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    Mudblood
    Mar 11 05:55 PM
    World Wrestling Entertainment’s Mixed Martial Arts Potential [view article]
    Roggg's comments (above) are valid, but not relevant. The history of how MMA WAS promoted is of no importance. The fact is, the current product has taken obvious efforts to distance itself from pro wrestling. The author makes some good points, but the fact still remains that if a company that made it's name presenting worked fights were to get involved in the legitimate sports world, that stigma would be nearly impossible to shake. All the marketing savvy and financial backing in the world can't compensate for a jaded and cynical audience. Reply
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    Roggg
    Mar 11 02:21 PM
    World Wrestling Entertainment’s Mixed Martial Arts Potential [view article]
    Early modern MMA was very closely intertwined with professional wrestling. The UFC organization was started as a marketing tool for Gracie Jujitsu, not as a "legitimate" sports league.

    There are plenty of confirmed "works" and "worked shoots" (fake fights) in MMA history and the sport has been successfully promoted in a manner very, very similar to pro-wrestling. (See the history of Pancrase) It isn't so different from wrestling that WWE couldn't get a handle on it.

    (Not to say that they will do it right if they do try - WWF did a toughman competition in the 90s and it was a disaster)     Reply
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    Emma
    Mar 11 10:36 AM
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    World Wrestling Entertainment’s Mixed Martial Arts Potential [view article]
    I'd be interested to see what the McMahon's could muster up to compete with the UFC. The main reason that the UFC is the single most profitable league/organization in MMA is that it features the best fighters. In MMA, most fans won't pay for less than the best. And, it should be clarified, the biggest obstacle facing the McMahon's is that MMA is not sports entertainment, it's a legitimate sport. Reply
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    J.P. Hannan
    Feb 29 12:20 PM
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    Radio Industry Challenges and Opportunities [view article]
    Thanks for the emails I got this morning and all of the links to this over on the Yahoo message boards. Please keep the feedback coming. Reply
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    J.P. Hannan
    Feb 29 12:10 PM
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    Writers Strike Barely Impacts the TV Networks [view article]
    Thanks for the emails I got on this one. Always welcome feedback on my articles. Reply
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    John Capozzi
    Feb 29 11:05 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    MICROSOFT better raise their bid for Yahoo quickly. A great speculation and move by Yahoo would be to have Softbank and llibba team up and buy out the rest of Yahoo at between 45 to 50 dollars a share. It would be investing in themselves where their mix i products would fit in better and stronger then a merger with Microsoft. Their close contacts with the Chinese and Japan governments would blend very easily with no anti trust problems for Yahoo. Combining the three into one and when completed make an offer for NTT of Japan and become one of the biggest power houses in wireless and internet media add content. The merger of the three will also save jobs because their would be less over lapping of product lines and they will be able to add more. They could also add the smart phone market to their mix. They would also be able to access cash backing from the Chinese and Japan governments because of the close ties of Jack Ma and Softbanks close ties in Japan. The merger would go though faster and friendlier and would be the best solution to all shareholder value of the three companies. Microsoft is not well liked in Asia and major parts of Europe because of their old school ways of GM bullying which would slow down the merger and even have them have to sell off major assets and properties to complete it. So Microsoft make a 40 to 43 dollar a share new bid now or move on. Newscorp will make a higher bid because of the news released in the last few days if you have been following their business moves. My bet is Yahoo and i truly believe in the long run Yahoo will be king and Microsoft and Google will begin to lose major market share in Asia to Allibba, Softbank and Yahoo. If they all merger into one and keep the Yahoo name their potential has great potential. Better then a Microsoft take over of Yahoo. Reply
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    Tom B
    Feb 29 09:10 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    "Slowdown, not recession - Bush. President Bush said the U.S. is not heading in to a recession, merely a 'slowdown,'"

    Bush is "reality challenged". Troubles will continue at least until lenders start offering mortgages at competitive rates again.     Reply
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    Brewer
    Feb 15 02:22 PM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    I would like to know how an 'analyst' thinks that a new computer model, added to the mix, could cause an '18% drop in sales'? Is it because it's an Apple product and analysts are as clueless as ever?

    Sure, it could sell 18% less than they thought it would, but how, exactly, is a *new* model going to drag down sales of existing products? That just make no sense whatsoever. Enlighten me.     Reply
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    blah-blah
    Feb 14 08:13 PM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    I was just commenting on what Abe said - they could have fixed that heatsink problem over a year ago - what's stopping them? Reply
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    Tom B
    Feb 14 03:49 PM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    I just wanted to know the effect of the return rate on inventories. Just collecting data points. Reply
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    blah-blah
    Feb 14 03:42 PM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    I thought it was closer to 30% - it is indeed an embarassment

    How hard is it to attach an extra heat sync to the unit before shipping it?     Reply
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    digivision
    Feb 14 03:28 PM
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    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    xbox another lousy badly engineered piece of technology by Microsoft
    15% failure rate is an embarrassment .. i can only imagine if something like this would happen to Apple right now the stock would be in the single digits LOL
    anyway I think right now MSFT is a good buy if it goes down to $25-26     Reply
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    Tom B
    Feb 14 10:45 AM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    "Microsoft (MSFT) is seeing Xbox 360 shortages in the U.S., as it failed to anticipate strong post-holiday demand."

    Demand, or failure due to overheating? How are warranty returns handled, typically?     Reply
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    Eli Hoffmann
    Feb 05 10:26 AM
    Under The Radar News - Monday [view article]
    Thanks John! Appreciate the feedback. Reply
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    johnmorrison
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    Feb 05 09:55 AM
    Under The Radar News - Monday [view article]
    Eli you seem as accurate as Mr. Manning, good job! Reply

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