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Slots supporters have the cash to back their cause
The horse-racing industry and gambling companies have pumped $3.8 million into a campaign to convince voters to approve slot machine gambling in Maryland, according to campaign finance documents released yesterday. Slots supporters have out-raised...Tags: Charity, Choice Hotels International Incorporated, Gaming and Lotteries, Magna Entertainment Corporation, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Automakers put products in TV shows' starring roles as a way to boost interest in key vehicles
AP Auto WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ In this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang. With auto...Tags: Knight Rider, Christian Slater, Dodge, Sports Cars, Marketing
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State looking into fraud allegations vs. funeral home west of Boynton
South Florida Sun-SentinelState regulators are investigating fraud allegations raised in a lawsuit filed against a Palm Beach County funeral home that, according to two earlier inquiries, overcharged customers and failed to issue timely refunds. The owner of Rubin Memorial Chapel...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Delray Beach, Employees, Prosecution, Death and Dying
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Automakers push key vehicles through fall TV shows
AP Auto WriterIn this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang. With auto sales at 15-year...Tags: Knight Rider, Christian Slater, Dodge, Marketing, Sports Cars
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Efficient, flexible yet luminous OLEDs hold quiet promise for the future of lighting
AP Technology WriterNISKAYUNA, N.Y. (AP) _ On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete. It's a machine that prints...Tags: Energy Saving, Sony Corp., Semiconductors and Active Components, Siemens, Electronics
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Sumner Redstone forced to sell Viacom, CBS shares
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBillionaire Sumner Redstone got caught in the credit crunch Friday. The 85-year-old mogul, who has long bragged about his financial savvy and competitive drive, was forced to sell a fifth of his family's stake in his two media companies -- Viacom Inc....Tags: Viacom Inc., Satellite and Cable Service, Advertising, Moody's Corporation, CBS Corp.
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At the NYSE, gloom sweeps the floor
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersAs Wall Street yo-yoed through another day of breathless ups and downs, a pall of dejection and despair hung over the august New York Stock Exchange, the epicenter of the country's economic malaise. Harried traders frantically tried to recover from a...Tags: New York Stock Exchange, Stock Activities, Financial Markets, Federal Reserve, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
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Audiovox reports $2.3M quarterly loss
james.bernstein@newsday.comBlaming a "deteriorating global economy," Audiovox Corp., a supplier of consumer electronics systems, said it swung to a loss in its fiscal second quarter, which ended Aug. 31, and that it has reduced its workforce by about 8 percent. The Hauppauge-based...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Audiovox Corp., Economic Indicator, Sales, Globalization
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Cubicle life on TV and film appeals to working stiffs
MCT News ServiceThere's a reason why people buy red staplers, Dwight Schrute bobbleheads and stuffed Dilberts: It's because many Americans are disenchanted with their jobs, and those items -- pop culture icons that symbolize the worst in office culture -- affirm that...Tags: Roger Ebert, The Office, Scranton, Culture, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Some Investors See Opportunity Amid Market Panic
As Wall Street rode the roller coaster Friday, telephones at investment advisers in Greater Hartford were ringing wildly. At the other end were clients worried about their portfolios, retirement incomes and whether they should hold or sell. But when...Tags: Retirement, Wethersfield, Stock Market, Stock Broking, Investments
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Hollywood Wants You Back: Will 3-D, Digital Be Enough?
Baltimore SunToday's movie audiences can order tickets over the Internet, eat gourmet theater food far removed from simple popcorn and enjoy computer-generated special effects that can make virtually any scene a moviemaker can conceive of seem real. And yet audiences...Tags: The Dark Knight, Film Festivals, Academy Awards, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, James Cameron
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After breakup with Bertelsmann, Sony faces challenge harmonizing its music, electronics
AP Business WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync. The music business...Tags: Sony Corp., Company Information, Microsoft Corp., Nokia Corp., Cell Phones
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