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Online shows need to be cheap, of course, because they still don't draw as many eyeballs as prime-time TV; they may get costlier, however, as actor and crew unions discover there's money in them. So they can risk seeming like low-rent, store-brand versions of "real" TV. An Office webisode screened at the upfronts was funny, highlighting the show's richly drawn supporting players, but fans of star Steve Carell will be disappointed to find he's not in any of the episodes. (His character, boss Michael Scott, is referenced, though; an accountant catches him having...
...tractors and Iveco trucks among its holdings, has been buoyed recently by strong numbers from its once-suffering automobile division. Under the turnaround leadership of Marchionne, in the first five months of the year, European sales of the auto group (which includes the Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo brands) jumped 23.2% over 2005 numbers, to around 520,000 units, representing nearly half of overall company revenues. And that's at a time when economic uncertainty has many Europeans putting off major purchases such as cars. With Fiat now rolling toward recovery - and his increasingly central role both in the holding...
...bolt spared Roosevelt the humiliation of losing to Taft. It also kept his candidacy alive on a brand-new ticket of his own creation, the National Progressive Party, better known as the Bull Moose Party, a nickname that came from the answer T.R. had given when someone in a crowd yelled out to ask how he felt. "Like a bull moose," he yelled back...
RHYMEFEST BLUE COLLAR This Chicago M.C. was a janitor, florist and McDonald's cashier before scoring as Kanye West's Jesus Walks co-writer, and his debut brings a touch of working-class humility to a genre desperate for it. On Brand New, Rhymefest and West trade verses, with West rapping about his consumer lust while 'fest advises, "Skip the brand name/ I won't brand you," and he admits that West, who produced, "hook[s] me up as long as I don't ask him for too much." These Days interrupts two verses about the monotony of everyday life...
...public-finance analyst at Moody's Investors Service. "What if you've sponsored an assisted-living community and find out that residents have been mistreated?" The damage to the university's reputation could be crushing. There are financial risks too. Not all schools command the loyalty or have the brand name of a UCLA or an Ohio State. Small-college retirement developments might fizzle...