Archive for January, 2011:

UC Berkeley’s Haas School to Offer Future MBA Alumni Free Continuing Education

Beginning with the class of 2011, MBA graduates from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley will be eligible to participate, for free, in training offered through the school’s Center for Executive Education, Haas Dean Rich Lyons announced earlier this month. The new initiative was inspired by the school’s defining [...]

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Michael Lohan Rushed to Hospital For Chest Pains

Filed under: Michael Lohan, Nurse! Michael Lohan is being rushed to the hospital after experiencing chest pains … TMZ has learned. We’re told Michael was at a doctor’s office in Newport Beach, CA for a consultation about getting his nose fixed — a nose which has been broken several… Read more Go to Source

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Microsoft Honcho’s Helicopter — Post-Crash Footage

Filed under: Paul Allen, accident, Nurse! TMZ has obtained video of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen ‘s helicopter … after it crashed into the ocean today off the coast of Argentina  — and it’s a wreck. According to an eyewitness, the helicopter — which was supposed to take Allen from… Read more Go to Source

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Carmelo Anthony May Stay A Nugget All Season: George Karl

NEWARK, N.J. — George Karl says he still believes he might be coaching Carmelo Anthony all season. Karl says he is prepared for anything, but has felt since before the season started that the chance of Anthony staying with the Denver Nuggets was greater than many believe. Read More… Go to Source

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Terry Newell: Retirement: The Work of Truly Living

We’re in “God’s waiting room,” as my son puts it. It’s true that the population has a decidedly gray tinge, but phrases like this leave out something significant that happens here.Read More… More on Retirement Go to Source

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U.S. Dollar Pressure Continues vs. the Pound and the Euro

Ralph Shell submits: Conclusion of the bankers meeting in Davos brought congratulatory assessments from the Euro bankers for their success in dealing with the euro debt crises. French and German spokesmen alluded to the deft actions that instilled market confidence in the single currency, and they pledged to always be there to support the euro. [...]

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BankUnited, China’s ICBC: The Banking System Keeps Changing

John M. Mason submits: There were two pieces of banking news last week that seemed to fall below the radar screen due to the visit of China’s President Hu Jintao and the events in Tunisia and Egypt. These two pieces of news had to do with BankUnited (BKU), a Florida bank that was “saved” by [...]

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Hot Clicks: Candice Swanepoel; Tony La Russa gets roasted

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Hot Clicks: Genevieve Morton; Kevin Garnett cheap shot

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Dec. Restaurant Performance Index Back to Pre- Recession Level: Recovery is Gaining Firm Foothold

“Driven by expanding same-store sales and customer traffic levels as well as growing optimism among restaurant operators, the outlook for the restaurant industry improved in December. The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stood at 101.0 [...]

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