"Wachovia says it will press ahead with Wells deal"" NEW YORK (AP) -- Wachovia Corp., at the center of a fight between Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over who will buy the beleaugered bank, is...
This seems like a new trend that artists and retailers are setting where their albums are sold exclusively through one retailer. I understand how this benefits the retailers as customers are forced into their stores...
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Zack Snyder, the director behind the 2006 movie 300 and the upcoming Watchmen has signed a deal with Electronic Arts (EA) to oversee the creation of three new game titles. EA will own the intellectual property...
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So the NHL doesn't even have a deal with ESPN and now they have a deal with ASN (All Sports Network) in Asia. Having been in Asia, I know first of all, no one plays hockey. There are the selected few that does but...
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English soccer titan Manchester United says that the financial turmoil surrounding their lead sponsor, AIG Insurance, will not affect the club. According to team officials, the club's massive four-year $100 million...
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The proposed $700 billion bailout has brought immense media attention as well as that of ordinary Americans, and the surest test of that came from the House of Representatives' own website, which was deluged with...
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Thousands of protesters from across the United States were on the streets the last few days, carrying signs and dumping trash on wall street to protest the bail out. President Bush addressed the nation today and said...
"FDR Lengthened The Great Depression photo credit: pingnews.com One of the new Liberal key talking points is that FDR oversaw the Great Depression - Obama and Biden have repeatedly stated this. The implication is that the left can steer us through this financial...
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"Google is launching a new website aimed at countering critics of its impending advertising deal with Yahoo. The Yahoo-Google Facts site provides the company's argument for the deal, and hits back at...
There may be No Country For Old Men, but Ed McMahon has a new rap.Having grown up watching the famous sidekick of Johnny Carson for most of my life, I have to admit I'm very happy for the ole guy that he's finally getting out of his slump even at 85 years old. I have...
"WASHINGTON - Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says today's leaders should take a lesson from the history books and follow fellow Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to a financial crisis. "When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt...
With Kim Jong Il possibly near death's door, it looks like those around him assuming power could be hard-liners. The country has announced it is reversing the dismantling of a nuclear reactor and making preperations...
"The financial meltdown on Wall Street is more than a cyclic correction brought on by a mismanaged business cycle. It is emblematic of a problem at the very foundation of the right wing economic philosophy that...
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"Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy"The fourth-largest investment bank in the US, Lehman Brothers, has said it will file for bankruptcy protection, amid a growing global financial crisis. Lehman had incurred losses of...
"EPSN-Star Sports secured the ten-year commercial rights for broadcasting the Champions League T20 for US$900 million. The deal gives the network the global commercial rights for every Champions League match from this year’s inaugural event in December until 2017."