APL: Homepage - APL Provides Global Container Transportation …For more than a century, shared governance between the Board of Regents, the systemwide president and the faculty has ensured the highest standards of …The President's Volunteer Service AwardThe President's Volunteer Service Award is an initiative of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with the Corporation… Continue reading

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Filed under: Industry, OpEd, WGA Strike

When the WGA Strike originally started, I recall someone presenting the solution to me that the networks could import shows from other countries. Well, it looks like CBS is doing just that.CBS has teamed with Canada’s CTV to produce a police drama called Flashpoint. Mind you, this is far… Continue reading

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As reported by TUAW, properties from the Jim Henson Company are available on iTunes. Sadly, this does not include The Muppet Show, which was sold to Disney in 2004.Among the shows available are the first seasons of Fraggle Rock and Farscape for $1.99 per episode. The article mentions that Farscape is difficult… Continue reading

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Filed under: Industry, OpEd, WGA Strike

TV Guide has posted this chart to let the viewers know when their favorite TV shows have any new episodes left as a result. Because of the WGA Strike, most seasons for this year will have to be shortened or delayed.Different networks seem to be taking different strategies… Continue reading

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Filed under: Deals, Management, Shareholders

Barry Diller planned to break his IACI (NASDAQ:IACI) into several pieces. The company is a collection of cats and dogs so the move makes sense. TicketMaster can operate on its own. So can Home Shopping Network.

John Malone’s Liberty Media (NASDAQ:LINTA), the controlling shareholder in IACI, does not like the idea of spinning off divisions of… Continue reading

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Filed under: Deals, Management, Shareholders

Barry Diller planned to break his IACI (NASDAQ:IACI) into several pieces. The company is a collection of cats and dogs so the move makes sense. TicketMaster can operate on its own. So can Home Shopping Network.

John Malone’s Liberty Media (NASDAQ:LINTA), the controlling shareholder in IACI, does not like the idea of spinning off divisions of… Continue reading

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Filed under: Deals, Management

In Tuesday’s brutal trading, it was tough to find a positive stock price. But Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN) bucked the trend. The stock price surged a hefty 53% to $6.09.

This occurred after Ocwen’s CEO, William C. Erbey, lobbed a $7 buyout offer for the company. He is backed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P… Continue reading

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Filed under: Deals, Management

In Tuesday’s brutal trading, it was tough to find a positive stock price. But Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN) bucked the trend. The stock price surged a hefty 53% to $6.09.

This occurred after Ocwen’s CEO, William C. Erbey, lobbed a $7 buyout offer for the company. He’s backed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P… Continue reading

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Filed under: Deals, Management

You would think that having sold millions of shares at inflated prices would have been enough for Angelo Mozilo, who is now dumping Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC) on Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) for less than a fifth of what the company traded at earlier this year.

The company has taken big writedowns on ill-advised subprime loans, even as Mozilo… Continue reading

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Filed under: Deals, Management

You would think that having sold millions of shares at inflated prices would have been enough for Angelo Mozilo, who is now dumping Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC) on Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) for less than a fifth of what the company traded at earlier this year.

The company has taken massive writedowns on ill-advised subprime loans, even as Mozilo… Continue reading

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