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...Just ask English club West Ham United. Asset-management company CB Holding took over the East London club earlier this week, after its Icelandic owner and chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson lost his trousers in the credit crunch. Iceland's Straumur Bank, CB Holding's major shareholder, is itself in the midst of restructuring after being bailed out by the Icelandic government in March. In Spain, once mighty Valencia is effectively controlled these days by local lender Bancaja, its major creditor, after hapless management and a soured stadium-development plan left the club about $725 million in debt. (See pictures...
...largest indoor mall in the U.S. - has become the opposite of a bedroom community. Some 120,000 people work in Tysons, but only 17,000 live here. "Every morning, 110,000 cars arrive, and they all leave at 5," says Clark Tyler, a former federal transportation official and the chairman of a task force whose ambitious goal is to help transform Tysons into a full-fledged city - where people live and work and play 24 hours a day. (See pictures of Americans in their homes...
...Ticketmaster chairman Barry Diller ultimately apologized and blamed computer glitches for the ticketing mishap. But industry heavyweights snickered. "That stuff has gone on all the time. When he said it was a computer glitch - ha-ha - I nearly fell off my chair," said Randy Phillips, CEO of AEG Live, the country's second largest concert promoter. "I could not believe it. I mean, these are sophisticated businessmen - my God, a computer glitch?" Not surprisingly, Phillips opposes the merger and has even suggested he may cancel his seven-year contract with Ticketmaster if the deal goes through...
Still, in a contest of challengers, name recognition can count for a lot, and in that regard McAuliffe entered the race in the strongest position of the three. Until recently, in fact, the outspoken former chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign enjoyed double-digit leads in some polls. A savvy, veteran fundraiser, he's raked in $6.9 million, nearly as much as his two opponents combined: Moran has raised $4.8 million and Deeds $3.8 million. McAuliffe, who has made a fortune in real estate and Internet investments mostly with Democratic donors, bills himself as the candidate best qualified...
...across Virginia and that's exactly what we need in a governor. The mayors of Hampton Roads and Richmond and Petersburg and here, of course, in Alexandria, all across northern Virginia, are supporting me because they know I know their issues," he said. Moran, a former prosecutor, was chairman of the legislature's Democratic caucus until he left office in December. He is also the brother of Representative Jim Moran, who represents Virginia's 8th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. (See 10 elections that changed America...