January 30, 2006

Lawsuit Filed Against George Foreman

Lawsuit Filed Against George Foreman

The Sports Network | January 29, 2006

  • (Courtesy of LawFuel - The Law News Network)
  • Santa Monica, CA (Sports Network) - Former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman and a major national law firm have been named as defendants in a $50 million lawsuit brought by a food marketing company for Fraud and Interference with Contract relating to a contract the company had with George Foreman Foods to market Foreman brand steaks nationwide.
  • Filed in the Santa Monica branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court by the law firm of Yuhl Rhames & Atkinson, LLP, the lawsuit seeks compensation for lost revenues as well as punitive and exemplary damages.

Tempur-Pedic Profits Rise: Good Quarter Not Enough to Meet Annual Expectations

Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.) | January 27, 2006

  • Jan. 27--Tempur-Pedic International reported higher earnings yesterday, but the Lexington company had mixed results in meeting the expectations of Wall Street analysts.
  • Tempur-Pedic said its sales increased 9 percent for the fourth quarter and 22 percent for the year 2005, compared with the same periods of 2004.
  • For 2005, Tempur-Pedic earned $99.3 million, or 97 cents a share, compared with $75 million, or 73 cents a share, for 2004.

Trudeau Alleges That Jordan Whitney's Unfair Business Practices

Backchannelmedia | January 30, 2006

  • CHICAGO, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- To correct the public record with respect to infomercial rankings, Kevin Trudeau, entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book, Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About, filed a lawsuit today to end what he alleges is Jordan Whitney's misrepresentations of infomercial broadcast rankings.
  • However, Trudeau alleges that Jordan Whitney has manipulated such projections by accepting false information from certain infomercial producers and thereby inflating their ranking status.
  • Trudeau alleges in the lawsuit that such false listings have skewed the public's and sales industry's perception of Trudeau's infomercial that promotes his book.

VIDEO PROFESSOR Launches 'Learn Wireless Networking' Tutorial

Backchannelmedia | January 30, 2006

  • LAKEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- "Look ma, no wires!"
  • Video Professor, the leader in computing self-tutorials recognizes the growth and also the need for a simple, easy to understand learning method to make your home wireless and make computing more efficient than ever before.
  • "Computing today involves more than just a computer," says Video Professor CEO and founder John Scherer.

Updated: Leading Dermatologist Dr. Patricia Wexler to Appear on QVC Introducing Her Advanced Technology Skin Care Line

Backchannelmedia | January 30, 2006

  • WEST CHESTER, Pa., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- An acclaimed dermatological surgeon, Dr. Patricia Wexler has treated some of the most famously beautiful faces.
  • Dr. Wexler is scheduled to make her QVC(R) debut with the Patricia Wexler M.D. Dermatology line on Monday, January 30, 2006 at 6 PM ET.
  • Believing that great skin shouldn't be a luxury, Dr. Wexler targets some of the most common skin care concerns with ground-breaking ingredients and Niacyl and MMPi skin technology that will change the face of skin care.

Delayed Broadcast

BusinessWest | December 26, 2005

  • A congressionally imposed deadline of Dec. 31, 2006 for full conversion from analog to digital television, or DTV, will not be met.
  • And as they say in this business, viewers should stay tuned for new developments.
  • For a technology that has been so pervasive and influential in society, television has undergone strikingly few changes in the past half-century.

Human Growth Hormone Supplements

Dynamic Chiropractic | January 15, 2006

  • Three years ago, a snowstorm forced me to spend an unexpected night in a small Montana town.
  • Scanning the three stations, I came upon a fellow making some health claims that really got my attention.
  • The defendants in this case -Great American Products (GAP) and Physicians Choice Incorporated (PCI) - manufactured and marketed the products Ultimate HGH, Super HGH, Master HGH and Super HGH Booster.

Comcast's on-Demand Service Ranges From Karaoke to Dating

The Baltimore Sun, Maryland | January 29, 2006

  • Jan. 29--A Philadelphia nightclub party was where 28-year-old Jessica Scott made her video-dating debut.
  • Then Scott set up a profile on Comcast's partner in the dating service, hurrydate.com.
  • On Thanksgiving, Americans ordered more than 100,000 songs from Comcast's karaoke on demand, a service that plays music while the lyrics are displayed on the TV screen so viewers can sing along.

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