Eric Risberg/AP
A file photo of the 2007 DHL All-Star Fan
Fest in San Francisco, California.
A file photo of the 2007 DHL All-Star Fan
Fest in San Francisco, California.
DHL Could Be Newest Company to End Its Sports Sponsorships
November 19, 2008 02:56 PM
by
Josh Katz
Struggling DHL might pull out of MLB sponsorships; other companies have also been wary of their sports obligations thanks to the floundering economy.
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November 19, 2008 12:01 PMGoogle’s $125 million settlement with book publishers and authors is now a step closer to finalization thanks to a preliminary approval yesterday by a judge.
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November 19, 2008 11:00 AMExpanding on its subscription-based financial news and data, Bloomberg News is prospering at a time when many major newspapers are making cuts.
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November 19, 2008 07:59 AMAmish farmers are suing for being forced to use radio frequency identification (RFID) on cows, which violates scriptural warnings.


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November 18, 2008 04:13 PMIrate e-mails from Hewlett-Packard executives over Microsoft’s Windows Vista are just one aspect of a class-action suit against alleged Microsoft deception.
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November 18, 2008 01:53 PMStruggling amid the economic crisis, the power industry says energy will become more expensive in the future.
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November 18, 2008 12:57 PMSluggish sales at Sotheby’s contemporary art auction indicate that the financial crisis has finally hit the art market.


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November 18, 2008 11:59 AMA Harvard Law School professor is fighting the RIAA suits against music downloaders, stating that the copyright law the organization invokes is unconstitutional.
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November 18, 2008 11:34 AMIceland has agreed to cover a portion of British accounts lost in the collapse of Icesave, an online bank.
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November 18, 2008 10:59 AMThree months after a private-equity firm bought the bankrupt discount apparel retailer, the chain again may go out of business just before the holiday shopping season.


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November 17, 2008 05:40 PMGoldman Sachs made a statement Sunday when it announced that its top executives will not earn bonuses this year. Is Wall Street’s lavish compensation party over?
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November 17, 2008 02:58 PMAfter a spate of consumer product scares originated in China, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to set up three offices there.
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November 17, 2008 01:27 PMThe SEC charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on Monday with insider trading for shares of Mamma.com stock he sold in 2004.


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November 17, 2008 10:51 AMState and local governments are the latest to look for federal financial help, though critics blame some problems on lavish spending rather than the economy.
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November 17, 2008 08:56 AMA congresswoman and senator have plans to re-introduce legislation next session to require restuarants nationwide to include calorie counts on menus.
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November 14, 2008 02:14 PMLG, Sharp and Chunghwa have pleaded guilty to setting flat-screen TV prices artificially high—yet another development that may mean cheap electronics this holiday season.




