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...concerts decided not to renew the contract that gave Ticketmaster exclusive ticketing distribution for most of Live Nation's 29,000 annual events, a loss that will rob the ticketing giant of about 20% of its sales. Instead, Live Nation is pumping up its own in-house ticket distribution arm, already the third largest in the world, which gives it a direct link to the music fans attending its shows. Not to be outdone, Ticketmaster significantly increased its stake in Front Line Management, an agency that represents such acts as Christina Aguilera, Jimmy Buffett and Aerosmith, when rumors swirled that...
...Peaceful demonstrations can easily be crushed by weapons. Only violence will bring down Burma's military regime. The United Nations should arm and train the Burmese people to fight the ruthless regime on condition that once they have triumphed, their weapons will all be destroyed under the supervision of the U.N. and the monks. Suraj Bandaje, Palmerston North, New Zealand...
...beach and jumps from Boy to Boy as they sing their respective parts. Finally, they unite on a bridge for the chorus and leave little doubt that they’ve mastered the art of contorting their faces in anguish and expressing their feelings with wide arm movements. One member is conspicuously absent. Kevin Richardson declined to join the good old boys in their comeback video, perhaps because he’s nearing the age of 40. “Inconsolable” neither hurts nor helps the Boys’ image in any significant way, though it gives...
...week Eivind Reiten is unlikely to forget. On Oct. 1, the oil and gas arm of Hydro, an Oslo-based energy and metals company he was running, completed a $36 billion merger with Statoil, its beefier Norwegian rival, creating the world's largest offshore energy operator. Five days later, Reiten hosted his country's King and Queen in Nyhamna, a third of the way up Norway's west coast, at the official launch of a record-breaking gas production and processing project forged by Hydro to harness gas from 120 km away under the Norwegian...
...dozen men and women came tumbling out of two large, metallic-white buses that pulled up beside the French Navy's headquarters on the Place de la Concorde in central Paris. First out onto the sidewalk was a white-haired gentleman with several folders tucked under his arm. He was followed by 11 slightly disoriented people whose appearance of confusion increased as they became surrounded by scores of onlookers appearing out of nowhere. A burly woman with a bright orange "police" armband then began barking "You can't stay here!" at the gawkers, while impressive-looking male colleagues formed...