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...CONS: Yahoo's share price will continue to erode since it will be seen as a less-coveted property. While Yahoo could still seal a deal with AOL or continue to use Google's advertising network in order to prop up its revenue, the terms would almost certainly be less favorable for Jerry Yang and company...
Watson was one of the three co-founders of Greenpeace, but in 1977 the group expelled him after he forcibly stopped a Canadian seal hunter clubbing seals on the ice floes of Newfoundland. He now ridicules the organization for deserting its principles and lavishing money on fruitless ad campaigns; “It’s become the world’s biggest feel-good organization...
...coming weeks Sea Shepherd’s decrepit black trawler, the Farley Mowat, will patrol the ice-clad waters of Newfoundland, as Canada’s 2008 seal hunt begins. The Canadian government has increased this year’s permits to allow the killing of 275,000 seals, 98 percent of them babies, in what Watson calls “the world’s largest marine slaughter.” And in spite of new government regulations designed to stop the live skinning and clubbing of seals, Watson says that his crews have already documented seals bleeding...
...HEART 1Breaking its four-game losing streak, the Crimson overpowered Sacred Heart 3-1 last Friday night at the Pitt Center in Fairfield, Conn.In the first stanza, Harvard was plagued with errors, committing seven serving and attacking errors. The Crimson misfires allowed Sacred Heart to take the lead and seal the first game, 30-26.Harvard still struggled in the second game, as it made another seven attacking errors. But the Crimson’s defense forced 11 Pioneer errors, putting Harvard ahead for the win, 30-20.After seizing a 4-1 lead, the Crimson kept hold of the lead throughout the third...
With Bear shareholders virtually wiped out, half the firm's employees slated to lose their jobs and no golden parachutes offered to the top executives, it wasn't a bailout. But it did take a $30 billion loan from the Fed to seal the deal. This was a truly extraordinary use of the central bank's powers and an indication that the subprime-mortgage crisis that erupted last summer has evolved into something bigger and more ominous--possibly the greatest challenge to the American way of financial capitalism since the Depression...