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...obvious joke." The troupe - whose early members included Mike Nichols, Joan Rivers and Del Close - became known for its brainy wit as seen in sketches like "Football Comes to the University of Chicago." The routine shows a coach's unsuccessful attempt to teach four students the rules of the game. But they can't seem to operate outside of academia, referring to the football as a "demi-poly-tetrahedron...
Dump him now, however, and you risk missing the upside of one of the potentially great comebacks in sports. What if, after Tiger's hiatus, he emerges contrite, marriage repaired, and his game better than ever? Woods, who earns more than $100 million annually in endorsements, could actually become more valuable after this mess. "It'll be a tale of redemption and forgiveness," says Marc Ganis, president of SportsCorp, a consulting firm. "I guarantee you that somebody has already written the freaking script." (See pictures of Tiger Woods' best victory moments...
...Accenture Game over. The consulting firm was the first to cut ties with Woods. "They had no choice," says Ganis. "Accenture tied their whole corporate image to Tiger Woods. To them, he represented competitiveness, the ability to judge things well and the ability to act appropriately." One out of three doesn't cut it here. Accenture's position is unique in that it sells a business service and all firm-client relationships are built on trust. As it turns out, Woods isn't as trustworthy as we might have thought. Plus, Accenture's "Be a Tiger" ad taglines were turning...
...organization has tracked holiday shopping patterns. On Monday, Dec. 13, Citigroup analyst Kate McShane raised her price target for Best Buy, the country's dominant electronics retailer, from $40 to $45 per share. "We are seeing stronger traffic at [Best Buy] in its laptop, Geek Squad and video-game sections, while traffic remains healthy in TVs and digital cameras," she wrote in a research note. (See the best netbooks...
...FlyBy admit that we're pretty impressed. This ending to a "just for fun" game of Assassins has left us a little breathless. Who said that the stereotype that Harvard students are intense isn't true...