times]

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