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Geyer was only the most dramatic victim of a recession-induced advertising bust that has hit dailies across the U.S. Although circulation is holding steady, advertisers are skittish, and they normally account for about 70% of newspaper revenues. Hardly a major daily has escaped, from the normally ad-fat Los Angeles Times, where August's classified linage fell 17% below the same month last year, to the New York Times, the parent company of which reported last week that third-quarter profits from continuing operations fell 43.9%, in large part because of a 10.7% drop in ad linage. Says executive...
...When Jackson tried to line up a TV backer for his recent Middle East trip, he was turned down by all three major networks and several other news organizations (including Warner Bros. TV), before the magazine show Inside Edition ponied up $125,000. The interview was something of a bust, partly because CBS's Dan Rather got to Saddam first and partly, according to Inside Edition producers, because the sharpest exchanges were deleted by Iraqi officials...
...relationships and sweet deals among S&Ls and their biggest customers, the possible impact of political contributions in delaying crackdowns by regulators, even the deceptive lure of junk bonds and their king, Michael Milken. It is not a case history of nice guys being caught innocently in an oil bust, as the defunct thrift's managers often claim. It is a study in greed, deceit and profiteering...
...other hand, his interaction with the audience is marvelous; Shalhoub clutches one audience member's legs and tries desperately to unload a bust of his uncle which bursts into song whenever it emerges from his pocket. Several of Shalhoub's extended monologues (one consists entirely of coughing) are excellent, and despite his external unpleasantness, the nephew's position is sympathetic. After all, most people have tried at some time or another to pretend that money doesn't matter, only to discover its vital importance when confronted with the need for sustenance and clothing...
...members, a barrel of oil traded at more than twice its free-market price even before Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. With two simple tools--stand-by gasoline rationing authority and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve--the U.S. could use its weight in the world petroleum market to bust OPEC once and for all. By merely threatening to curtail drastically its consumption and flood the world market with cheap oil, the U.S. could force the oil-fattened Gulf kingdoms to play by the rules of the free market and stop gouging the rest of the world...