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The Tribune Co. stunned long-suffering fans of the Chicago Cubs by lifting their standing orders that budget bean counters treat the franchise like a mid-sized Wisconsin weekly. The Boston Red Sox spent more money than most of us will ever see in our lives just for the right to give Japanese import Daisuke Matsuzaka more money than most of us will ever see in our lives. And the New York Yankees are the New York Yankees. But money isn't everything. Formerly middling teams such as the Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks think ... .
Showbiz's site fright
Hollywood veterans are used to the ground shifting quickly, but the case of YouTube is rather extreme. Just one year ago, studios and networks were bragging that the once-scrappy video Web site was handy for branding, by helping mint hit shows or injecting movies into the youth consciousness. "To make this kind of promotion work, you have to be able to lose control of the media," VH1 programming chief Michael Hirschorn told Variety then. "We got millions of impressions with those clips" of the network's "Flavor of Love." The love affair abruptly ended last month, when Hirschorn's bosses at Viacom demanded that YouTube take down every one of its roughly 100,000 clips. "We cannot continue to let them profit from our programming," CEO Philippe Dauman said, after the two companies failed to seal a content distribution and revenue sharing deal.
Investing in Brazil: After the Hot Flashes
Mark Turner submits: Brazil has been a hot item for a few years now. Normally it is internal issues that produce setbacks in the market. These are issues over elections more often than not. A perpetual bugbear, ironically enough, was the fear that Lula would get elected. Then he finally gets elected and it is like there is “nothing to fear but fear itself". Well, not quite, as the thing to fear appears to be hot foreign money. The two pullbacks (we dare not call them corrections) in recent times have both been externally generated and both have at their root the mechanisms of the yen carry-trade. In both instances hot international flows usually attributed the bogeyman hedge funds have retreated in a rush and sent the Bovespa into a tailspin. Neither of these corrections have been lasting.
Great Investment Bargains in Japan - How to participate in the ...
While China is indeed growing like a weed, many of its Asian neighbors are growing almost as rapidly. What's more, the stocks in some of these other countries are trading at lower valuations. Since I was born with the cheapskate gene, I just love bargains. So today I want to tell you about Japan, a great place to find some of Asia's greatest value stocks. Let's start with three facts: Fact #1: Japan boasts the second-largest economy and stock market in the world.
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A mortgage is 'good' debt for those who get the right one
All debt is not created equal. While financial advisers almost reflexively urge consumers to avoid carrying credit-card balances from month to month and to go easy on boat loans, car loans and other forms of debt, they usually make an exception for a mortgage to buy your home. A home mortgage is one of the best uses of credit.
The fundamental reasoning is simple: Although you can save your money and pay for clothes, cars and maybe even a college degree with cash, few people could ever hope to save enough to buy a home for cash, especially during their child-rearing years when they have the greatest need. A mortgage allows you to buy a home after having saved a relatively small amount of its value, perhaps 5 percent or less, and to reap the financial gains as the home's value grows over the years.
Paul talks New Album, Africa, and Chamillionaire Reunuion
Houston rapper Paul Wall releases Get Money, Stay True via Swishahouse/Asylum Records today (April 3), the follow-up to his successful major label debut The People's Champ. And with his new album, he opens up talks of a Paul Wall-Chamillionaire reunion. In addition to appearances from Jermaine Dupri, Trina, Juelz Santana, Freeway, and Paul's new group Expensive Taste, the album got an additional boost from Texas rap legend Lil' Keke, who is featured on Paul Wall's single "Break 'Em Off." .
Won over by Wii
Kick, throw punch, jump, stamp feet and yell obscenities at TV. No, those aren't step-by-step instructions for faking a temper tantrum; they are the mannerisms of a Nintendo Wii gamer.
Up until release of Nintendo's newest gaming system last year, the stereotype of closed-off, sun-deprived video game players with abnormally strong thumbs was universal. With the introduction of the Wii, video gaming has begun a transformation from this stereotype, to a healthy and social activity to be enjoyed by casual and life-long gamers alike.
Don't get me wrong; I am not a video gamer. I don't know who Zelda is, or what, exactly, a Donkey Kong is and I am not preaching to the choir. I, like so many others, however, have been sucked into the glory that is the Wii.
The Nintendo Wii is the company's contribution to the next generation console arms race comprising three video game superpowers: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
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