Small stocks survive, and thrive (International Herald Tribune)
The current downturn should be particularly rough on corporate minnows, yet for the last six months, smaller-capitalization stocks have outperformed....more...JAY-Z SELLING HALF OF VEGAS 40/40? Word has it that Sands Corp. is about to buy 50% stake in sports club for $44 mil. (Eurweb)
*The New York Post's Page Six is reporting that Jay-Z is in talks with Las Vegas Sands Corp. - owners of the Venetian and the Palazzo - to sell them a 50 percent stake in his sports club, 40/40, for $44 million....more... It's now or never for the Yankees (Asbury Park Press)
The season has been declared over for the Yankees. The New York Post planted their gravestone on its front page Thursday. On the LoHud.com Yankees Blog, 82 percent of more than 2,500 voters in a poll said the team would not make the playoffs....more... N.Y. Post: Springsteen To Do Tampa Super Bowl Show (The Tampa Tribune)
The New York Post's Page Six reported today that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform live at the Super Bowl halftime show....more... Area resident turns page (Southlake Times)
She may best be known for her role as Maggie, on Northern Exposure, but Janine Turner has the ability and the drive to wear many other hats besides that of an actress. The North Texas resident is also an author, director, mother and she does many other things that make her unique....more... Dave 'Mudcat' Saunders: Barack Obama's elitist campaign alienates South (Times Online)
The sea of shining, hope-filled faces that routinely flood Barack Obama's rallies would be an alien environment for the grizzled features and tobacco-stained temperament of Dave ?Mudcat? Saunders....more... ELVIS MITCHELL CAUGHT UP AT THE BORDER: New York Times critic had $12,000 in cash crossing Canadian/U.S. line; Feds ... (Eurweb)
*New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell has some explaining to do. The U.S. government filed an application to keep $12,000 cash seized Friday from the writer when his taxi crossed from Toronto into his hometown of Detroit....more... Mummified remains identified (The Hindu)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska: It took nine years of sleuthing and advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques, but a mummified hand and arm found in an Alaska glacier have been identified. The remains belong to Francis Joseph Van ......more... Bruce is Super (The Record)
Call him the Super Boss. According to the New York Post's Page Six, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be the featured halftime performers at Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1 in Tampa....more... |