Mine Blast Report: Massey, Blankenship ‘Profoundly Reckless’ (Rolling Stone)
The 122-page report, a year in the making and authored by a team of independent experts appointed by former West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, drops the hammer on Massey Energy, which operated the Upper Big Branch mine and was headed by notoriously thuggish coal baron Don Blankenship. “Massey exhibited a corporate mentality that placed the drive to produce coal above worker safety” at the mine, the report concludes.
New Oceanfront theater presents dinner and a movie (Virginian Pilot)
Although Don Pollard spent his 20-year real estate career putting together movie theater deals, the most important one he’s putting the finishing touches on these days is his own.
Martinovich again defiant in bankruptcy hearing (Daily Press)
Jeffrey A. Martinovich, the former CEO of the defunct financial services firm MICG Investment Management LLC, remained defiant in his second meeting with creditors on Thursday, refusing to offer any substantive information about the value of the three firms he still owns.
My Money Is Cooler Than Yours (Slate)
Why the new electronic currency Bitcoin is a favorite of libertarian hipsters and criminals.
Book seller Barnes & Noble says Liberty Media offers to buy it in $1 billion deal; shares leap (Washington Post)
The bid of $17 a share in cash from the conglomerate chaired by billionaire media mogul John Malone sent Barnes & Noble’s stock surging more than 24 percent in extended trading after the company announced the potential deal.
Building Customer Loyalty (Inc.)
Want your customers to stick to you like glue? Today it takes more than a punch-card or priority line.
The great Blackwing pencil brouhaha (Fortune)
One man’s quest to revive an iconic pencil touches off a storm of controversy.
The Weekly Wind-Down: Barack Obama’s Osama bin Laden stand-up comedy act (Saturday Night Live)
A funny sketch from last weekend’s show.
Mine Blast Report: Massey, Blankenship ‘Profoundly Reckless’ (Rolling Stone)
The 122-page report, a year in the making and authored by a team of independent experts appointed by former West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, drops the hammer on Massey Energy, which operated the Upper Big Branch mine and was headed by notoriously thuggish coal baron Don Blankenship. “Massey exhibited a corporate mentality that placed the drive to produce coal above worker safety” at the mine, the report concludes.
New Oceanfront theater presents dinner and a movie (Virginian Pilot)
Although Don Pollard spent his 20-year real estate career putting together movie theater deals, the most important one he’s putting the finishing touches on these days is his own.
Martinovich again defiant in bankruptcy hearing (Daily Press)
Jeffrey A. Martinovich, the former CEO of the defunct financial services firm MICG Investment Management LLC, remained defiant in his second meeting with creditors on Thursday, refusing to offer any substantive information about the value of the three firms he still owns.
My Money Is Cooler Than Yours (Slate)
Why the new electronic currency Bitcoin is a favorite of libertarian hipsters and criminals.
Book seller Barnes & Noble says Liberty Media offers to buy it in $1 billion deal; shares leap (Washington Post)
The bid of $17 a share in cash from the conglomerate chaired by billionaire media mogul John Malone sent Barnes & Noble’s stock surging more than 24 percent in extended trading after the company announced the potential deal.
Building Customer Loyalty (Inc.)
Want your customers to stick to you like glue? Today it takes more than a punch-card or priority line.
The great Blackwing pencil brouhaha (Fortune)
One man’s quest to revive an iconic pencil touches off a storm of controversy.
The Weekly Wind-Down: Barack Obama’s Osama bin Laden stand-up comedy act (Saturday Night Live)
A funny sketch from last weekend’s show.