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...pseudo advisers and business partners whose main concern did not seem to be him. Says a source with knowledge of Jackson's finances: "All these other guys tried to set these deals up - lucrative deals up - everything from starting theme parks in different countries to other brand-extension-type ideas. They were trying to set up deals and take fees regardless if they made him money...
...camps can cut such deals. Because of NCAA regulations, many sports camps cannot give any type of financial aid to campers in high school because they are considered potential recruits. Sports camps, which are often held on a college campus and run by college coaches, have limited options to avoid economy-related enrollment drop-offs. Charlie Hoeveler, who runs U.S. Sports/Nike camps in 49 states (sorry, South Dakota) and Puerto Rico, says he braced for the worst when he saw the early enrollment numbers this year. (Read "Stimulus Sparks a Summer Jobs' Comeback...
...affects the music: Dillinger was from the old school, and he came up against organized crime, which made more money on the numbers racket in a minute than they could have made on a great score on a bank. So there was a collision there between Dillinger and the type of criminals that didn't want to be really noticed as they were raking in the money. That affects the music as well - organized versus off-kilter...
...building new highways or adding lanes to old ones. Kentucky, where 38% of roads are in poor condition, is spending 88% of its stimulus money on new additions. Then there is the sheer scale of the challenge. In many of these same states, the biggest concern is not the type of stimulus spending but the amount of it. "Of course it's not creating enough jobs," Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, says of the stimulus. "We're not going to have enough [jobs] because we lost so many." (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession -- and after...
Whenever Sergio Marchionne talks about his latest calling--fixing auto companies written off as basket cases--he doesn't sound anything like most auto types. For a start, he's a lawyer and an accountant rather than a car engineer, and instead of getting bogged down in long discussions about the merits of one particular type of engine or gearbox, he likes to talk about Apple...