BUSINESS BRIEFS (New York Post)
TV Guide Lions Gate Entertain ment agreed to buy TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com from Macrovision Solutions for $255 million. The deal is expected to close on Feb. 28. It re places a previous pact to sell the properties to an investor group...
Business Calendar (The Beacon News)
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Business year in review: A-Z of 2008 (Guardian Unlimited)
A is for Alistair Darling The chancellor was thrust into the spotlight as the financial crisis escalated this year. In the summer, just before a second wave of banking turmoil that rocked the markets, Darling gave an explosive interview to the Guardian saying that Britain faced "the worst economic times in 60 years". In November's pre-budget report he announced a package of tax cuts ...
Straight talk on the economic crisis (Los Angeles Times)
In the business of reporting on the economy, one commentator comes right out and says it: 'This looks an awful lot like the beginning of a second Great Depression.' Business journalists have been straining for months to describe the economy. Some have it "struggling" or "staggering." They've labeled the downturn a "crisis" and a "meltdown." Others have reached for metaphors -- "off the rails" ...
Cabrera's former investors take the stand (ABC 7 Gulfshore News)
A former partner of real estate broker Samir Cabrera described the inner workings Tuesday of the business deals that landed Cabrera in federal court.
