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...avoid this sad scenario, publishers should look to the music industry. Despite the ruckus it is raising over illegal file sharing, record companies have quietly adjusted themselves to the reality of downloading. CDs and MP3s are now only at the surface of what they sell; related products such as concert tours, posters, and ringtones generate a significant cut of the total revenue. In 2008, while album sales fell 14 percent, concert ticket sales rose seven percent. And next time someone’s cell phone goes off to the deepening downbeat of “Disturbia,” consider...
...circumstance for most large cap stocks is the same. Spreads between high and low forecasts for the same company have widened even for firms which have had highly predicable numbers. For Microsoft (MSFT) there is an 8-cent difference between best and worst case scenario of $.45 per share profit and $.53. For AT&T (T) the numbers range from $.63 per share to $.69 per share. This may not seem like much, but for a corporation with revenue of $125 billion a year and 5.9 billion shares outstanding...
...frail frame - which recently caused a dip in Apple stock - had reporters across the country scrambling for answers. What condition could cause the "hormone imbalance that has been robbing [him] of the proteins [his] body needs to be healthy" and result in such dramatic weight loss? And in what scenario would that condition entail a "nutritional problem" whose cure is "relatively simple and straightforward...
...every scenario save a very long Israeli occupation (which is unlikely), Hamas will have an opportunity to eventually regenerate. New fighters can be trained, new rockets acquired, new smuggling tunnels built. If Israel's choke hold on Gaza for the past year hasn't stopped Hamas from arming itself, then it's a good bet that the presence of international monitors won't either...
...down the Strip, MGM Mirage just sold off Treasure Island for $775 million to billionaire casino operator Phil Ruffin. The cash infusion should help the corporation finish construction on its $9.1 billion CityCenter, the largest private construction job in the U.S. Yet even in the best-case scenario, Vegas - and the rest of the country - won't begin to drive out of the ditch until the end of next year, as consumer spending improves, new hiring resumes and the city's battered construction industry gets back on its feet. The worst case? The recession deepens, and the ditch turns into...