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Isaacson, McCarthy, and Thurston each spoke in favor of same-sex marriage. Isaacson, co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, addressed the "terra firma" aspects of the issue...
...have teamed with celebrity chefs, others with national chains. Come fall, Continental Airlines, which had been the last major holdout, will stop offering free food on domestic coach flights and start charging for what it promises will be more appetizing fare. Even JetBlue, while not giving up its gratis Terra chips, is testing a pay menu. The twin goal is to generate profits and customer satisfaction as Virgin America has done with its microbrews and freshly muddled mojitos. David Johnson, a mechanical engineer in San Francisco, recently paid $40 more for his Virgin ticket than the price a competitor would...
According to the Pastoral da Terra, the Roman Catholic Church group that monitors land conflicts, more than 1,400 rural workers have been killed in land conflicts since the commission began keeping records in 1985. The 13 people killed in Para in 2008 over land issues is almost half the national total and more than in any other state. The Ohio-born Stang, who was 63, was one of the highest profile victims of the conflicts. Two hit men were jailed for her murder and a powerful rancher who believed her activism was instrumental in his losing a parcel...
This fiscal year, aided by sales of 13 million rereleased Beatles albums, EMI's record division is expected to make $312 million, with the publishing sector bringing in an additional $218 million. That will cover Terra Firma's interest bill of about $350 million. But it's not enough to keep Citigroup happy - the bank had agreed to lend the venture-capital firm $4.2 billion only if EMI could hit certain performance targets. As EMI's accounts dolefully note, there is a "significant shortfall" between the profit likely to be generated in 2010 and the target previously agreed upon...
Meanwhile, one possible buyer lurks on the sidelines: Warner Music, the third largest record company in the world. CEO Edgar Bronfman has long coveted EMI, but mutual intransigence has thus far prevented a merger. Some Terra Firma officials fear that Citigroup simply wants to "flip" EMI by making a quick sale to Warner - a plan Citigroup denies. In its present state, however, EMI's future as an independent company is far from certain. "The trouble is that the future of EMI would look quite good if it wasn't for all the debt," Dyson says. "But it doesn't look...