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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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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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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