Archive for July, 2007
Jul 31, 2007 in Financial
Things just went from bad to worse for Michael Vick: "One of Michael Vick's co-defendants pleaded guilty Monday to his role in a dogfighting conspiracy he says was financed almost entirely by the Atlanta Falcons quarterback."
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Jul 30, 2007 in Financial
A video blog about wine, WineLibraryTV, and its host Gary Vaynerchuk have been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and will now appear on Wednesday night on Late Night with Conan O'brien. Congrats to the WLTV team!
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Jul 30, 2007 in Financial
A video blog about wine, WineLibraryTV, and its host Gary Vaynerchuk have been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and will now appear on Wednesday night on Late Night with Conan O'brien. Congrats to the WLTV team!
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Jul 23, 2007 in Financial
After the Senate Finance Committee approved an expansion of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program to cover nearly 10 million kids, President Bush offered a strange rationale for threatening to veto it. "People have access to health care in America," he told an audience in Cleveland. "After all, you just go to an emergency room."
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Jul 21, 2007 in Financial
The ad is part of the industry-led smear campaign against Michael Moore’s movie SiCKO. The group is “financed in part by pharmaceutical and hospital companies.” Its Advisory Board includes President Bush’s former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson. In June, the organization “staged a conference call that drew nearly 20 reporters from around the country,”
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Jul 20, 2007 in Financial
Tesla Roadster street racing with a Ferrari F430, '63 Corvette, Mercedes-Benz SLR and a bike. After checking with Tesla, it turned that it was shot on a closed course while Microsoft was filming a commercial for the upcoming Project Gotham Racing 4 which will be featuring all those vehicles.
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Jul 20, 2007 in Financial
Tesla Roadster street racing with a Ferrari F430, '63 Corvette, Mercedes-Benz SLR and a bike. After checking with Tesla, it turned that it was shot on a closed course while Microsoft was filming a commercial for the upcoming Project Gotham Racing 4 which will be featuring all those vehicles.
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Jul 15, 2007 in Financial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Dow Jones (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) board member who is also part of the family that controls the company has launched a last-ditch effort to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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Jul 15, 2007 in Financial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Dow Jones (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) board member who is also part of the family that controls the company has launched a last-ditch effort to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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Jul 06, 2007 in Financial
Rupert Murdoch has succeeded with his $5bn (£2.5bn) bid for Dow Jones, owners of the Wall Street Journal, according to a report in The Business.Negotiations are finished and the board is confident the terms of the deal will be accepted by the Bancroft family, which controls a majority of voting shares in Dow Jones.
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