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December 14, 2007
Don't Bogart that story, Hillary.
Politics of Bong Hits, Part II...
MSNBC: "The Audacity of Dope". Boston Globe: Shaheen resigns. Good. NYT: Ex-Howard Dean wonk and Edwards top aide Joe Trippi catches HRC chief Mark Penn in a complicating televised act of utter classlessness. Bad--but good for Trippi. Now WAC? may want its HRC DC summit money back. And we'll gladly give back all the business cards and ashtrays we horded.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Getting nastier: Guild files NLRB complaint against studios.
LOS ANGELES (AP)- Union officials representing striking Hollywood writers said Thursday they have filed an unfair labor practices complaint claiming studios violated federal law by breaking off negotiations [on Dec. 7].
The Writers Guild of America demanded in a statement that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers return to the bargaining so the six-week strike can be ended and thousands of workers idled by the walkout can return to their jobs.
The studios quickly responded: the "baseless, desperate NLRB complaint is just the latest indication that the WGA’s negotiating strategy has achieved nothing for working writers.” [more]
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Jim Hassett: Selling legal services is different.
The week's post from his Legal Business Development is here.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 08:00 PM | Comments (0)
"Is Bangalore another Silicon Valley in the making?"
Maybe. But there's more than just hype here. See at London-based The Economist "Indian Start-Ups: Entrepreneurial Push". Excerpt: "The demand in India is not so much for new technologies as for new ways to make technology affordable to the masses." Warning: You should factor in the usual dose of British condescension where India is concerned.
Posted by JD Hull at 02:43 PM | Comments (0)