Word: buyer
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...proven reserves of 4 billion bbl., could be in play. Sibneft was scheduled to merge with Yukos until Khodorkovsky's troubles erupted. Abramovich and Yukos jostled for power for weeks afterward, until the merger finally unraveled earlier this year, prompting speculation that Sibneft may be looking for a Western buyer...
...just his lack of a golden gut for the next big hit or a groundbreaking idea that has hamstrung NBC; it's also arrogance. "NBC's [successful] shows masked their weaker spots, which are now more obvious," says Stacey Lynn Koerner, an executive vice president at ad buyer Initiative Media. "[The Apprentice] made executives more confident, and they didn't address the problem." Now if Zucker can work his magic one more time, he'll really have something to brag about. --Reported by Simon Crittle/New York and Jeanne McDowell/Los Angeles...
...real estate market dominated by Century 21, Coldwell Banker and ERA, all Cendant brands. LendingTree is a fledgling player, generating $160 million in revenue last year compared with Cendant's $6.7 billion from real estate businesses. But that could become a battlefront down the road. Already, 70% of home buyers begin their search online. This year, for the first time, online listings will generate more home-buyer leads than classifieds...
before they even spoke with a real estate agent, an unlikely buyer emerged: Roger Hickey, 43, the youngest of their five children. "It had never entered my mind to sell the house to one of my children," says Jack, 78, "but Roger had given it a lot of thought...
...every $10 spent--$2.6 billion--went into decorating the dorm. Today's college send-offs, who have watched their parents refinance and remodel their homes in record numbers and who have come of age watching trendy decorating shows on TV like Trading Spaces, have become a new category of buyer...