Showdown begins for movie rentals
A New York Blockbuster customer considers joining Netflix as online rentals grow and DVD sales rise. The chain faces eroding profits amid competition and cable on demand, while Viacom plans to spin off most of Blockbuster. Blockbuster tests a $19.95 online plan and in store pick up.
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Andy Landsman
New York
Manhattan
Upper East Side
Georgina Blackett
Landsman
Netflix
Blockbuster
Sandy Brasher
Rice Voelker
Viacom
Block
Wall Street
Generic drug makers to merge Mylan and King Pharmaceuticals
Mylan Laboratories, the nation’s largest generic drug maker, agreed to acquire rival King Pharmaceuticals for about 4 billion dollars in stock. Boards approved, a Monday announcement anticipated. Mylan seeks branded drug exposure and King’s Altace sales network to boost growth ahead of patent expirations. Nebivolol branded version planned pending FDA approval in 2006.
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Mylan Laboratories
King Pharmaceuticals
Mylan
King
Food and Drug Administration
View-Master Celebrates 65th Anniversary at East Aurora
The View-Master, iconic 3-D reel toy, marks 65 years since its 1939 launch. Fisher-Price and Mattel celebrate with a box set of archival reels spanning the decades. collectors note the reels remain compatible with current viewers.
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East Aurora
National Toy Hall of Fame
Mr. Potato Head
Eddie Bowers
Jim Silver
The
Toy Book
New York
William Gruber
Portland
Ore
Mike Sullivan
Fisher-Price
Tyco Toys
Mattel
Bowers
Dallas
Fisher- Price
Golden Gate Bridge
Brandy
Associated Press
Illinois Truth in Tuition pushes fixed college costs
Amid rising costs, more schools adopt tuition freezes and caps to fix four year costs for in state students. Illinois leads with Truth in Tuition. first year jumps are front loaded but fixed thereafter, mirroring programs at George Washington University and Western Illinois University.
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New York
Illinois
George Washington University
Pace University
Illinois’ Initiative
Western Illinois University
Don Levener
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Incom
Ing
Northern Illinois University
Melanie Magara
DeKalb, Ill
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Christopher Rants
Rants
Board of Regents
Luke Kenley
Joe Kernan
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Middletown Journal
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Coxohip
MiddletownJournal.com
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