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Top Makers of Notebooks Wary of Likely Debt Crisis in Europe

PC sales may be on the mend now, but it looks like not all trouble has passed if a certain report is to be believed, in regards to the expectations of the world's prime suppliers of mobile computers.There are many things that can influence the marketing performance of a device or product type, like consumer pre...

14 July 2011
07:59 GMT

Debts Apparently Empower Young People

Researchers studying how teens and young adults handle the current economic crisis discovered that their study subjects are apparently feeling empowered by the debts they accumulated by using their credit cards, or with their education.The same population group is plagued by extremely high unemployment rates. With th...

7 June 2011
10:23 GMT

Dustin Diamond ‘Screech’ Facing Foreclosure Again

Former “Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond is in danger of losing his Wisconsin house after falling behind on his payments – for the third time in only a few years.In 2006, the star caused quite a ruckus after it emerged that he was heavily in debt, had no possibility to cover it, and was in dan...

12 October 2010
05:44 GMT

Chris Tucker Owes $11 Million in Back Taxes

Funnyman Chris Tucker is the latest star to become an IRS “wanted man.” Apparently, the “Rush Hour” star owes the US government no less than $11 million in unpaid taxes going as far back as 2001. Presumably in order to try and shake off part of this debt, the star is trying to sell his Florida...

29 July 2010
04:15 GMT

Nicolas Cage Owes the IRS $14 Million, Will Pay

In August last year, it emerged that one of the highest paid actors in the industry, Nicolas Cage, owed over $6 million in back taxes, a debt that was explainable by poor management, as Cage himself stressed later. As it turns out, the star owes more than $6 million to the IRS, an estimated $14 million, money that he...

18 January 2010
05:36 GMT

Angry Man Pushes Suicider Off Bridge

According to news reports that appeared in the Chinese media on Saturday, a man, who got stuck in traffic on account of another man threatening to kill himself by jumping off a bridge, got out of his car, and pushed the would-be suicider off the rail. He later said that he was exasperated with the delay, and that thi...

26 May 2009
04:49 GMT

Sprint Loses 1.3 Million Subscribers

Sprint Nextel reported recently a fourth-quarter loss of US$1.62 billion, yet it seems to be better than a year before, when the company announced a US$29.3 billion loss, caused by the US$29 billion write-down of its Nextel purchase. At the same time, it also mentioned that its revenue during the quarter went down 14...

20 February 2009
05:18 GMT

Glamour Model Runs into Serious Debt Trying to Be Katie Price

Glamour model Jordan, now known by her real name of Katie Price, is often held as a role model for how to build a business empire from virtually nothing else than good looks, but rarely is she considered an example worthy of being followed when it comes to plastic surgery. 26-year-old Shell Short, though, would disag...

21 January 2009
06:15 GMT

AMD Wants to Raise $1.5 Billion

Advanced Micro Devices, popularly known as AMD, announced that it will offer convertible senior notes worth $1.5 billion. The company also said that those notes are due in 2012 and that interests will be paid each year on February 15 and August 15 at a rate of 5.75% per year.According to a company's press releas...

10 August 2007
07:51 GMT


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