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Archive for May 8th, 2006
Monday, May 8, 2006 Music to my ears By Len Butcher I was watching “Singing in the Rain” on the weekend and what I enjoyed about it most was the great music. I almost always enjoy the music in movies and have a number of soundtracks on CDs that I play in my car. One of my favorites comes from “Sleepless in Seattle” with its great [...]
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Monday, May 8, 2006 Who's the guy in the pictures? By Steve Sebelius That U.S. Rep. Mike Slanker, R-Nev., is sure smart. His front man, former insurance salesman Jon Porter, has taken advantage of Slanker's congressional franking privilege to send a two-sided flier that purports to be about Medicare, but is really an election vehicle. How can we tell? By a simple application of the Photo-Matic Taxpayer Abuse [...]
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Monday, May 8, 2006 Quick Hits for Monday By Steve Sebelius ABSTRACT: Today, we talk about the sometimes-bizarre world of the Las Vegas Sun, presidential salaries and bad news for Oscar Goodman. We just got a bread maker: Time for some Quick Hit sandwiches!
• Media watching: Is it just us, or do employees of the Las Vegas Sun live in a magical dream world, where unicorns [...]
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Monday, May 8, 2006 G-sting II: The Fallout By Steve Sebelius Despite the fact that they got convicted, and will most probably spend some time in prison, the G-sting verdicts couldn't have come at a better time for ex-Clark County Commissioners Dario Herrera and Mary Kincaid-Chauncey. After all, news that breaks on Friday gets put into the little-read Saturday newspaper. In Washington, D.C. and elsewhere, savvy [...]
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Monday, May 8, 2006 Wachovia does the deal By Ian Mylchreest Wachovia Corporation will pay $26 billion to acquire Golden West Financial Corporation, reports the New York Times. The price will be paid mostly in stock but does include a small amount of cash.
Golden West is being viewed as Wachovia's move into the West, particularly California, although the company operates four branches of its World Savings in [...]
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