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After a recent purchase of a slim black leather case folio cover from Amazon merchant VIP Deals, some customers got back an unusual letter along with their product.

"Thank you for your recent purchase from VIP Deals," the letter read. "We invite you to write a product review for the Amazon Community.

In return for writing the review, we will refund your order so you will have received the product for free."

NYT:  The attacks on GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney over his years at private equity firm Bain Capital is unnerving many buyout executiv

Medicis (NYSE: MRX) 9% LOWER; cut its Q4 EPS guidance from 63-69 cents to 51-57 cents. Sales move from $187-$200 million to $170-$183 million.

Sees FY12 sales growth over 10 percent. Click here to see the full report.

Cavium (Nasdaq: CAVM) 5.6% LOWER; now sees Q4 sales $56-$57 million, which compares to the Street estimate of $61.6 million.

Icahn Enterprises L.P.

NYT: Aggressive deals in the days before Christmas are good for procrastinators, but may be alarm bell for stores.

NYT: Aggressive deals in the days before Christmas are good for procrastinators, but may be alarm bell for stores.

Bank of America Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co have started modifying tens of thousands of mortgages where the banks deem the loans especially risky, even if the borrowers have not asked, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

NYT: The closely watched Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index is expected to show that house prices fell in March to a new low for the current downturn.

The American auto industry has made small cars a central part of its strategy, seeking to capitalize on a shift in the preferences of consumers in an era of high gas prices.

As promised, the New York Times paywall was erected on Monday, March 28. It seems to already be working, in fact.