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Cincy 24, WVU 21: Two Calls Doom Mountaineers

By now, everyone's hashed out the two bad calls that cost West Virginia a chance to upset a Top five team at its home field and stay in the chase for the Big East Title: —The Cincy fumble at the goal line that was reversed and turned into a ...

From FRANK AHRENS, Bleacher Report,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jock Sanders,  Bill Stewart,  ESPN,  Jarrett Brown,  Noel Devine

American Express to enter market for online payments

American Express on Wednesday said it had agreed to buy the online person-to-person payment provider Revolution Money for $300 million, the latest move by one of the credit card giants to add a service that has been increasingly in demand by consumers, ...

From FRANK AHRENS, The Washington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: PayPal,  America Online,  MasterCard,  Steve Case,  James D. Robinson III

Fed deficit hits record for Oct.

Heck of a job, Barry. Let’s push for a payroll holiday as a part of the presidents business summit. This could be used as a case study for introducing consumption tax into the US system. This will be the only way out of our debt without 50%+ taxes. How ...

From FRANK AHRENS, The Washington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Al-Qaeda,  George W. Bush,  Dick Cheney

Buffett places big bet with $34 billion railway purchase

It's a bet, but not just on America. With the investment, Buffett is also betting on China's rebound and growth, the price of oil going back up, the continued use of coal to make electricity and a higher profile for the nation's railroads, thanks to a ...

From FRANK AHRENS, The Washington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Burlington Northern,  White House,  Washington Post Company,  Barack Obama

Stocks surge on economic data

U.S. manufacturing performed better than expected in October and pending home sales rose in September for the eighth straight month, according to two sets of data released moments ago, bolstering hopes that a recovery is underway. According to the ...

From FRANK AHRENS, The Washington Post,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ford Motor Company

Post Co. profit jumps 68% as newspaper stems loss

Third-quarter profit at The Washington Post Co. rose 68 percent compared with the same period last year, as the flagship newspaper trimmed losses and the company's education and cable businesses kept growing. The Post Co. earned $17.1 million ($1.81 per ...

From FRANK AHRENS, The Washington Post,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Washington Post Company

Washington Post Co. profits jump in third quarter

Third-quarter profit at The Washington Post Co. rose 69 percent compared with the same period last year, as the flagship newspaper trimmed losses and the company's education and cable businesses kept growing. The Post Co. earned $17.1 million ($1.81 per ...

From FRANK AHRENS, The Washington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Washington Post Company

The accelerating decline of newspapers

U.S. newspaper circulation has hit its lowest level in seven decades, as papers across the country lost 10.6 percent of their paying readers from April through September, compared with a year earlier. The newest numbers on newspaper circulation, ...

From FRANK AHRENS, The Washington Post,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Newspaper Association of America,  Washington Post Company,  Wall Street Journal,  Los Angeles Times

West Virginia 28, UConn 24: Noel Devine to the Rescue

One thing is clear from Saturday's 28-24 WVU victory over a heroic UConn team: It's better to have Noel Devine than to not have Noel Devine. WVU won on Saturday because of three plays: 1) Tavon Austin's electrifying 98-yard game-opening kickoff ...

From FRANK AHRENS, Bleacher Report,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Noel Devine,  Randy Edsall,  Jarrett Brown,  Pat White

WVU-Marshall: Mountaineers Can Win With Geno Smith

After watching Saturday's WVU-Marshall game again on TiVo after seeing it live, I was  struck by a number of things: I feel much better about WVU's first-half defense than I did during the game, when I told my date, "I have to go outside and throw up ...

From FRANK AHRENS, Bleacher Report,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jock Sanders,  Noel Devine,  Jarrett Brown,  TiVo Inc.,  ESPN

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