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The student protests of the 32% fee increases approved by the University of California Board of Regents this week are notable for many reasons, not least because they are one of the few mass responses to widespread applicatio (Read More)
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THE ANSWER was nowhere to be found at the Wachovia Center, and the 76ers couldn't find an answer for Memphis forward Rudy Gay. (Read More)
Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha:
Ockham Research submits: Bloomberg opinion columnist Jonathan Weil has a talent for navigating balance sheets of often complex financial firms. In his latest piece, he writes about Wells Fargo (WFC), the bank who rejected th (Read More)
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When Larry Brown said Allen Iverson could come off the bench "if he thought the guys ahead of him were better," a silence filled the Wachovia Center hallway. (Read More)
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The 76ers nearly tossed away Elton Brand's comeback performance.After leading since the first quarter, the Sixers fell behind late and then snatched back the lead with 3.9 seconds left, defeating the Charlotte Bobcats, 86-84, (Read More)
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The We Give Thanks foundation has given out free Thanksgiving meals to families for over two decades. The Orange County, CA-based nonprofit has teamed up with the Anaheim Ducks and Honda Center to open the venue to 20,000 of (Read More)
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1. Sign Allen Iverson. Listen, he is past his prime and somewhat selfish, but the Sixers attendance is extremely low, and that is something Iverson can help with. Iverson will put people in the stands. Most intelligent Sixers (Read More)
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There are likely to be some Allen Iverson jerseys in the Wachovia Center stands Friday night when the Memphis Grizzlies visit the 76ers. (Read More)
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LAST NIGHT, the Flyers honored the original Broad Street Bully.
More than 33 years after playing his final game in a Flyers uniform, Dave "The Hammer" Schultz' name was lifted to the Wachovia Center rafters as the 20th induct (Read More)
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The New Jersey Devils came to the Wachovia Center last night with an eight-game winning streak and a chance to make NHL history with their 10th consecutive road victory to start the season. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — Officials managing the multibillion dollar bailout of insurance giant American International Group Inc. bungled the first rescue and may have overpaid other banks to wind down AIG's business relationships, a gove (Read More)
New York Times:
H. Rodgin Cohen, who played one of the biggest civilian roles in the financial bailout, and earned millions, drives a Subaru and knows his Hitchcock trivia. (Read More)
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Eric Maynor and Jrue Holiday had been here before.
Right here, in the Wachovia Center, in the NCAA Tournament.
Virginia Commonwealth vs. UCLA. (Read More)
Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha:
Stuyvesant Town in NYC looks like a default about to happen. This was a $5.4 billion mega RE deal from November of 2006. There is a $3 billion 1st mortgage. I think that Fannie (FNM) and Freddie (FRE) own close to half of tha (Read More)
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Villanova's fifth-ranked basketball team will open its season Friday night at the Pavilion against Fairleigh Dickinson.Forward-center Mouphtaou Yarou, a 6-10 freshman who started and had eight points and six rebounds in 26 mi (Read More)
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The Flyers' injury list grew last night.
So did their winning streak.
Winger Mika Pyorala scored the decisive goal in a shoot-out as the Flyers outlasted the St. Louis Blues, 2-1, in a physical game in front of a sellout crow (Read More)
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Some people leaving the Wachovia Center last night were impressed that Villanova scored 110 points in its exhibition game against Kutztown. Jay Wright was not one of them. (Read More)
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Senior Scottie Reynolds scored 27 points in 29 minutes as fifth-ranked Villanova eased to a 110-84 exhibition victory over Kutztown last night at the Wachovia Center. (Read More)
Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha:
Michael Steinberg submits:The Wall Street Journal’s “Wells Fargo Takes Chance With a Loan Exchange”, subtitled “Option ARMs Are Shifted to Interest-Only in a Recovery Bet”, suggests that the bank is playing “kick-the-can down (Read More)
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Villanova's basketball team will unofficially begin its season tonight at the Wachovia Center with a 7 o'clock scrimmage against Kutztown, which is ranked as high as 16th in several preseason Division II polls. (Read More)