Charleston Daily Mail | June 12, 2006
- HENDERSON, Nev. - Just outside Las Vegas, where the car lots blur into a kaleidoscope of colors, Towbin Dodge is closing for the night.
- The king of the joint is Chop, and his salesmen are fussing over their wigs and costumes.
- The staffers, transformed into a blue genie, a Sumo wrestler and a ladybug, mill about as Chop leans in close to the camera, shakes his fingers, almost pokes his head into it.
MARKET WIRE | June 13, 2006
- Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this morning are: Winning Brands Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WNBD), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) and Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK).
- Yesterday after the stock markets closed, the company issued a press release announcing that an opening order has been placed by QVC (www.qvc.com) for the Winning Colours Multi-Cleaner brand to debut on QVC's home shopping television channel this summer.
- Wall Street News Alert is continuing to place Aggressive Investors on alert to monitor the progress of Winning Brands Corp!
Sunday Star - Times; Wellington, New Zealand | June 11, 2006
- She's paying her creditors and Suzanne Paul's natural glow is back, writes
- WE'RE SITTING in a luxury hotel, not a stone's throw from Suzanne Paul's Waterloo.
- It's nearly two years since her "Kapa Haka meets Las Vegas cabaret" venture went belly-up and just over a year since she was declared bankrupt.
Business Wire | June 12, 2006
- Jingle Network's Ad-Supported Directory Assistance Service Now Reaches More Than Three Million Consumers, Ten Million Times a Month
- Jingle Networks, Inc., operator of the 1-800-FREE411 directory assistance service, today announced that conversion rates for direct response advertising campaigns running on its media channel regularly exceed that of other media, such as television, radio, billboard and Internet.
- The new ad-sponsored directory assistance model pioneered by Jingle Networks has created a channel that matches consumers and advertisers at the best possible moment."
Business Wire | June 13, 2006
- CirTran Corporation (OTCBB:CIRT), a full-service contract manufacturer of IT, consumer and consumer electronics products, announced today that it has closed and received court approval of a transaction with Advanced Beauty Solutions, LLC (ABS) of Los Angeles, to purchase certain of ABS's assets for a total of $2,310,000.
- In exchange for the assets it acquired, CirTran will pay ABS $1,125,000 in cash at closing, and will reduce its approved claim in the bankruptcy against ABS by $750,000.
- In addition, CirTran will pay the balance of the $2.3 million -- $435,000 in all -- to ABS as a guaranteed royalty over two years, based on royalty of $3 per True Ceramic Pro flat iron sold by CirTran.
Chicago Tribune | June 14, 2006
- Jun. 14--Synergy once was among the trendiest of buzzwords as media conglomerates justified pricey additions to their portfolios in the name of strategy.
- To which News Corp., corporate parent of 20th Century Fox, Fox TV, MySpace.com and a bunch of other global media assets, says, "D'oh!"
- "I for one don't get it, this notion that these things don't work together," Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer of News Corp., told analysts in California on Tuesday at the Deutsche Bank Media & Telecommunications Conference.
Business Wire | June 09, 2006
- Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter:
- The retail florist industry includes about 22,000 retail flower shops with combined annual revenues of $7 billion.
- While there are no national florist chains, independent florists are usually linked into national wire services providers FTD and Telaflora.
Business Wire | June 13, 2006
- EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and NBC Universal Cable today announced the launch of Sleuth on DISH Network(TM).
- "Sleuth is a unique channel and fits a niche demographic of consumers who enjoy the mystery and crime genres," said Eric Sahl, senior vice president of Programming for DISH Network.
- "Sleuth is now available to more than 22 million subscribers, thanks to the support of our partners, like EchoStar," said David Zaslav, president, NBC Universal Cable and Domestic TV and New Media Distribution.
Greensboro News Record | June 13, 2006
- When it comes to cable, Jean Crow is what you might call a high roller.
- The 68-year-old Greensboro retiree pays Time Warner Cable about $180 a month so she can surf the Web, make calls on a digital phone and watch baseball, crime shows and films.
- Phone companies including BellSouth are aiming to offer video service, claiming they can lower costs through competing for cable customers like Crow.
Business Wire | June 14, 2006
- LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL) today announced that Gary R. Chapman, LIN TV's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will retire effective July 10, 2006 and will concurrently resign as a director of the Company.
- The Company will execute a search for a new CEO.
- Gary was Chairman of the Board of The Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) from 2000-2005.