Time Warner expects $25B charge, loss for year ...AP via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 04:37 PMMedia company Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that it expects a fourth-quarter charge of $25 billion to write down the value of its cable, publishing and AOL assets, leading to a loss for the year.
Time Warner sees $25 billion fourth-quarter charge ...Reuters via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 01:42 PMTime Warner Inc expects a fourth quarter loss due to a $25 billion charge, largely related to the depressed value of its cable assets, and said advertising at its AOL and publishing units were weaker than expected.
Time Warner to Post Loss, Partly Blames AOL ...PC World via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 01:30 PMTime Warner has revised its financial forecast and now expects to close the 2008 fiscal year with a net loss, due to a forthcoming multi-billion dollar asset write-down partly involving its struggling AOL Internet unit.
More 'Screen Time' Linked to Poor Fitness in Girls ...HealthDay via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 12:38 PMWEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Teenage girls who spend more than two hours of "screen time" a day watching TV, surfing the Web or text-messaging are less likely to be physically fit, a new Australian study finds.
Show jumping champion is No. 1 for first time ...Sports Illustrated: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 11:40 AMLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Olympic show jumping champion Eric Lamaze has risen to the top of the world rankings for the first time at the age of 40.
Time Warner to take 25 billion-dollar writedown ...AFP via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 10:42 AMUS media-entertainment giant Time Warner said Wednesday it would take a writedown of 25 billion dollars to reflect declining values of its AOL Internet unit along with cable and publishing operations.
Time Warner expects $25B charge, 4Q operating loss ...AP via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 10:08 AMMedia company Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that it expects to record a fourth-quarter $25 billion impairment charge for its cable, publishing and AOL units that will lead to an operating loss for the period.
Update1) ...German Jobless Rises For First Time in Three Years Bloomberg: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 06:04 AMJan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- German unemployment rose for the first time in almost three years in December as the labor market caught up with an economy that shrank during most of 2008.
This time, Iraqis hear and see candidates ...International Herald Tribune: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 09:14 PMIraq's upcoming elections are the first in which the government has deemed it safe enough for ballots to show candidates' names and the first time many candidates have felt safe enough to campaign publicly.
Update3) ...Time Warner Cable Reaches Deal to Carry CBS, Showtime Bloomberg: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 04:26 PMJan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Time Warner Cable Inc., the second- biggest U.S. cable company, signed a new five-year agreement to carry CBS Corp.?s flagship television network and Showtime premium channel through 2013.
Many in U.S. military don't get time to vote: study ...Reuters via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 01:02 PMMany U.S. troops serving overseas are effectively excluded from voting because they are not given enough time to cast absentee ballots, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Time Warner and CBS Avert Programming Dispute ...New York Times: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 11:42 AMTime Warner Cable extended a deal to carry CBS television stations, CBS said on Tuesday, avoiding what could have been another heated industry dispute.
Update1) ...Porsche Says Buying 75% of Volkswagen to Take Time Bloomberg: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 10:15 AMJan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Porsche SE , the maker of the 911 sports car, said reaching a target 75 percent stake in Volkswagen AG this year will take time as it sticks to a pledge to keep enough stock on the market for other investors to trade.
Young adults need to make more time for healthy meals ...EurekAlert!: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 10:12 AMIn a study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers observed that while young adults enjoy and value time spent eating with others, 35 percent of males and 42 percent of females reported lacking time to sit down and eat a meal. They further noted that "eating on the run" was related to higher consumption of unhealthy items like fast ...