Baseball Hall-of-Fame reporter Jerome Holtzman dead at 81 - Miami Herald

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Baseball Hall-of-Fame reporter Jerome Holtzman dead at 81 - Miami Herald
CHICAGO Jerome Holtzman, who went from copy boy to Hall of Famer in a distinguished career as a Chicago sportswriter, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 81 and was affectionately known to colleagues as “the Dean,” a term reflecting his
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Fannie, Freddie books under inspection - report - CNN Money
LONDON (CNNMoney.com) — Bank examiners from the Federal Reserve and the Comptroller of the Currency are scrutinizing the books of U.S. mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to a published report. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
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Paragon shares jump on takeover approaches - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : Buy-to-let mortgage lender Paragon said on Tuesday it was in talks with potential buyers after receiving an unspecified number of takeover approaches, sending its shares up nearly 20 percent. U.S.-based buyout giant the Blackstone Group is
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German business confidence falls in June - Miami Herald

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

German business confidence falls in June - Miami Herald
German business confidence fell in June, dragged down by concerns over record high oil prices, a closely watched survey of attitudes in Europe’s biggest economy showed Monday. “Dark clouds are gathering over the German economy,” said Andreas Rees
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German business confidence falls in June, Ifo survey says - International Herald Tribune
FRANKFURT, Germany : German business confidence fell in June, dragged down by concerns over record high oil prices, the closely-watched Ifo survey showed Monday. The Munich-based Ifo institute’s business climate index fell to 101.3 points in June
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European Industries Shrink, German Business Confidence Declines - Bloomberg
June 23 (Bloomberg) — Europe’s manufacturing and services industries unexpectedly shrank and German business confidence slumped in June, increasing concern the European Central Bank’s plan to raise interest rates next month will hurt economic growth
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Former Bush donors now giving to Obama - Miami Herald

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Former Bush donors now giving to Obama - Miami Herald
Beverly Fanning is among the campaign donors who’ll be joining President Bush at a gala at Washington’s Ford’s Theater Sunday night, but she says that won’t dissuade her from her current passion: volunteering for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign
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Berkshire Hathaway’s Brand of Investing - Washington Post
From his growing list of acquisitions, Warren E. Buffett seems to be investing like the world’s richest 10-year-old boy, if that boy lived in 1955 America. He is Coca-Cola’s largest shareholder. He owns Dairy Queen . Last year, Buffett got a train
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United Airlines, US Airways drop merger talks - San Francisco Gate
del.icio.us United Airlines and US Airways said Friday they have stopped discussing a possible merger and will go it alone, doing business in an onerous economy with crude oil in the $130-a-barrel range. The nation’s second- and fifth-largest
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Wachovia names head of retirement business - MSN MoneyCentral

Saturday, May 17th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Wachovia names head of retirement business - MSN MoneyCentral
Wachovia Corp. has appointed John Papadopulos president of its retirement- and investment-products group, one of three businesses within Wachovia’s capital-management division. Papadopulos succeeds Robert Reid, who recently was named head of the real
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Workers, Ky. officials face uncertainty over GE operation - Boston Globe
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— They hung on during years of downsizing, but now the few thousand people working at GE’s sprawling Appliance Park face even greater uncertainty with the company’s plans to sell or spin off its appliance business. Word that General
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Candidates react to Kennedy’s hospitalization - Miami Herald
“I have been in contact with his family. Obviously they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. Ted Kennedy is a giant in American political history. He’s done more for health care than just about anybody in history. We are going to be rooting for
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Gunn, Shafer head cast of Carnegie Hall’s `Show Boat’ - Miami Herald

Friday, May 9th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Gunn, Shafer head cast of Carnegie Hall’s `Show Boat’ - Miami Herald
Nathan Gunn, Celena Shafer and Carolee Carmello will head the cast of Carnegie Hall’s June 10 concert presentation of “Show Boat,” the landmark Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern musical. Gunn will portray the dashing riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal
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Sue Johanson ending ‘Talk Sex’ on Oxygen after six seasons - Detroit Free Press
NEW YORK — Sunday night is getting less steamy. Oxygen’s “Talk Sex” call-in show with colorful septugenarian educator Sue Johanson is ending its run after six seasons, the network announced Tuesday. The final show airs at midnight Sunday
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