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...people. "I'll be performing the songs my fans want to hear. This is the final curtain call." That prompted an online frenzy, with 360,000 people registering applications before the ticket office even opened. When tickets ranging from $75 to $115 went on sale the next morning, fans snapped them up at a rate of 40,000 an hour - that's 650 a minute - smashing all box-office records. Some 800,000 tickets were sold. (See TIME's special coverage on Michael Jackson...
...Friday afternoon, AEG had not responded to queries regarding its insurance coverage. "We're dealing with a tragedy. We have no comment on that," an unnamed company spokesman told the Los Angeles Times. And as for refunds, AEG announced that ticket refund informaion would be released early next week...
...them in 1987 - Jackson showed early investment savvy. Shelling out $47.5 million in 1985 for the rights to a catalog of music that included 251 Beatles songs was a profitable move. Those rights, as well as concerts, endorsements and music videos, would generate more than $400 million over the next two decades. (See the top 10 Michael Jackson moments...
COCA, Ecuador — Over the canopy to the south, Ivan, a Quichua Indian, has spotted three macaws in flight. Moments later, binoculars train to a pair of white-throated toucans, and my group murmurs in excitement. The next item noted by our guide Oscar, however, is not a rare bird, deep in the Amazon rainforest: “Over there, the government has authorized a new, private highway from the coast to here...
...percent House budget reduction.The library cuts as well as others in FAS come as a result of a projected $220 million annual deficit by fiscal year 2011. Recent cuts account for only $77 million of that total, which FAS Dean Michael D. Smith says must be eliminated over the next two years.The budget shortfall is the result of an anticipated $125 million reduction in the payout from the University's endowment to FAS by fiscal year 2011, as well as various expenses and structural deficits that have been exacerbated by faculty hiring and capital expansions in FAS earlier...