NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch and Major League Baseball have renewed their sponsorship deal, ending a dispute that took the longtime partners to court. The maker of Budweiser sued the league last month, contending MLB was improperly trying to back out of an April agreement to extend the company’s exclusive sponsorship agreement. Lawyers for baseball’s promotional [...]
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Allan Abramson: A New Year’s Resolution: Fixing the Mortgage Mess, and More
Posted by on December 31st, 2010
Proposition: There is a way to stabilize the housing market, end foreclosures, provide several trillions in stimulus funding, and NOT add to the federal debt. Read on… There is an eternal puzzle in the world of politics. How is it that individuals of high intelligence and principle, when joined in groups, make such dumb decisions? [...]
Judy Kurtz: This Week’s Shining and Falling Stars: Natalie Portman and Chris Brown
Posted by on December 31st, 2010
Shining Star — Natalie Portman First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the — oh wait, it’s not going in quite that order for Natalie Portman — but mazel tov nonetheless! The actress, 29, has a lot to celebrate this week: Black Swan is getting rave reviews, she’s creating a bunch [...]
Dan Dorfman: And the Winner Is… a Loser
Posted by on December 31st, 2010
If you’re a movie-goer, how can you resist it? The answer is you can’t. It’s one of those once in a lifetime opportunities — an invitation to actually attend the annual Academy Awards presentation in California, instead of watching it on TV, as some 40 million Americans do, and mingle with the who’s who of [...]
Jim Lichtman: 2010: A Shellacking in Poor Judgment and Bad Behavior
Posted by on December 31st, 2010
“There is something about too much prosperity that ruins the fiber of the people.” — Diplomat Dwight Morrow In 1933, the president awoke to the news that the United States banking system had collapsed. Unemployment had reached 25 percent. Hourly wages nose-dived 60 percent. Distraught dairy farmers blockaded highways in order to dump hundreds of [...]
