Travel Channel Auction Said to Draw a Crowd – DealBook Blog …

As the auction of Cox Communications’ Travel Channel heats up, Reuters is reporting that Scripps Networks Interactive, the owner of the HGTV network, and NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric, are the top contenders.

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The Carbon Case for Downloading Music – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com

A new study finds that downloading albums is substantially better from an emissions perspective than buying compact discs.

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Poll: okay, i'm deciding to do either a Jonas comedy for my next …

Take this poll! okay, i’m deciding to do either a Jonas comedy for my next quiz, or a serious love story for my next quiz, and I can’t decide, so I wan’t a.

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Food GPS » Blog Archive » The Pantheon of Animals #10: The Turkey

I daresay you find turkey on a multi-course degustation menu, but you’ll have to wrangle this animal from our cold, dead hands come holiday season. Let’s explore how the turkey edges into The Pantheon: …

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TaxProf Blog: Z-scores in 2010 U.S. News Rankings

TaxProf Blog provides resources, news , and information for law school tax professors. It is not affiliated with Auto Didactix LLC’s TaxProf, a software-based tutorial for law students in the federal income tax course. …

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Private Equity Gives Home to Orphaned Brands – DealBook Blog …

Following the example of Eddie Bauer, orphaned brands are poised to receive a breath of new life from private equity players and corporate buyers, BusinessWeek writes.

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Calpers Hopes Riskier Bets Will Restore Its Health – DealBook Blog …

Calpers lost nearly $60 billion in the financial markets last year, which means it has a serious long-term shortfall. Joseph A. Dear, the fund’s new invesment head, thinks the cure is in hedge funds and beaten-down private equity.

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UK Music Industry Economists Admit: Music Industry Getting Bigger …

We’re not saying that always happens, but most of the industry studies would only count data that supported their basic premise that the music industry was in trouble and “something must be done.” That’s highly misleading — especially …

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