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Viacom, TWC on same page

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Viacom, the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and the Paramount film studio, agreed to resolve a legal dispute with Time Warner Cable, allowing cable customers to see Viacom shows on devices such as Apple’s iPad. “All of Viacom’s programming will now …

Limited has mixed news

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Limited Brands, parent of Victoria’s Secret lingerie and Bath & Body Works chains, posted a first-quarter net profit of $124.6 million, or 41 cents per share, that topped Wall Street’s view, but its shares fell 3.5 percent after its forecast for t…

Abercrombie sinks 13%

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Abercrombie & Fitch, the operator of more than 800 teen-clothing stores, fell after posting first-quarter revenue that trailed analysts’ estimates and saying weakness in Europe will hurt same-store sales this year. Abercrombie retreated 13 percent t…

Fed sets ‘QE3’ rigging

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Several Federal Reserve policy makers said a loss of momentum in growth or increased risks to their economic outlook could warrant additional action — implying a “QE3,” or a third round of quantitative easing, may be in the offing. The members of…

Play taps for Rajat

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta lost his bid to get three key wiretaps tossed as evidence in his upcoming insider-trading trial.
Manhattan federal judge Jed Rakoff gave tentative approval yesterday for the jury to hear the wiretaps, which are cr…

New high for J.Lo

by New York Post 05.17.2012

“Jenny from the Block” is now ruler of the celebrity world!
Jennifer Lopez topped Forbes’ “World’s Most Powerful Celebrities” list, a calculation of fame, fortune and pop-culture impact, the magazine said yesterday.
Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, Ju…

Autopsy could boost Zimm

by New York Post 05.17.2012

SANFORD, Fla. — Autopsy results reportedly indicate 17-year-old Trayvon Martin had injuries to his knuckles when he died, which could support George Zimmerman’s claim that the unarmed teen assaulted him before he was fatally shot.A medical examiner…

Schilling seeking bailout

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling asked Rhode Island for additional help to save his video game company yesterday, prompting state leaders to consider whether the firm is viable enough to justify further investment.
Schilling briefed Gov. Lincoln C…

Dish throws nets into the ‘Hopper’

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Even as major broadcast-TV networks complain about a new ad-skipping feature offered by Dish Network, the satellite-TV operator plans to promote it — with TV ads.Dish is rolling out an array of television, radio, newspaper and social media ads to spr…

Skype this: Calls coming to Comcast

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Comcast is introducing a service that lets customers make Skype video calls over their televisions, part of a push to add revenue and stem subscriber defections. The Skype on Xfinity service, which lets users make high-definition video calls, has launc…

This is livin’ large

by New York Post 05.17.2012

The top 25 floors of the iconic Woolworth Building appear to be on their way to becoming residential apartments or a hotel.
Steve Witkoff’s Witkoff Group and Ruby Schron’s Cammeby’s International have struck a $70 million deal to sell about 184,0…

Judge OKs class action vs. ‘stop-frisk’

by New York Post 05.17.2012

A judge took a shot at one of the NYPD’s key crimefighting tools yesterday by greenlighting a classaction suit over the controversial “stopandfrisk” program, which officials say has reduced murders and pulled illegal guns off the streets.
Manhat…

RFK Jr.’s wife hangs herself

by New York Post 05.17.2012

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary, who battled her husband’s rumored philandering by turning to alcohol and prescription drugs, hanged herself in a barn on their Westchester estate yesterday, sources told The Post.
The 52-year-old mothe…

‘Kid perv’ cam bust

by New York Post 05.17.2012

A quick-thinking mother snapped a cellphone photo of a convicted sex fiend who’d just allegedly molested her young daughter, and rushed it to cops — who tracked the pervert down in less than an hour.
The 41-year-old hero, her 10-year-old daughter a…

Quinn’s gift rap

by New York Post 05.17.2012

This weekend’s high-profile wedding for Christine Quinn and her longtime partner, Kim Catullo, will be a cheap affair for scores of lobbyists, City Council employees and people who make money off the city.
Quinn, the City Council speaker and Democrat…