Tag: general electric
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#MorningMonarchy: July 24, 2018
Stifling competition, secretly livestreaming and hijacking SIMs + this day in history w/the kitchen debate and our song of the day by Stickybuds on your Morning Monarchy for July 24, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 15, 2016
Dusty records, news movies and comic shows + this day in history w/Black Dahlia and our song of the day by She-Devils on your Morning Monarchy for January 15, 2016.
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3/31 newspurge: are you ready?
9/11 update: terror intel lacking 10yrs after 9/11, chairmen say* bin laden sets alarm bells ringing* city interrupts wake to take back corpse of 9/11 first responder* video: new building 7 ad is here* econocrash: general electric paid no federal taxes in 2010* ge doesn’t pay taxes; why should you?* groups call for ge’s immelt…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Egypt Protests, NBC/Comcast, Big Brother Corporation
Story #1: Egypt Protests Told Through Social Media // Story #2: How the Comcast/NBC Universal Merger Affects You // Story #3: How BBC Bosses Ordered Presenter to Downplay Queen Mother’s Death
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‘take this job & shove it’ meme – brought to you by corporate media
slater emerges from jail, basks in new status as celebrity from washington post: Steve Slater, you may have had enough of your job, but people can’t get enough of you. Disgruntled workers of the world have united behind you. Flight attendants walk a little taller thanks to you. And now, musicians are playing tribute to…
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comcast to buy control of nbc universal in $30b transaction
from latimes: In a momentous shift in the balance of power of the entertainment industry, cable television giant Comcast Corp. on Thursday made it official by announcing that it was buying control of NBC Universal from General Electric Co. The proposed $30-billion transaction is the culmination of the longtime ambition by Comcast’s chief executive, Brian…
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jenna bush hired as ‘today’ reporter for general electric
from washington post: NBC’s “Today” show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent – former first daughter Jenna Hager. The daughter of former President George W. Bush will contribute stories about once a month on issues like education to television’s top-rated morning news show, said Jim Bell, its executive producer. Hager,…
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8/6 newspurge: mystery, media, mayhem & more
history/mystery: gulf war 1 pilot’s remains found in iraq desert*former philippine president corazon aquino dies at age 76*georgia guidestones: a sign of the coming new world order* media/memes: dan rather calls for white house to save journalism from financial hardship*hollywood destroys the world: new wave of disaster films isn’t about staving off the apocalypse*the deep…
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strategy being devised to protect use of bpa
from washington post: Manufacturers of cans for beverages and foods and some of their biggest customers, including Coca-Cola, are trying to devise a public relations and lobbying strategy to block government bans of a controversial chemical used in the linings of metal cans and lids. from wikipedia: Global production of bisphenol A in 2003 was…
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does the united states make anything anymore?
from ap: It may seem like the country that used to make everything is on the brink of making nothing. In January, 207,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs vanished in the largest one-month drop since October 1982. Factory activity is hovering at a 28-year low. Even before the recession, plants were hemorrhaging work to foreign competitors with…
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banksters team up to buy weather channel
from dealbook: An investor group led by NBC Universal and two private equity firms clinched a deal for the Weather Channel on Sunday, after three weeks of negotiations over the sale of the weather news giant. Though the parties did not disclose the price, the buyers – NBC and the private equity firms Bain Capital…