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Can Lehman Bros’ Directors Help The Firm to Stave Off a Plun
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:29:14 PDT
(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- Ever since the downfall of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc (NYSE:BSC), analysts have been speculating as to whether the next investment-banking firm to fail would be Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (NYSE:LEH), placing the firm’s Board of Directors under intense heat.
Katie Couric may leave CBS News, report says
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:37:06 PDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed CBS News executives and people close to Katie Couric, said Wednesday she could leave her job as anchor of the low-rated CBS Evening News well before her contract expires in 2011.
News Corp. May Join Yahoo Bid With Microsoft (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:40:36 PDT
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions.
Bear survives Zambrano attack
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:27:09 PDT
CHICAGO, IL — The day began innocently as Carlos Zambrano, along with Cubs teammates Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee, took advantage of an off day to go camping and fishing at the Chain O’Lakes State Park, ninety minutes outside of Chicago. Armed with their rods, and also their fishing equipment, the gang set off for the woods. According to the group’s joint police report, they were sitting around their campfire roasting marshmallows when an adult, male Kodiak bear entered the site. The bear b
Cognitive Freedoms and your government.
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:27:33 PDT
A few days ago one of by daily brainstuffs included an article about how one in five scientists were using chemical enhancements such as Ritalin, Adderall, or Modafinil to maintain focus during research. I pointed jokingly to WABDA, the "World Anti-Brain Doping Authority," which was an April Fool joke. There once was an organization, the Elliot Institute (the website is now gone) which has the distinction of being the first explicitly anti-transhumanist organization in history. It was founded b
The Moronosphere News Network
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:27:33 PDT
This is for my morons colleagues in the Moronosphere - S. Weasel’s MNN badge with a transparent background! woohoo! Don’t forget to check DoublePlusUndead for Moronosphere News Network reports (almost daily)! You hotlinky, you get big surprise, comrade! download More: Moronosphere png 100px (download) Moronosphere gif 150px (download) Moronosphere gif 100px (download) Moronosphere png original size 670px (download) You Moronbloggers and readers using ...]Copyright © 2004-2008, http://bamapachyd
Donald Munro: Broadway bound
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:28:29 PDT
update column about her in March.) Now she writes with her biggest career news yet: The Off-Broadway show "title of show]," the scrappy little four-person musical in which Heidi (pictured, at left, with the rest of the cast) made su
Tag Heuer Meridiist Phone is Croc-Skinned
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:28:33 PDT
TAG Heuer, the watch maker, announced the Meridiist mobile phone. You can have black rubber, red leather or crocodile skin as the backing cover. Tag Heuer Meridiist features a 1.9-inch QVGA dispay, a 2 Megapixel camera, integrated media player that supports MP3, AAC, MPEG-4 media formats. Don’t expect the phone to have 3G support. Priced at 3900Euro, the Tag Heuer Meridiist will be release in second half of this year. RegHardware] via Gizmodo] Copyright © 200-2008 This RSS Feed is publish
‘Quarantine’ Remake Trailer
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:29:14 PDT
‘Quarantine’ Remake Trailer You can watch the trailer for Sony Screen Gems’ Quarantine at UGO. The film is a remake of Rec, a great Spanish film from last year. The original was like a creepy combination of Cloverfield and Night of the Living Dead. I hope this remake, directed by John Erick Dowdle (The Poughkeepsie Tapes), can keep the seem flavor without being boring. Judging by the trailer, it seems to stay pretty true to the original. It hits theaters on October 17th. tags: News author: A
Hilarious
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:29:15 PDT
Hilarious April 10th, 2008 by Erick Wish I could have been here. “I don’t believe name-calling in any fashion has a place,” Perdue said as Richardson and Cagle stood awkwardly on opposite sides of him, acting as if they’d rather be almost anywhere else. “It has a certain disrespectful tone. Even when we disagree passionately over issues, we can certainly respect one another and do so in a way that maintains the dignity of the offices we hold.” The often tense, 39-minute news conference was
That's how you know
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:29:24 PDT
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, just enrolled in what is colloquially known as the "representative protection program", sponsoring key legislation to keep their name in the news. In Walberg's case, it's the GOP's tax plan. Among other things in Walberg's tax package, President Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts would be made permanent, stopping what Walberg called the Democrats' $3,000 per person tax hike. He introduced the bill this morning, flanked by House Minority Leader John Boehner and House
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:29:14 PDT
(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- Ever since the downfall of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc (NYSE:BSC), analysts have been speculating as to whether the next investment-banking firm to fail would be Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (NYSE:LEH), placing the firm’s Board of Directors under intense heat.
Katie Couric may leave CBS News, report says
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:37:06 PDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed CBS News executives and people close to Katie Couric, said Wednesday she could leave her job as anchor of the low-rated CBS Evening News well before her contract expires in 2011.
News Corp. May Join Yahoo Bid With Microsoft (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:40:36 PDT
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions.
Bear survives Zambrano attack
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:27:09 PDT
CHICAGO, IL — The day began innocently as Carlos Zambrano, along with Cubs teammates Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee, took advantage of an off day to go camping and fishing at the Chain O’Lakes State Park, ninety minutes outside of Chicago. Armed with their rods, and also their fishing equipment, the gang set off for the woods. According to the group’s joint police report, they were sitting around their campfire roasting marshmallows when an adult, male Kodiak bear entered the site. The bear b
Cognitive Freedoms and your government.
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:27:33 PDT
A few days ago one of by daily brainstuffs included an article about how one in five scientists were using chemical enhancements such as Ritalin, Adderall, or Modafinil to maintain focus during research. I pointed jokingly to WABDA, the "World Anti-Brain Doping Authority," which was an April Fool joke. There once was an organization, the Elliot Institute (the website is now gone) which has the distinction of being the first explicitly anti-transhumanist organization in history. It was founded b
The Moronosphere News Network
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:27:33 PDT
This is for my morons colleagues in the Moronosphere - S. Weasel’s MNN badge with a transparent background! woohoo! Don’t forget to check DoublePlusUndead for Moronosphere News Network reports (almost daily)! You hotlinky, you get big surprise, comrade! download More: Moronosphere png 100px (download) Moronosphere gif 150px (download) Moronosphere gif 100px (download) Moronosphere png original size 670px (download) You Moronbloggers and readers using ...]Copyright © 2004-2008, http://bamapachyd
Donald Munro: Broadway bound
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:28:29 PDT
update column about her in March.) Now she writes with her biggest career news yet: The Off-Broadway show "title of show]," the scrappy little four-person musical in which Heidi (pictured, at left, with the rest of the cast) made su
Tag Heuer Meridiist Phone is Croc-Skinned
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:28:33 PDT
TAG Heuer, the watch maker, announced the Meridiist mobile phone. You can have black rubber, red leather or crocodile skin as the backing cover. Tag Heuer Meridiist features a 1.9-inch QVGA dispay, a 2 Megapixel camera, integrated media player that supports MP3, AAC, MPEG-4 media formats. Don’t expect the phone to have 3G support. Priced at 3900Euro, the Tag Heuer Meridiist will be release in second half of this year. RegHardware] via Gizmodo] Copyright © 200-2008 This RSS Feed is publish
‘Quarantine’ Remake Trailer
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:29:14 PDT
‘Quarantine’ Remake Trailer You can watch the trailer for Sony Screen Gems’ Quarantine at UGO. The film is a remake of Rec, a great Spanish film from last year. The original was like a creepy combination of Cloverfield and Night of the Living Dead. I hope this remake, directed by John Erick Dowdle (The Poughkeepsie Tapes), can keep the seem flavor without being boring. Judging by the trailer, it seems to stay pretty true to the original. It hits theaters on October 17th. tags: News author: A
Hilarious
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:29:15 PDT
Hilarious April 10th, 2008 by Erick Wish I could have been here. “I don’t believe name-calling in any fashion has a place,” Perdue said as Richardson and Cagle stood awkwardly on opposite sides of him, acting as if they’d rather be almost anywhere else. “It has a certain disrespectful tone. Even when we disagree passionately over issues, we can certainly respect one another and do so in a way that maintains the dignity of the offices we hold.” The often tense, 39-minute news conference was
That's how you know
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:29:24 PDT
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, just enrolled in what is colloquially known as the "representative protection program", sponsoring key legislation to keep their name in the news. In Walberg's case, it's the GOP's tax plan. Among other things in Walberg's tax package, President Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts would be made permanent, stopping what Walberg called the Democrats' $3,000 per person tax hike. He introduced the bill this morning, flanked by House Minority Leader John Boehner and House
