'Idol' runner-up doesn't pay like it used to

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal

LOS ANGELES — Coming in second on American Idol may still be a path to superstardom, but it no longer offers guaranteed paychecks worthy of the next pop idol or rock star. Last weeks runner-up, 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez, doesnt have a definite ...
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Will the Copyright Law Help the Starving Artist?

Source: Wall Street Journal

Manjunath Kiran/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By law, producers are no longer allowed to keep all the royalties to songs, lyrics or other works of arts. Now, these rights will have to be shared with the artist who created them. “I remember when Ustad ...
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Extractive institutions and prosperity in Nepal

Source: Chandan Sapkota

In 1820, Nepal’s GDP per capita (1990 PPP US$) was US$397, which was US$312 higher than Singapore’s and US$121 lower than Australia’s. By 1913, a Singaporean and an Australian were 2.37 times and 14.93 times richer than a Nepali was. Furthermore, ...
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Source: Gossips and Soaps

Vanessa Hudgens is seen here looking very beautiful at the Amber Lounge Fashion Show in Monica, where she went very simple in a white dress. Vanessa Hudgens was sued by Johnny Vieira, who claims he was owed a share of Hudgens’ advanc ...
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Source: Street Insider

Product to be launched as Absorica" MISSISSAUGA, ON, May 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX: DND; OTC: CPHMF.PK) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Absorica", Cipher's novel, patented br ...
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Activision: IW Received $493 Million In Bonuses Since 2003

Source: psxextreme.com

Activision is facing a $1 billion lawsuit brought against them by former Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella, who claim they're owed a ton of money in currently unpaid bonuses and royalties. ...
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NEITI’s Audits Prompted Current Oil Industry Probes — Ahmed

Source: Leadership

Following the alarming level of corruption in the oil and gas sector, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, in this interview with JULIET ALOHAN, says there is need for indicted p ...
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Income Tax

Source: Term Paper Warehouse

Final Danielle Smith ACC401: Federal Income Taxes I Cynthia Ripa February 13, 2012 Final April is a time of the year that every tax paying citizen of the United States has to file their annual income tax. I will be using an exampl ...
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Japan’s Tsunami, Quake Spurs Manga Novel for Forgotten Victims

Source: Bloomberg.com

Japanese evacuees from the towns inside the nuclear exclusion zone with Shinto priests during a memorial ceremony in the abandoned and irradiated town of Namie in Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Feb. 19, 2 ...
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