AP - A musical by John Mellencamp and Stephen King, scheduled to be produced next season in Atlanta, has been postponed, the Alliance Theatre announced Monday.
AP - Entertainment mogul Sumner Redstone said Tuesday he has no objection to Tom Cruise starring in the next segment of the popular "Mission Impossible" movie series, despite cutting his relationship with the actor in 2006.
Reuters - UBS axed 5,500 jobs and sold
billions of dollars of ailing assets on Tuesday in a bid to
break free from the subprime crisis, but its shares dropped as
investors feared its earning power might be permanently
stunted.
AP - Pete Doherty was released from a London jail Tuesday after serving a partial sentence for breaking his probation.
AP - The attorney for a man accused of stalking actress Uma Thurman has conceded that his client's behavior was obsessive. A prosecutor went much further, saying the man's actions "terrified" the star.
AP - The owner of Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, nearly five months after New Jersey regulators stripped the Tropicana Casino and Resort of its license.
In another expansion of its cut-rate prescription-drug program, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it will sell 90-day supplies of more than 300 generic drugs for only $10, taking aim at the burgeoning mail-order pharmacy business by undercutting their prices on some drugs and speeding delivery.
In addition, the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer said it is adding a second pricing tier to the heavily discounted program for more-expensive medications geared toward women's health. It is adding $9 generic prescriptions for up to a 30-day supply on a handful of drugs for treating osteoporosis, breast cancer, menopause and hormone deficiency.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Weeks after slamming the North American Free Trade Agreement in Ohio, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have retooled their messages for Indiana and North Carolina, states that have made gains from free trade amid losses elsewhere.
1Ahead of Tuesday's primaries in both states, the Democratic candidates had campaign schedules that started at dawn and had them going well into the night. Tuesday marks Sen. Clinton's best chance at changing the momentum in the race, and she is widely expected to win Indiana, while Sen. Obama is favored in North Carolina.
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Reuters - Adecco posted a
forecast-beating 3 percent rise in first-quarter net profit,
lifting shares, but cautioned that economic weakness would
weigh on its sales growth goal in 2008.
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