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“There is no truth to the rumor,” Lucasfilm said in a statement issued Monday. “J.J. is having a great time working on the script and is looking forward to going into production.”
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via L.A. Times – Entertainment News http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hc-jj-abrams-not-dropping-out-of-star-wars-sl,0,266812.storylink?track=rss
Third Point hedge fund sold 40 million shares for more than twice what it paid for them about two years ago.
via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daniel-loebs-wild-yahoo-ride-590390
Dan Loeb’s profits on his two-year play on Yahoo! reached $1.2 billion yesterday — one of the largest scores in Wall Street history on trades of a single company’s shares.
The New York hedge fund mogul, whose Third Point fund started accumulating its 7 percent stake in the…
via NY Post: Business http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/dan_profit_UnvVTGOMTSBFNSmkUlE33I?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
DreamWorks Animation SKG fell 4.5 percent after an analyst predicted a writedown of as much as $50 million on the new movie “Turbo,†citing a disappointing opening at the box office.
DreamWorks Animation declined to $23.77 at the close. Shares of the film studio, which fell 6 percent…
via NY Post: Business http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/dreamworks_shares_hold_wake_as_turbo_uqyxBR618tYPgqIXrRR3FK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An eight-month construction standstill at a North Korean site meant to launch bigger and better long-range rockets may signal Pyongyang is slowing or even stopping development of larger rockets, according to a new analysis of recent satellite imagery….
via AP Top Headlines At 2:48 a.m. EDT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_NKOREA_ROCKET_WORK?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
One of the world’s richest men wants to save the program for the poor.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/tracphone-lifeline-phone-94594.html
Control of Congress could be decided next year by the fewest number of states in a decade or more.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/2014-elections-the-incredibly-shrunken-battlefield-94519.html
Even without getting into slippery-slope arguments about censorship, proposals to force porn viewers to register with their internet service providers fail miserably on a technical level.
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Chris Frates talks to lobbyists after the Gang of Eight told them to pony up more money for pressure on the House.
At the meeting, the senators gave out a list of about 120 House Republicans who they believe could vote for some kind of reform and told the lobbyists to target them over the August recess.
The influence class did not greet the suggestion kindly.
“To be hauled up to the Capitol to have a list shoved in my face—jeez, the thought never occurred to me that we should put a list together,†one attendee said sarcastically. “It’s of questionable benefit.â€
Dave Catanese polls Iowa and finds — surprise, surprise — a tyrannosauric Hillary Clinton lead.
Jennifer Jacobs has an evocative report from Ted Cruz’s visit to the state.
Cruz lectured for 30 minutes, his voice at times rising to a shout. He answered questions for another 20 minutes, then stood at the center of a circle as pastors laid their hands on him and the whole audience – a predominantly white group with about 20 black pastors – bowed heads to pray for him.
Ian Tuttle asks why the state dug so deep into the Trayvon Martin aftermath.
Steve Moore wonders why North Carolina liberals are so angry. He sort of gets it!
A New York Times team reports from Detroit on the rising anger over the threat of shrunken pensions. National politicians are already ruling out a “bailout,” but if the Pension Guaranty Benefit Corporation steps in at some point, wouldn’t that be a bailout?
John Carlisle finds city dwellers moving from despair to despair.
And Charlie LeDuff talks about the city.
via Weigel http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/07/22/opening_act_a_list_shoved_in_my_face.html
Already beloved by actors and athletes, Instagram is now honing its pitch to a new category of celebrity content creators: politicians.
Corporate parent Facebook is hiring a Washington, D.C.-based political outreach manager “to manage and execute relationships with governments, politicians and political influencers on how to best use Instagram.” Duties include overseeing an Instagram training program designed for governments and politicians and crafting best practices to distribute to them.
via Advertising Age – Homepage http://adage.com/article/digital/instagram-hire-d-c-manager-destination-political-content/243182/?utm_source=Digital&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AdvertisingAge/Digital