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| THURSDAY • AUGUST 13, 2009 |
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 RETAIL SALES DIP UNEXPECTEDLY, JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE: Retail sales disappointed in July and the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week. The latest government reports reinforced concerns about how quickly consumers will be able to contribute to a broad economic recovery. Retail sales outside of autos turned in a disappointing performance in July, underscoring concerns about the timing and durability of a recovery from the worst recession since World War II.
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WORLD POPULATION PROJECTED TO REACH 7 BILLION IN 2011: The world’s population is forecast to hit 7 billion in 2011, the vast majority of its growth coming in developing and, in many cases, the poorest nations, a report released Wednesday said. A staggering 97 percent of global growth over the next 40 years will happen in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the Population Reference Bureau’s 2009 World Population Data Sheet.
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FEDERAL DEFICIT HIGHER IN JULY, $1.27T THIS YEAR: The federal deficit climbed higher into record territory in July, hitting $1.27 trillion with two months remaining in the budget year. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the July deficit totaled $180.7 billion, slightly more than the $177.5 billion economists had expected.
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 AIRLINES TO REQUIRE MORE PASSENGER DATA: Airlines this week will begin requiring some people making reservations for domestic flights to submit their dates of birth and genders as part of a screening process aimed at keeping boarding passes out of the hands of suspected terrorists, the Transportation Security Administration said. The agency said the screening would all play out behind the scenes, meaning there should be no additional delays for passengers at airport terminals. The change will be phased in starting Saturday. Not all airlines are fully participating yet and might not request the data.
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LBN-MEDIA INSIDER: ***Bloomberg TV auditioned stand-up comics in LA for the job of hosting a new show, “None of Your Business,” a humorous look at the financial world, a la Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. ***Reed Business Information veteran Tad Smith has been named president of Cablevision’s newly-created local media group. Smith had been CEO of the U.S. division of RBI, which owns Variety and Publishers Weekly, among several other trade publications.
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LBN-NOTICED: ***Business book author Mark Deo and his wife having a drink yesterday at The Avalon Hotel on Olympic Drive in Beverly Hills. ***Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen had an awesome double date the other night. Mary-Kate and her artist boyfriend, Nate Lowman, were spotted at Strip House in NYC with Ashley and her man, Justin Bartha. They were celebrating Bartha’s birthday and ended the night at the Jane Hotel, where “Mary-Kate and Nate were making out and tickling each other like 5-year-olds,” said our spy. The source said the couples ended the night on the hotel’s private balcony “chain-smoking cigarettes until after 4 a.m.” ***Paul Shaffer dining at Nello in NYC after being interviewed by Vanity Fair’s George Wayne about his new book, “We’ll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives,” and bumping into Queen Latifah, Jay-Z and Beyonc. ***Blake Lively filming a sidewalk scene for “Gossip Girl” outside of Dorrian’s on Second Avenue at 84th in NYC. ***Chris Meloni and Richard Belzer dining late at Brasserie Cognac in NYC and posing for pictures with fans as they left at 1:30 a.m. ***Daniel Craig sporting new facial hair at ‘21′ in NYC at dinner with Hugh Jackman and Barbara Broccoli. ***Jon Hamm leaving Primary Stages on East 59th Street in NYC, holding hands with real-life leading lady Jennifer Westfeldt after her performance in “A Lifetime Burning.” ***Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie kept the party going after the L.A. premiere of Inglourious Basterds with a bash at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood. Jolie chatted up two of her female pals and actor Eli Roth, while Pitt had some business-related conversations with his manager. Nearby, his costar Diane Kruger had a dapper date in beau Joshua Jackson. ***Janet Jackson grabbed cocktails with five girlfriends at Katsuya Brentwood. *** Jennifer Garner was seen hiking with her former Alias costar Victor Garber near his Pacific Palisades, home. After their exercise, the two met up with Garner’s 3-year-old daughter Violet for lunch at Toscana in Brentwood. *** Chace Crawford was spotted tucking into some steak plus a side of mac and cheese at STK in Los Angeles. The Gossip guy sported a black polo shirt and jeans and enjoyed a bottle of Pinot Grigio with his meal. ***BE AN LBN CORRESPONDENT Send your celebrity sightings to LBNElert@TimeWire.net.
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 LBN-SEE IT:….An Australian model gets fitted for an Islamic swimsuit in Sydney in 2007. A Paris swimming pool has refused entry to a young Muslim woman wearing a “burqini,” a swimsuit that covers most of the body, officials said….
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 WILLIAM JAMES SIDIS: CHILD PRODIGY: Sidis was an American child prodigy who could read The New York Times by the time he was 18 months old. By age eight, he had taught himself eight languages and had invented one of his own. It is said that in his adult years he could speak more than 40 languages and learn a new one in a single day. In 1909, he became the youngest person ever to enroll at Harvard College and began lecturing on higher mathematics the following year.
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LBN-BOOK NEWS: ***Actress, TV host, and author of RINNAVATION: Getting Your Best Life Ever, Lisa Rinna’s untitled roman-a-clef, a gossipy trip through Tinseltown, pitched as “The Starter Wife meets Jackie Collins or LA Candy all grown up,” sold again to Jennifer Bergstrom at Simon Spotlight Entertainment, with Emily Westlake editing, for publication in 2010, by Dan Strone at Trident Media Group (NA). ***New-media guru, founder of MarketWatch, and advisor/board member to ten major media and other companies, Larry Kramer’s TALESPIN, on the current revolution in communication, the four factors that govern it, and how businesses can survive and thrive amid the changes, sold to Ben Loehnen at Harper Business, for publication in 2010, by Fredrica Friedman of Fredrica S. Friedman and Company. ***Jeff Jarvis’s BETA, arguing that the perfect business is imperfect, sold again to Ben Loehnen for Harper Business, by Kate Lee at ICM (world). ***Former governor of Massachusetts and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s NO APOLOGY: The Case for American Greatness, presenting his views on how to create a strong economy, military and families, sold to Sally Richardson at St. Martin’s, by Peter Matson at Sterling Lord Literistic. ***Syndicated radio host and TV personality Adam Carolla’s THIS YEAR IN RAGE, a collection of funny, insightful, and outrageous anecdotes, philosophies, and rants by America’s foremost complainer, spanning sports (steroids in baseball, etc.), the economy, bloggers, dining out, religion, politics, movies, social networking sites, dating, flying/homeland security, and sex, sold to Suzanne O’Neill at Crown, for publication in Fall 2010, by Dan Strone at Trident Media Group and manager, James Dixon of Dixon Talent (NA). ***Founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure (named for her sister), the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, and former US ambassador to Hungary Nancy Brinker’s story of two sisters, Nancy and Suzy, their loving bond from childhood through adulthood, the cancer that took one sister’s life and threatened the other’s, and the passionate promise made that has gone on to transform, and save, the lives of million of women and to raise billions of dollars for cancer research and community outreach, sold to Diane Salvatore at Broadway, for publication in October 2010, by Dorian Karchmar at William Morris Endeavor (world English).
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LBN-BUSINESS INSIDER: ***JetBlue Airways will offer an “all-you-can-jet” pass for $599 in which passengers can book an unlimited amount of flights within a one-month span, the airline said Wednesday. Pass holders can fly to any of JetBlue’s (JBLU) 56 destinations between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8, with no seat limitations or blackout dates, the company said in a release. ***The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the escalating foreclosure crisis continued to outpace government efforts to limit the damage.
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SEX LAGS BEHIND BATHROOM VISITS IN POPULARITY: DUTCH SURVEY: Sex might be fun, but the Dutch don’t find it as fun as a pleasant trip to the bathroom, if survey results reported Thursday by the ANP news agency are to be believed. According to the poll of 1,000 adults, 88 per cent listed a visit to the bathroom as something “they enjoy the most,” making it the most popular activity chosen, reported ANP. Only 21 per cent did the same for sex.
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LBN-HEALTH WATCH: **Massachusetts health authorities took the unprecedented step yesterday of deputizing dentists, paramedics, and pharmacists to help administer vaccines against both the seasonal flu and the novel swine strain expected to make a return visit in the fall. In another emergency measure, regulators directed hospitals and clinics to provide vaccine to all their workers and some volunteers, a move designed to keep the medical workforce robust and prevent doctors and nurses from making their patients sick.
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LBN-HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: ***The U.S. Postal Service has just entered “The Twilight Zone.” The classic show appears on one of 20 stamps released this week, featuring 1950s hit television shows. The first-class stamps include images of “Dragnet,” “The Ed Sullivan Show,” “The Honeymooners,” “I Love Lucy,” “Lassie,” “The Lone Ranger,” “Ozzie and Harriet” and “Perry Mason.” ***The TV Academy and CBS abandoned plans to time-shift several key awards, throwing in the towel on the controversial attempt to shake up the Emmy broadcast.
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 CHENEY MEMOIR: FORMER VP UNCLOAKS HIS FRUSTRATION WITH BUSH: Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes his old boss, President George W. Bush, gradually turned away from his advice during their second term in the White House, showing a surprising independence as he started taking more flexible positions on a range of issues, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Cheney, often described as the most influential vice president in U.S. history, has been discussing his years in office in informal talks with authors, diplomats, policy experts and past colleagues, the Post said, as he works on a memoir due out in 2011 from Simon & Schuster’s Threshold Editions.
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LBN-SPORTS INSIDER: ***A third man was taken into custody Wednesday night in connection with the shooting death of ex-boxing champion Vernon Forrest. U.S. Marshals picked up Charman Sinkfield about 9 p.m. driving a black sedan on Interstate 20, wearing a wig that gave the appearance of dreadlocks, said James Ergas of the service’s fugitive task force.
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 LBN-COMMENTARY By DAVE MARSH (Music critic): The real legacy of Woodstock Nation is felt in the battles to create an American health care system, to end our wars and to save the lives devastated by the finance industry swindles.
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 LBN-A DIFFERENT VIEW:….Claire Danes………
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 LBN-HISTORICAL COMMENTARY By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. (1599)
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LBN-DID YOU KNOW: ***Apple cider vinegar is more effective than ice when dealing with wounds. This vinegar can reduce swelling, inflammation and bruising in 1/3 the time that ice will take. ***Under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini, political dissidents were force-fed castor oil. ***The Hubble Telescope has provided evidence that there are over 175 billion galaxies in the observable universe. ***Certain millipedes secret cyanide as a defense mechanism. ***There are more insects in one square mile of rural land there are humans in the entire world.
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LBN-QUOTE: How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it. - Barbara Pym.
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LBN-HISTORY: On Aug. 13, 1961, Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the city’s eastern and western sectors in order to halt the flight of refugees.
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