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Wall Street Breakfast SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance
A wholesome summary of this morning's key market- and stock-moving stories.
Australian Media Merger Boom: Will It Be Good For Rupert Murdoch? SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance
Recently loosened media ownership laws have created a sector acquisitions boom in Australia worth A$11.6 billion. Joining the fray is John Fairfax Holdings Ltd., Australia's second-largest newspaper publisher, which will purchase Rural Press Ltd. for approximately A$2.7 billion .
Wired for sound The Phoenix
Paul Dailey nationwide; Jimmy Van M at ID In the hideyholes and squares all around our expansive city, pockets of electronic-music action can be found churning and yearning. Paul Dailey, "Live in Portland" (mp3)
In Hong Kong, a Telecom Family Feud BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
Richard Li, chair of PCCW, wanted to sell his share of the telecom giant -- until his billionaire dad, Li Ka-shing, got into the act. Now it's up to shareholders
HIGH SCHOOL MANIA Daily Record
IT WAS only supposed to be a low-budget television movie, with no stars and a simple plot. But that hasn't stopped tweenie drama High School Musical becoming the smash-hit film sensation of the year, even though it has never seen the inside of a cinema.
It should be called ‘Dreck the Halls’ Kansas City Star
Does anybody in Hollywood celebrate Christmas any more? You’ve got to wonder, what with the woeful Christmas fare they’ve hurled at us the past few years.
10 congressmen off to Las Vegas ABS-CBNNEWS.com
Drawn by the "Grand Finale" mania, at least 10 members of the House of Representatives left for Las Vegas this week to watch Sunday’s epic battle between the Filipino boxing idol and his Mexican nemesis.
Cruise, Holmes marry in Italian castle Reuters via Yahoo! News
Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were married in a medieval castle near Rome on Saturday in a Scientology ceremony attended by a galaxy of Hollywood stars.
Cruise's castle wedding Sydney Morning Herald
Stars tie the knot in a medieval castle near Rome.
Cruise, Holmes marry in Italian castle Reuters via Yahoo! News
Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were married in a medieval castle near Rome on Saturday in a much-anticipated ceremony attended by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.