Michael Jackson Radio Airplay Skyrockets After Death
NEW YORK (Billboard) – Michael Jackson tunes blanketed the airwaves coast-to-coast immediately after his death on Thursday, and continued throughout the weekend. According to research provided by Nielsen BDS of monitored airplay from over 1,600 terrestrial and satellite radio stations, 143 of Jackson’s recordings totaled 67,383 plays for the week ending June 28, up 1,735% [...]
Bank of America Accused of Anti-Consumer Practices
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Consumer and labor groups demanded Bank of America Corp and other lenders reform their sales practices so that workers under pressure to meet sales quotas do not saddle customers with costly and unnecessary products. The whistleblowing campaign was announced Tuesday as the U.S. Treasury Department unveiled legislation to create a Consumer [...]
Mn. Court Rules Democrat Al Franken Won Senate Seat
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of a tight U.S. Senate race over Republican Norm Coleman, which should give Democrats the 60-seat majority they need to overcome procedural obstacles and push through their agenda. Coleman has said in published reports he is unlikely to appeal the [...]
Protesters To Assemble Outside Schwarzenegger’s Office
As California braces for massive defaults on its obligations to seniors, people with disabilities, students and small businesses, health care workers and community activists plan to gather in front of California Governor Schwarzenegger’s San Francisco office today to demand that he sign a compromise budget package passed in the state Assembly Sunday and the Senate [...]
