Word: cheap
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...programming pays off in more than ratings. In a nutshell: life is cheap. For cable channels, which lack the deep pockets of their broadcast counterparts, bios are TV Helper. Jason Goodman, a former producer for BTM, says an episode costs around $150,000; a biographical movie can cost a few million dollars. The cooperation of the subject can defray costs, not only by allowing extensive interviews but also by providing free, all-important photos. Many biography shows will proceed only with the subject's approval. E! and A&E, which do some shows without cooperation--"It's Biography, not Autobiography...
Regardless of how you sell, Step 1 is to have autographs, uniforms, bats and balls authenticated and cards professionally graded and sealed. At $5 to $10 a card, it's not cheap. But it's the only way to know what your things are worth on the market. For help in doing that, see Professional Sports Authenticator's website psacard.com or Sportscard Guaranty's website sgccard.com) Now if only they'd help me get back the ball signed by Bob Gibson that's sitting on my son's desk...
...ROBERT BROWN, an agent for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. "The big question is, Did those who wanted the information know how Touch Tone was getting it?" Deputy District Attorney DENNIS HALL of Jefferson County has little doubt: "It's like buying stolen property and getting it on the cheap. It's hard to believe that they didn't know it was obtained illegally...
...knows for sure how many people day trade. But the number is way up from a few years ago, when this bull market kicked into high gear and the Internet began making it easy and cheap to buy and sell stocks. Barton Biggs, an analyst at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, confirms and bemoans the trend in biting missives to clients about his plumber, who is so busy trading he won't come to fix a leaking pipe. I've written about the guy behind the deli counter leafing through Barron's for that day's stock trade. It's epidemic...
...Robert Brown, an agent for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. "The big question is, Did those who wanted the information know how Touch Tone was getting it?" Deputy District Attorney Dennis Hall of Jefferson County has little doubt: "It's like buying stolen property and getting it on the cheap. It's hard to believe that they didn't know it was obtained illegally...