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Archive for March 2008

March 31st, 2008

MGM to Create Mideast Entertainment Complex

Hollywood, Bollywood, Dollywood, now Aliwood 
Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. reached an agreement with one of Abu Dhabi’s largest real estate developers for an entertainment destination likely to cost billions of dollars, or the equivalent of seven tanks of gas.
Some details of the United Arab Emirates project remained to be determined, said Travis Rutherford, executive vice president […]

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March 31st, 2008

UAW Membership Drops Below 500,000

Union Leaders Fear Fewer Opportunities for Corruption

The United Auto Workers union membership has fallen below half a million for the first time since World War II.   Union leaders are concerned that a large number of phony jobs would have to go unfilled as dwindling membership could cut the number of legitimate Social Security numbers […]

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March 30th, 2008

Housing Crisis Hits Surrogate Mothers

Women Who Rent Out Wombs Face Difficulty Obtaining Low-Interest Financing
Add surrogate mothers to the list of groups needing to be bailed out due to the latest housing and banking crisis. Surrogate mothers are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain financing for housing someone else’s baby for nine months.
“The market has just dried up,” noted […]

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March 29th, 2008

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March 29th, 2008

Economists Cite Seven Reliable Recession Indicators

Top Indicator Said to be When Economists Start Getting Fired
An elite group of economists has put together seven reliable signs the country is facing a recession. Heading the list is when economists start getting fired.
The next most frequently cited indicator was President Bush going on TV and saying the country is not in a […]

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March 28th, 2008

Scrolling Headlines Don’t Scroll Unless You Do — March 28, 2008

Cuba Lifts Ban On Cell Phones, Text Messaging
Producers Expect Move Means Castro to Be Voted Off This Week’s American Idol

No relation to Fidel
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Bear Stearns Chairman Sells Entire Stock Holdings In Company For $61 Million
Man Who Was Paper Billionaire 15 Months Ago Says He Still Believes He Can Get Laid
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J.C. Penney Cuts First Quarter Earnings […]

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March 27th, 2008

Hillary Clinton’s 37% Positive Rating Is Lowest Of Campaign

Staff Calls Rating “Presidential-like” And Says It Proves Clinton Should Be Democratic Nominee
The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows Hillary Clinton’s positive rating has dropped to 37%, the lowest level since two months after she was elected Senator.
Ms. Clinton’s campaign staff was quick to pounce on the good news saying it showed the Senator had […]

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March 27th, 2008

Los Angeles Times Apologizes For Tupac Story, Editor Says ‘Our Bad’

Paper Says It Regrets Implicating Sean Combs and Is Worried About Loss of Street Cred
The Los Angeles Times retracted last week’s story that Sean “Diddy, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy” Combs was linked to the death of Tupac “2Pac, Makaveli” Shakur.
Editor Russ “Volvo, Montessori” Stanton said, “We apologize both to our readers and to those […]

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March 26th, 2008

Ford Sells Jaguar, Land Rover To India’s Tata Motors

Indian Company to Achieve Major Cost Savings by Combining Production, Customer Service Department in Same Building

U.S. automaker Ford has agreed to sell its top-of-the-line car brands Jaguar and Land Rover to India’s Tata Motors which means the four people in India who can afford a luxury car will no longer have to pay freight charges.
Members […]

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March 25th, 2008

Burger King Looks To Increase Share Of Pedophile Market

New Commercial Urges Fast Food Customers Not To Be Ashamed of ‘Morning Tongue’ And ‘Satisfy Yourself With a Cheesy Tot’
Burger King’s policy of hiring convicted sex offenders to work in its marketing department continues to yield big advertising dividends for the company.
From the company who coined the phrase “It takes two hands to […]

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