Barry Diller, Chief Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, has announced his resignation as Live Nation Entertainment Inc. chairman. This comes after a very brief but controversial stint as the chair of the concert promoting and ticketing company that had recently merged with Ticketmaster. “It’s been almost a year and I informed the board today that while there [...]
So far, the start of the 2010 season isn’t shaping up to be what the New Orleans Saints had envisioned when training camp started and they were talking about repeating. The Saints lost a heartbreaker to the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 on Sunday. Although the Saints should have won the game in overtime when a 28 [...]
Abbott Laboratories said on Wednesday that they are recalling containers of Similac powder infant formula that were distributed to the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, and some Caribbean nations. The recall affects about 5 million containers of the powdered formula in the 9 oz., 12.4 oz, and 12.9 oz cans that were made in their Sturgis, [...]
Even though Roy Halladay has never played in the post season he opened up a bottle of champagne after Monday’s game against the Atlanta Braves. Halladay was celebrating the third 20 win season of his career as the Phillies beat the Braves 5-3 and increased their lead to 5 games in the NL East with [...]
Alibaba Group, the parent company of a group of Chinese websites, continues to ask Yahoo if they can buy back Yahoo’s 39% stake in their company. Carol Bartz, Yahoo Chief Executive, keeps telling them that Yahoo is not interested in selling. On a report that Yahoo did have a sale pending with Alibaba, shares rose [...]
In what has to be one of the least exciting Monday Night Football openers in recent years the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Jets 10-9 in a defensive battle. Mark Sanchez completed less than 50% of his passes and went 10 for 21 with 74 yards and no touchdowns along with no interceptions. Many [...]
On Friday, President Obama named Austan Goolsbee the top economist. He will be the head of the Council of Economic Advisers. Obama has chosen this member of his inner circle because he knows the rest of the president’s top team very well and he is a skilled communicator. “He’s someone who has a deep appreciation [...]
Back in 2007 NASCAR increased the size of the Chase field from 10 to 12 drivers. The intention of doing this was to create more excitement by adding more drivers to their version of the playoffs. If racing for 10 spots in the Chase is a good idea then racing for 12 spots would be [...]
Ilya Kovalchuk’s 15 year $100 million contract with the New Jersey Devils just received an extension for getting approved by the NHL. The new deadline was announced on Wednesday by the NHL Players association and the league. This news comes after a previous deal worth $102 million for 17 years was rejected by the league [...]
