Film tax breaks bring Scorsese, Allen back to France (AFP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 26, 2010
AFP - Quentin Tarantino shot his movie about wartime France in Germany to save money but now directors like Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese are returning to glamorous Paris thanks to generous tax breaks.
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Insiders bid $22.4M on Ohio-based newspaper chain (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 22, 2010
AP - A group of company insiders has bid $22.4 million for most of the assets of Ohio-based newspaper chain Brown Publishing Co. But the bidders will have to wait a week to learn if the sale will be approved.Posted in business || No Comments »
Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 19, 2010
AP - Jailed former newspaper magnate Conrad Black was granted bail by a federal appeals court on Monday, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court kicked his 2007 fraud conviction back to a lower court.
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WY professor compiles book on coal-bed natural gas (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 18, 2010
AP - A University of Wyoming professor has compiled coal-bed natural gas expertise from UW and from around the world into a book.Posted in business || No Comments »
Summary Box: Borders to sell Paperchase unit (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 13, 2010
AP - THE DEAL: Bookseller Borders Group Inc. is selling its Paperchase Products Ltd. stationery unit for $31 million, to pay down debt.Posted in business || No Comments »
Borders to sell Paperchase unit for $31M (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 13, 2010
AP - Borders Group Inc. will sell its Paperchase Products Ltd. stationery unit to British private investment firm Primary Capital Ltd. for $31 million, the bookseller said Tuesday.Posted in business || No Comments »
Hemingway’s son approves new footwear line (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 10, 2010
AP - The 82-year-old son of writer Ernest Hemingway says his famous father would approve of a new line of shoes named after the Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning author that are divided into angler, literary and sportsman collections.Posted in business || No Comments »
Barnes & Noble chairman testifies of Burkle worry (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 9, 2010
Reuters - The founder and chairman of Barnes & Noble Inc defended a "poison pill" plan adopted by the largest U.S. bookseller that blocked billionaire investor Ron Burkle from amassing large amounts of stock.Posted in business || No Comments »
Barnes & Noble boss testifies in poison pill case (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 9, 2010
AP - The chairman of Barnes & Noble Inc. testified Friday that the poison pill plan the bookseller adopted after billionaire Ron Burkle increased his stake was not about protecting him and his family, but the company.Posted in business || No Comments »
Trial begins in Barnes & Noble poison pill case (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on Jul 8, 2010
AP - Billionaire Ron Burkle testified Thursday that he doesn't want to buy Barnes & Noble Inc. and was shocked when the bookseller adopted a poison pill plan after he increased his stake in it.Posted in business || No Comments »