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...Cable TV also has free, night-on-the-couch appeal for the cash-strapped, plus another advantage. The research firm SNL Kagan says cable TV advertising will have grown an impressive 10.7% by the end of 2008, as channels like ESPN and Lifetime continue siphoning viewers away from broadcast TV. Next year cable ad revenues will grow only 4.7%, Kagan predicts, because of the recession. But when squeezed companies slash their advertising budgets, cable has the cushion of a second revenue stream - about 50% of its cash comes from affiliate fees paid by cable operators...
General Motors is 100 years old this year, but its chances of reaching 101 as an independent company seem to be diminishing. GM is running out of cash and ideas and pursuing merger talks with Chrysler, which is also talking to Nissan. Ford Motor Co. this year celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Model T, an invention that significantly altered almost every aspect of American life from shopping to sex. But Americans are doing demonstrably less of the former when it comes to cars. Sales are braking quickly, and this month are expected to be at their lowest level...
Terrible sales, however, are only one part of the many difficulties that have engulfed American carmakers. GM, Ford and Chrysler, are also facing monumental financial challenges that have left them with poor credit ratings, making it prohibitively expensive to raise cash to finance auto sales...
...rare Democratic missteps were efficiently exploited by the GOP. Republican strategists are worried about the spillover effect of all the new voters Obama's campaign has registered on down-ballot races, particularly in areas with large African-American populations and college towns. A big Obama victory, with campaign cash spread around, could turn a bad year for the GOP into a truly terrible...
...Pfoho Resident Dean Lisa M. Boes and two HUPD officers several weeks ago to address safety. Since the meeting, however, incidents have continued to occur, including multiple burglaries and a car theft. According to Hadaway, the HUPD officers told her that given the economic downturn, people hard-strapped for cash would attempt to steal more. The petition created by Hadaway, fellow co-chair Rafael A.P. Miranda ’09, and HoCo executive Krista E. Weiss ’09 follows an Undergraduate Council meeting two weeks ago that featured a discussion between students and HUPD Chief Francis...