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Rocky Mountain News, oldest paper in Colo., up for sale; owner cites $11 million loss in '08
AP Business WriterDENVER (AP) — The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado's oldest newspaper, was put up for sale Thursday after its owner, E.W. Scripps Co., said it lost about $11 million on the business in the first nine months of the year. Rich Boehne, Scripps...Tags: Contracts, Corporate Crime, Janet Reno, Anti Trust Crime, EW Scripps Company
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Windstream cuts 170 jobs, 2.3 percent of workforce; expects to pay $6M in severance benefits
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Telephone and broadband provider Windstream Corp. said Thursday it will cut 170 jobs from its workforce because of declining revenue from its landline business. Windstream spokesman David Avery said the cuts include...Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Employees, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Retirement
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Review: MiBook is cheap, colorful e-book reader for the home; too bad about the screen
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Electronic books are the persistent wallflowers of the gadget world. Consumers have snubbed them again and again in favor of a 500-year-old technology: ink printed on paper. Mindful of the dominance of paper, devices for reading...Tags: Electronics, Computer Hardware, Sony Corp., Computing and Information Technology, Mass Media
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T to cut 12,000 jobs, 4 percent of staff
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Pressured by the economic turmoil and the mounting loss of traditional phone customers, AT&T Inc. is cutting 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force. The Dallas-based telecommunications company, the nation's largest, said the...Tags: AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, BellSouth Corporation, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unions
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Viacom to cut 7% of workforce; MTV division takes biggest hit
In a major cost-cutting move, Viacom Inc. is slashing more than 850 jobs, or about 7% of its worldwide workforce, and freezing salary increases next year for senior managers across all divisions of the company.
The deepest cuts came at Viacom's largest...Tags: Eagle Eye (movie), Walt Disney Co., Layoffs and Downsizing, NBC, Paramount
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It's the NFL, live in 3-D
Someday soon, that long pass downfield by Joe Flacco will appear so close that you might be tempted to reach for it from your easy chair. Or the pass rusher swarming the Ravens quarterback will seem so real that you'll be ducking along with Flacco....Tags: Government, Oakland Raiders, Multi-Sport Events, Super Bowl, National Government
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Philips Electronics issues profit warning, expects new charges and write-downs of $1.5 billion
AP Business WriterAMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Royal Philips Electronics NV issued a profit warning Thursday, saying its markets are deteriorating and that it expects additional charges and write downs of euro1.2 billion ($1.51 billion) in the fourth quarter. The...Tags: Philips Electronics, Electronics, Sales, Consumers
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Tentative Price A Step Behind
The Hartford CourantJim Calhoun knew it might take a while for A.J. Price to feel and look like the player he was last season. That doesn't mean the UConn coach is shrugging off Price's early-season struggles. It doesn't mean Calhoun isn't looking for ways to get Price back...Tags: NCAA Tournament, Chicago Bulls, Jim Calhoun, University of Connecticut
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Amy Jacobson's story: The tale of the tape
For Chicago magazineChicago was stewing that Friday, overtaken by humid weather and a heat index in the 90s. But nothing was steamier on July 6, 2007, than the gossip burning up the phone lines of the city's TV journalists. The juicy chatter involved a hot tub or a pool...Tags: Government, University of Michigan, Southwest Airlines Company, Rooms and Sublets, Vehicles
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Blumenthal Seeks To Help Tweeter's Customers
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal promised Wednesday night to do all he can to help Tweeter customers recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise that has been seized in the company's bankruptcy proceedings. As Tweeter...Tags: Trials, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Kerosene, Court Administration, Richard Blumenthal
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IN BRIEF
Bethpage-based Cablevision Systems Corp. unveiled its revamped online store yesterday, offering Cablevision customers consumer electronics and video tutorials that the company says it selected to enhance its phone, cable and Internet services. The Optimum...Tags: American International Group, U.S. Department of Treasury, Unions, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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Some toys still tainted, group says
After last year's high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys, a watchdog group said yesterday that though its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals this year, about a third of those tested still contained worrisome levels....Tags: Government, Wii, Nintendo Company Ltd., Toy Industry, Toys
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