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Beware: Teen Mobile Market Running Out of Steam
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July,
2008
Subscribers Reach the Saturation Point, According to MultiMedia
Intelligence. By 2012, the number of teen subscribers will reach
17 million, a delta of only 1 million subscribers from 2007. ...
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Tropicana
Entertainment Names Butera CEO
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June,
2008
Tropicana Entertainment Forms New Board With a Majority of Independent
Directors; Names Butera CEO. The new outside directors are executives
with substantial financial restructuring and regulatory experience.
They include merchant banker Thomas M. Benninger; former Metro Goldwyn
Mayer CFO Michael G. Corrigan; and former New Jersey Casino Control
Commission Chairman and CEO Bradford S. Smith, Esq.....
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AIG
Names Robert B. Willumstad Chief Executive Officer
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June,
2008
Willumstad succeeds Martin J. Sullivan, who is leaving AIG and its
Board of Directors. The Board has also named Stephen F. Bollenbach
as its lead independent director....
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PORSCHE
RELEASES NEW 2009 911 MODELS
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June,
2008
New Generation 911s Combine Increased Performance with Better Fuel
Efficiency...
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Asia
Foundation Welcomes New Chairman of the Board
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June,
2008
Ambassador Michael H. Armacost has been appointed as Chairman
of the Board of Trustees. Ambassador Armacost, currently a Shorenstein
Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific
Research Center, served for 24 years in government, including as
undersecretary of state for political affairs and as ambassador
to both Japan and the Philippines...
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Yahoo!
Inc. Statement on Carl Icahn’s Letter of June 6, 2008
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June,
2008
Mr. Icahn's suggestion that we cancel our retention plan would have
a destabilizing impact on Yahoo!...
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Intel,
Grameen Announce Joint Business Venture
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May,
2008
To Fuel Social and Economic Development
Opportunities Empowered by Technology Citing Public-Private
Collaborations as Crucial to Achieving Scalable Impact in Developing
Countries, Intel Chairman Unveils Collaboration with NetHope ...
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May,
2008
FOLLOWING
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE 2007-08 NBA REGULAR SEASON - League Office in
Canada Announces New Marketing Partnership with Parmalat and Staff
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Yahoo!
Remains Open to Value Maximizing Transactions
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May,
2008
"Yahoo! has confirmed with Microsoft that it is not interested in
pursuing an acquisition of all of Yahoo! at this time. Yahoo! and
its Board of Directors continue to consider a number of value maximizing
strategic alternatives for Yahoo!...
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GRAMMY
Awards Will Relocate Its Headquarters
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May,
2008
The Recording Academy Signs Lease with Maguire Properties at Lantana
Entertainment Media Campus in Santa Monica. Organization Internationally
Known for the GRAMMY Awards Will Relocate Its Headquarters in the
First Quarter of 2009...
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Getty
Images Photographers Continue to Earn Top Industry Awards
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May,
2008
Podcast Interviews Bring Award-Winning Images to Life. Getty Images
has developed an on-going series of podcasts featuring interviews
with some of its award-winners sharing their experiences behind
their imagery...
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Sanford
Panitch to Run Fox International Productions
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May,
2008
Newly Formed International Production Division Aims to Produce,
Acquire and Distribute Local Language Films around the Globe. Panitch
has served as president of filmed entertainment for New Regency
for the past seven years, moving from Twentieth Century Fox where
he last served as executive vice president of production. During
his career, he has supervised such films as MR. AND MRS. SMITH,
THE FUGITIVE, SEVEN and TITANIC....
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Westin
Announces Industry-First Partnership with Nintendo
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May,
2008
Becomes the First to Adopt Nintendo’s Specially Designed Wii Console
for Hospitality Industry; Announces Plans for Integration of Wii
Fit....
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Martin
Tremblay Named President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
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May,
2008
Tremblay will set the long-term direction of the studio’s worldwide
interactive entertainment strategy. He will oversee publishing,
marketing, sales and distribution, licensing and business development
of the Studio’s interactive entertainment product....
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Hilton
Hotels and Resorts Rejuvenate Spa Offerings with L’Occitane
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May,
2008
Unique Partnership Brings the Warmth of Provence to Hilton’s Global
Portfolio. Building on the success of flagship spas in Paris, Hong
Kong, Taipei, Sao Paulo and Comendatuba (Brazil), the L’Occitane
Spa at Hilton will feature all natural products, regionally inspired,
hand-performed spa treatments,...
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Yahoo!
Issues Statement in Response to Microsoft
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May,
2008
In response to Microsoft Corporation's announcement that it has
withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo!...
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One
Laptop per Child Becomes a Reality
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May,
2008
A reality with Wavion Solutions in Uruguay Wavion Base Stations
to provide Wi-Fi Infrastructure to the Pioneering OLPC Project in
Uruguay...
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SUNRGI
Announces Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics (XCPV)
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April,
2008
At The National Energy Marketers Association’s 11th Annual Global
Energy Forum in Washington, DC. New solar energy system will soon
make it possible to produce electricity at a wholesale cost of 5-cents
per kWh (kilowatt hour)....
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Opening
of St. Regis Singapore
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April,
2008
Offering an Unrivaled Dimension of Luxury and Elegance, The St.
Regis Singapore Features World-Class Cuisine, Asia’s First Remède
Spa, the Signature St. Regis Butler Service and One of the Finest
Private Art Collections in the Region...
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Yahoo!
to Conduct Limited U.S. Test of Google’s
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April,
2008
AdSense for Search Service exploring strategic alternatives to maximize
stockholder value, including exploration of potential commercial
business arrangements....
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Travelocity
and Virgin America Agree
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April,
2008
To make the new California-based carrier’s flights available for
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AP
Announces World Spanish Desk
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March,
2008
The former Spanish Online desk and the former Spanish print translation
desk, known as LPA, have been merged into the single operation.....
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Gulfstream
Introduces the All-New Gulfstream G650
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March,
2008
Capable of traveling 7,000 nautical miles at 0.85 Mach or 5,000
nautical miles at 0.90 Mach. Using an advanced aerodynamic design,
the G650 has a maximum operating speed of 0.925 Mach, which will
make it the fastest civil aircraft flying. It can climb to a maximum
altitude of 51,000 feet, allowing it to avoid airline-traffic congestion
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San
Francisco 49ers Foundation Host 7th Annual Dinner
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