Good News (And a New Voice) For NBC
Date: 18 December 2007
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
“NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” was the top-rated evening newscast last week, beating ABC’s “World News With Charles Gibson” by nearly half a million viewers, Nielsen Media Research reported.
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Sprint Nextel Hires a Chief From Its Spinoff
Date: 19 December 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The cellphone company, which lost more than a million customers in the last five quarters, named Daniel R. Hesse as chief executive on Tuesday.
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Off-Field News Disheartening; Rivalries Exciting
Date: 19 December 2007
By Jeffrey Marcus
Jeffrey Marcus
A survey of soccer Web sites this morning yields an eclectic mix of news, and the off-the-field stuff is quite disheartening.
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64 Journalists Killed Worldwide in 2007, the Most Since ’94
Date: 18 December 2007
By Adam B. Ellick
Adam
Nearly half of the deaths took place in Iraq, which was ranked as the deadliest country for journalists for the fifth consecutive year by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Silicon Valley Real Estate Moguls Pulls Sale
Date: 18 December 2007
By Dealbook
Dealbook
Silicon Valley real estate mogul Carl Berg on Monday pulled his Mission West portfolio off the market, refusing to budge from his $1.8 billion price tag despite the crisis in the financial markets.
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A.D.S. Says Buyout May Not Close in 2007
Date: 18 December 2007
By Dealbook
Dealbook
Alliance Data Systems, the credit-card manager that agreed to be bought by the Blackstone Group, said the $7.8 billion takeover may not be completed by the end of the year.
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Making The Web Look A Bit Like TV
Date: 18 December 2007
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
A blog entry on MSNBC.com about the news site’s new video player is titled “Don’t kill your television (we’re still in beta).”
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Harmony Gold Sells $252 Milion in Assets
Date: 19 December 2007
By Dealbook
Dealbook
Harmony Gold Mining, Africa’s third-largest gold producer, agreed to form a venture and sell a stake in assets including its Cooke uranium ore dump in South Africa to Pamodzi Resources Fund for $252 million.
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Arts, Briefly
Date: 19 December 2007
Compiled by Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Gelder
Amy Winehouse is arrested in London, Norman Mailer papers to be opened, 50 Cent in Kosovo and more culture news.
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Manager of Failed Bear Funds Leaves Firm
Date: 19 December 2007
By Dealbook
Dealbook
Ralph Cioffi, the manager of Bear Stearns hedge funds that invested in subprime mortgages, has left the firm as U.S. prosecutors investigate whether he withdrew money from two funds before they collapsed in July, according to Bloomberg News.
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