Amazon vs. Borders

Source: PaperCamp.com

Jeff Bezos, former vice-president of D.E. Shaw, founded Amazon.com in 1994. After reading an article that forecast an annual Web growth of 2,300 percent, Jeff Bezos decided to make Amazon.com’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Seattle, Washington was ...
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AG: State can't withhold home health workers' dues

Source: Detroit News Online

Lansing— Attorney General Bill Schuette is the latest person to weigh in on whether the state can collect union dues from home health care workers. The Republican official said in an opinion issued Friday the state h ...
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Higher fare denied for Algonac-Harsen's Island ferry

Source: Detroit News Online

The Michigan Public Service Commission has rejected a request by Champion Auto Ferry Inc. to raise most fares between Algonac and Harsen's Island by $1, saying it failed to submit requested financial documentation. A roundtrip ferry rid ...
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Hughes Properties takes ownership of former downtown Ann Arbor Borders

Source: Detroit News Online

Bingham Farms-based Hughes Properties said Thursday it has secured rights to the former Borders Group Inc. flagship store on East Liberty Street in Ann Arbor, though the property's future remains unclear. "We are cu ...
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Morning Media Newsfeed 05.22.12

Source: mediabistro.com

ABC To Debut Good Afternoon America July 9 (TVSpy) ABC Monday made official what was reported several weeks ago: The new extension of Good Morning America will debut on July 9 and run for nine weeks on most ABC stations. TVNewser Josh Elliott a ...
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Houghton Mifflin files for bankruptcy

Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

BOSTON Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., the publisher of authors from Mark Twain to J.R.R. Tolkien, sought bankruptcy protection to eliminate more than $3 billion in debt. The company, based in Boston, listed $2.68 bill ...
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Houghton Mifflin files for bankruptcy

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Paul J. Richards / AFP/Getty Images Delta and other airlines count on filling their planes at the highest possible fares during the peak summer travel season between June and August. PUBLISHING Houghton Mifflin f ...
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Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Files For Bankruptcy To Restructure Debt

Source: International Business Times

Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday to restructure $3.1 billion in debt and reduce annual interest costs by around $250 million. Under a May 11 agreement with more than 70 percent of its ...
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Buy Nokia, Prepare RIM’s Grave: Pro

Source: CNBC

Somebody out there probably still holds shares of Nortel Networks. It’s really nothing to be ashamed of. I logged into an account I had been ignoring to find 29 shares next to the following listing: BORDERS GROUP MICHIGAN INC NO STOCKH ...
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