The Super Bowl is bad for advertising. There, I said it. All the Super Bowl does is turn pretty good TV spots into garbage, crap, stink burgers. We complain every year about how junktastic the commercials were, but think about it for a minute. What are…
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Corporate-Loan Market Is Reeling
The value of many buyout loans issued last year are falling sharply, making it virtually impossible for banks to unload other commitments they have made.…
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BP slashes jobs as profit falls 20pc
Feb 5, 2008 08:03 PM PST Category: ECONOMY Wall St stocks drop as Chrysler shuts plants US stocks finished lower today amid scant market-moving news as vehicle maker Chrysler announced it was shutting four plants due to a dispute with a parts supplier.…
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Carl Icahn, Blogger. Seriously.
Carl Icahn, Blogger. Seriously. For two decades, Carl C. Icahn has been among the most visible of rabble-rousing investors, garnering attention from the press for nearly every investment he makes. From TWA to Time Warner, he has been unafraid to step…
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Bankruptcy: No Obstacle to Private-Equity Profits
Megan Barnett has not one but two excellent articles on Portfolio.com today. This morning she checked in on the Citadel IPO story, concluding that for all the buzz, it still ain't gonna happen. This afternoon, she tells the story of a private-equity…
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Lights out for Vanity Fair Oscar party
The magazine has canceled its annual multimillion-dollar A-list Academy Awards party in solidarity with striking writers.…
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Junk-Bond Defaults Seen to Multiply
High-yield, or "junk," bonds will default at a rate of 4.64% this year, the highest rate since 2003, a report says.…
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Credit Cards Offer Green Benefits
New "green" credit cards allow holders to accumulate rewards points that can be used to help offset global warming. By some measures, though, the new cards aren't as generous as standard cash-back cards.…
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