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ADT chooses not to renew sponsorship of LPGA event in West Palm Beach
South Florida Sun-SentinelADT says goodbye to its golf championship at Trump International this week. It's a reluctant farewell for the Boca Raton-based home security corporation, whose officials say would have been interested in staying on as title sponsor of the LPGA-owned...Tags: Golf, Multi-Sport Events, Juli Inkster, U.S. Open Golf, Mike Nichols
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Digital TV test a 'wake-up call'
Of The Morning CallTelevision broadcasters across Pennsylvania were inundated with hundreds of calls and e-mails from viewers on Monday after a one-minute test of the new digital signal that will go into effect nationwide next year. Calls to TV station hotlines and service...Tags: Scranton, Television, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), RCN of PA, Inc.
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Jacobs seeks to remain Giant as contract expires
tom.rock@newsday.comBrandon Jacobs wants to be practicing today. He wants to play on Sunday. And when the NFL's free agency period begins this winter, he wants to still be a Giant. "I'll be at my house relaxing," he said of tentative plans for Feb. 27, 2009, the day players...Tags: Football, Michael Turner, Netflix Inc., Brandon Jacobs, Trips and Vacations
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Down to business with next generation
Sentinel Staff WriterKirstie Chadwick, 43, director of the University of Central Florida's venture capital investment advisory unit, a former Silicon Valley startup manager and a former dot-com entrepreneur. She spoke with Orlando Sentinel staff writer Richard Burnett....Tags: Investments, Small Businesses, Colleges and Universities, Marketing, University of Central Florida
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In weak economy, plasma centers pulsate with donors seeking dollars
Tribune reporterInside Talecris Plasma Resources in Waukegan, business is good. Past the overflowing waiting room, 30 people recently reclined on comfortable red leather chairs, each one making $20 to $45 as they watched TV, listened to music or chatted with neighbors....Tags: Charity, Pharmaceuticals, University of Minnesota, Medicine, Diseases
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Just charge it: CTA to offer more ways to pay with plastic
Tribune reporterIn a society addicted to buying on credit, the Chicago Transit Authority is hoping to cash in big time. A "smart" version of those credit cards and bank debit cards stuffed in your wallet will be accepted for payment of CTA bus and train fares in about a...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Consumers, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Credit and Debt, Transportation
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Winners and losers in a possible SAG strike
The Golden Globes paid a steep price last year when the 14-week writers strike prevented the award show from going on. The possibility of another strike, this time by the Screen Actors Guild, whose contract expired this summer, would be devastating to the...Tags: Television, Starbucks Corporation, Film Festivals, Contracts, Judi Dench
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Tv Glows In Globes' Embrace
The TV industry always pays close attention to the Golden Globes because of its long tradition of championing series that are later embraced by Emmy voters and a wider viewership.
Earlier this year, for example, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the...Tags: The Office, NBC, Television, Sex and the City, Mad Men
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General Electric to restructure lending unit GE Capital
CONGLOMERATES GE lending unit to be restructured General Electric Co. said it was reorganizing its GE Capital unit to save $2 billion next year, a move it said would lead to job cuts as it restructured and shrank the lending unit battered by the credit...Tags: Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., Management Change, General Electric Company, Medicine, Medical Research
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Bankruptcy: Should You Buy From Circuit City, Tweeter?
Philadelphia Daily NewsWhat you need to know about the bankruptcies of Circuit City and Tweeter and the "business alliance" between Panasonic and Sanyo. The consumer-electronics business is more resilient than most. Even when times are tough, people will invest in new home-...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Financially Distressed Companies, Consumers, Toshiba Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Hewlett-Packard sees 4Q results above expectations; stock soars
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Hewlett-Packard Co. surprised Wall Street on Tuesday by saying its earnings will be slightly above analysts' expectations, going against the grain as other technology bellwethers have slashed forecasts and posted weak results in the...Tags: Intel Corp., Stock Activities, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Cisco Systems Inc., Currency Values
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Corning lowers 4th-quarter profit and sales guidance as LCD glass demand weakens
AP Business WriterROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) _ Shares of Corning Inc. tumbled 7 percent Tuesday after the specialty glass maker lowered its fourth-quarter sales and profit guidance to reflect slumping demand for glass used in flat-screen televisions and computers. Profit in the...Tags: Corning Incorporated, Globalization, New York Stock Exchange, Sales
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