BRIEFCASE BRONFMAN, LIBERTY MAKE VIVENDI BIDS.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Even though Vivendi Universal itself was not taking the deadline seriously, two bidders submitted offers Monday for the company's American entertainment assets, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a person close to the process. The bids were turned in by an investor group led by Edgar Bronfman Two persons are named Edgar Bronfman (father and son). They are the son and grandson of Seagram founder Samuel Bronfman:
Also evidently still interested in Vivendi's entertainment assets is General Electric's NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , although NBC did not submit a formal offer Monday. Universal Studios tickets now online UNIVERSAL CITY - Universal Studios Hollywood on Monday introduced a new print-at-home ticketing option that visitors can access online. Theme park executives said the goal of online ticketing is to speed guests through the turnstiles. The tickets can be purchased at www.universalstudioshollywood.com. Paintball paintball Sports medicine A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph Warning: On TV? It could happen BURBANK - The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Ironmen's clashes with the Oakland Assassins could soon be bound for television. Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an Emmy Award-winning American television, radio personality, game show host and businessman, he served as Productions Inc. announced Monday that it has acquired the broadcast rights to the National Paintball League. The entertainment firm hopes to tap into what it believes is a 15 million member worldwide paintball community and also optioned a celebrity paintball reality show. The league deal gives DCPI DCPI Digital Continuous Profiling Infrastructure (now Compaq Continuous Profiling Infrastructure) DCPI Deputy Commissioner, Public Information (NYPD) DCPI Drum Corps Planet International access to matches between eight professional paintball teams This is a list of notable professional paintball teams. A professional paintball team is one that plays paintball with the financial, equipment or other kind of support of one or more sponsors, often in return for advertising rights. . T-bill rates rise in Monday auction WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels in more than two months. The Treasury Department auctioned $16 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.945 percent. Another $16 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate of 1.035 percent. The three-month rate was up from 0.940 percent last week and was the highest since three-month bills averaged 1.005 percent on June 9. The six-month rate was up from 1.030 percent last week and was the highest since 1.095 percent on June 2. In a separate report, the Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, the most popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, rose to 1.29 percent last week from 1.26 percent the previous week. RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. lays off suits for minor cases WASHINGTON - The Recording Industry Association of America says it will not go after small violators when it sues people who illegally share songs on the Internet. The assurance came in a written response to questions by Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman See Norman Jay Coleman for the former secretary of Agriculture.  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election. , chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Coleman plans to hold hearings on the RIAA's campaign, which he has labeled ``excessive.'' The RIAA said that while it has not yet filed lawsuits in its current campaign, ``we assure you that we will approach these suits in a fair and equitable manner.'' GM, Chrysler back post-blackout DETROIT - General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group resumed operations Monday at all their U.S. factories affected by the blackout, while Ford Motor Co. restarted all but one of its plants. The automakers also reopened some of their plants in Ontario, but production at those locations remained limited because the province's power system remained several days away from returning to full strength following Thursday's blackout. Detroit's Big Three automakers all expressed confidence that their companies will make up most of the lost production, but said it was too soon to estimate blackout-related costs. |
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