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GM, Chrysler making deep cuts to hold on for loans - Newsweek


WASHINGTON) When Chrysler was near death and awaiting a government bailout in 1979, then- CEO Lee Iacocca ordered drastic spending cuts and required all checks above $1,000 to be approved by a senior vice president. Chrysler LLC and General Motors ...


21 Nov 2008

Wrath of the Lich King breaks day one sales records - DailyTech


When it comes to the world of video games on the PC, some of the most popular games available are MMORPG titles. These same titles also offer the most profitability for the game studios thanks to monthly subscriptions and intense fan bases for the ...


21 Nov 2008

Juan Pablo Angel has a career full of goals - Los Angeles Times


New York Red Bulls forward Juan Pablos Angel, right, celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal against Columbus on Oct. 18. The New York Red Bulls' star forward has put up high numbers in a 16-year career that's spanned three continents and is ...


21 Nov 2008

Weinstein Co. lays off 11% of staff - Variety


More Articles: The Weinstein Co. has succumbed to the economic pressure by laying off 11% of its staff, or 24 people. The indie outfit is slimming down from 224 people down to 200. The cuts affected all departments in offices in Gotham, L.A., U.K ...


21 Nov 2008

Fancast Hosts Day of Live Blogs with Julianne Hough, of ‘Dancing ... - Businesswire.com


LOS ANGELES--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Fancast.com, the ultimate, next generation entertainment site where users can watch premium entertainment for free will host a day of live blog discussions on Monday, November 24, 2008. Fans are invited to join two ...


21 Nov 2008

Reports: Hillary Clinton accepts offer to become secretary of state - Daily Press


WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has accepted the offer to become Barack Obama 's secretary of state, according to reports in The New York Times . Clinton, New York's junior senator, made her decision to take the position after a second ...


21 Nov 2008

Barclays Said to Eliminate 30% of U.S. Hedge-Fund Service Jobs (Bloomberg)


YAHOO - Barclays Said to Eliminate 30% of U.S. Hedge-Fund Service Jobs (Bloomberg)Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc eliminated about 100 positions in its capital markets prime services unit in New York, or 30 percent of the staff, as the hedge-fund industry contracts, a person familiar with the matter said today.


21 Nov 2008

Juan Pablo Angel has a career full of goals (Los Angeles Times)


YAHOO - Juan Pablo Angel has a career full of goals (Los Angeles Times)The New York Red Bulls' star forward has put up high numbers in a 16-year career that's spanned three continents and is MLS' best foreign acquisition by far. When Major League Soccer decided a couple of years ago to allow its teams to circumvent the salary cap if they so desired, it opened up a whole new world.


21 Nov 2008

Top Ten: MarketWatch's top stories of the week, Nov. 17-21 (Market Watch)


YAHOO - Top Ten: MarketWatchOne has to hope that the executives of Detroit's Big Three automakers wake up and smell the vanishing supplies of fossil fuel. It's time for some radical remaking of the transport industry, and it's up to those three to prove they are the right guys for the task.


21 Nov 2008

Palm Plans to Cut Jobs in Face of Revenue Decline (Update1) (Bloomberg)


YAHOO - Palm Plans to Cut Jobs in Face of Revenue Decline (Update1) (Bloomberg)Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Palm Inc. , maker of the Treo and Centro smart phones, is eliminating jobs as it confronts falling sales and mounting competition from Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd.


21 Nov 2008

Mussina's career topic of Hall debate (Major League Baseball)


YAHOO - MussinaMussina's career topic of Hall debate


21 Nov 2008

Leaders of Asia, Americas face pressure on economy (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Leaders of Asia, Americas face pressure on economy (AP via Yahoo! News)Leaders of Asia and the Americas faced mounting pressure Friday to stop the spread of the financial crisis and resuscitate moribund free-trade talks as they flew into Lima for a weekend summit.


21 Nov 2008

Harsh Reality: Only 4% Of Games Make A Profit - EEDAR


So many games so little time But do you ever wonder what happens to the also-rans The non-AAA titles and.


21 Nov 2008

Study of Ancient and Modern Plagues Finds Common Features ...


The walled Greek city-state was teeming with citizens, soldiers and refugees of the war then raging between Athens and Sparta. As streets filled with corpses, social order broke down. Over the next three years, the illness returned ...


21 Nov 2008

The hawking of a president - Carol E. Lee - Politico.com


A special TV offer for Obama coins is just a whiff of the opportunistic post-election hawking of all things Obama.


21 Nov 2008

The Many Uses of Wastewater - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com


How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society? Follow the money. From renewable energy policy to carbon markets to dubious eco-advertising, ...


21 Nov 2008

RTÉ News: Rossiter told friend of garda 'beating'


RTÉ news brings you the latest Irish news, world news, international news and up to the minute reports on breaking Irish news stories and news from around the world. Watch and listen to Irish news stories on our video and audio streams.


21 Nov 2008

End of the beginning? — Crooked Timber


The failure of Citigroup, which looks increasingly likely to happen in the near future, would mark the end of the beginning of the financial crisis. Until now, the prevailing view has been that the crisis and recession will pass in a ...


21 Nov 2008