Can you imagine this chronic-smoking fool in the boardroom?!? Another Yahoo CEO has taken a fall for the Web giant’s inability to fend off younger rivals such as Google and Facebook. Carol Bartz, 62, was fired Tuesday with more than a year left on her contract. She announced the move in a note to employees Tuesday afternoon, AllThingsD reported: “I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board,” she wrote. The move is another acknowledgement that the company has been playing a losing game of catch-up to Google. Bartz, the tough-talking former chief of the software firm Autodesk, was brought in two-and-a-half years ago to try to reverse Yahoo’s slide. But the Wall Street Journal reports that time spent on the site by U.S. web surfers has plummeted 33 percent since Bartz took over, according to comScore, and its stock price has been stagnant. Its shares leapt 6 percent on the news of her exit. The company’s CFO, Tim Morse, will step in as interim CEO while the board hunts for a replacement. Look no further folks…
We knew it was just a matter of time… According to TMZ reports : Octomom was the featured attraction at Playhouse Gentlemen’s Club in Hollywood, FL last night — but she wasn’t there to take it off … she was there to promote her celebrity boxing match. Octo was in the house with Damon Feldman (seen above), the guy who puts on “Big Bang Celebrity Boxing” … and Cassandra Anderson, her opponent for tonight’s fight (seen below). Ok well, she wasn’t exactly swinging from the pole, but we’ll be damned if she ain’t on her way!
For most young people, the biggest incentive in living and working overseas is money. It usually works out well: you only pay taxes on up to a certain amount of your income. And you’re either getting paid in a foreign currency that’s worth more than the dollar, meaning your take home pay is way more), or you’re in a country where the dollar is worth more, which means you’re spending less money. In these 10 cities, that may not be the case… unless your actual salary is super official. After examining 400 cities and regions across the world, and measuring common things foreign workers buy in U.S. dollars terms, ie food, clothing and rent, a recent survey named the most expensive cities in which to live in 2011. Flip through and see where they are… a couple of them will surprise you.
For most young people, the biggest incentive in living and working overseas is money. It usually works out well: you only pay taxes on up to a certain amount of your income. And you’re either getting paid in a foreign currency that’s worth more than the dollar, meaning your take home pay is way more), or you’re in a country where the dollar is worth more, which means you’re spending less money. In these 10 cities, that may not be the case… unless your actual salary is super official. After examining 400 cities and regions across the world, and measuring common things foreign workers buy in U.S. dollars terms, ie food, clothing and rent, a recent survey named the most expensive cities in which to live in 2011. Flip through and see where they are… a couple of them will surprise you.
This b!*$# here… According to TMZ reports : Jose Baez — Casey Anthony’s lawyer — is holed up at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City, holding court with all of the major networks — to determine who will score the first interview with Casey — and big bucks are involved. Sources tell TMZ … NBC, ABC and CBS are all competing for the first interview. Sources connected with the negotiations tell TMZ there is a “big price tag” for the interview. We’re told the networks — which say they don’t pay for interviews — are offering to license photos and other material and pay big bucks … that’s S.O.P. in the network game. We’re told NBC looks like the frontrunner so far, but ABC is in the game. We’re told CBS “is a distant third.” We’re told NBC is paying for Baez’ hotel room. Baez spent part of the night Thursday in the Mandarin Oriental bar with famed lawyer Mark Geragos — who knows a thing or two about high-profile cases. We’re told Geragos gave Baez pointers on negotiating the deal. R.I.P. Caylee Anthony, but yo momma is going directly to hell, she will not pass ‘Go’, she will not collect $200.
Al Sharpton is making it rain on those MSNBC folks: After giving a nearly six-month tryout for the Internet talk show host Cenk Uygur, the cable news channel MSNBC is preparing to instead hand its 6 p.m. time slot to the Rev. Al Sharpton. Mr. Sharpton’s imminent hiring, which was acknowledged by three people at the channel on condition of anonymity because the contract had not been signed, is significant in part because MSNBC and other news channels have been criticized for a paucity of minority hosts in prominent time slots. Mr. Sharpton, who is black and is a well-known civil rights activist and radio host, has been guest hosting in the 6 p.m. time slot for the last three weeks. There had been uncertainty about the 6 p.m. slot ever since the channel’s marquee anchor, Keith Olbermann, departed in January, prompting Ed Schultz to be moved to 10 p.m. from 6. Suddenly Mr. Uygur, who had been made a paid contributor to MSNBC months earlier, was handed 6 p.m., a big coup given that he had earlier campaigned to have his progressive Web show “The Young Turks” picked up by MSNBC. He earned solid but not stand-out ratings; in late June the channel’s president, Phil Griffin, decided to try out Mr. Sharpton, and offered Mr. Uygur a new contract that included a weekend show, but not a higher-profile weekday show. Okay, Al…we see you getting that 6pm slot. Via NYTimes
Don’t be surprised if she ask, “where the cash at?” Seventeen people and five “corporations” connected to a New York City escort service were indicted in Brooklyn Wednesday, charged with running a high-price prostitution and drug ring. The alleged racket earned more than $7 million in three years, catering to high-rolling customers who could drop more than $10,000 a night, according to the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. The 144-count indictment includes allegations of enterprise corruption, promoting prostitution, money laundering, and criminal sale of a controlled substance against High Class NY, an escort service based in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. Among the individuals named in the documents are High Class NY’s owners: Mikhail Yampolsky; his wife, Bronislava; a son, Alexander; and a stepson, Jonathan Yampolskaya. Eleven High Class NY managers and two of the escort service’s largest financial investors, Efim Gorelik and Yakov Maystrovich, also are indicted. They could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted. “We are not going to run from this. We intend to fight these charges,” said Joseph Mure, attorney for Yampolskaya and the younger Yampolsky. The attorney’s in charge of the indictment seem to think this case has legs but we’re not so sure… Escorts, called “models,” were required to sign employment contracts prohibiting sexual contact with clients in an effort to mask the illegal nature of the business, the indictment says. “There is no such thing as a high-class pimp, and as we do with all other pimps, my office will prosecute these defendants and seek the maximum sentences available under the law,” said District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. The indictment charges the High Class NY operates several escort websites, including highclassny.com, discreteclub.com, nyadultdating.com, cupiddirect.com, and angelofyourchoice.com, in addition to advertising its services on backpage.com and craigslist.com. Well if they signed waivers stating that they will not have sex for money, then how can you say the company was a prostitution ring?? All were saying is, it’s going to be very difficult to prove this in court… Source
Looks like the old school is going to make a big comeback! According to sports industry insiders Julius “Dr. J” Erving and his son Julius “J. Erv” Erving III, along with Ether Marketing owner Deon Taylor have acquired the rights to the American Basketball Association (ABA) in which Dr. J won 3 championships and four MVP awards while a member of the Virgina Squires. The Dr. and his music executive son own a sports marketing firm call 6 Sports, will re-launch the defunct league (Julius Erving III) Sources say that the resurgence of the ABA will be akin to the feeling of “old school” basketball with a slightly updated style. Hard-nosed play, free-flowing offense, and a overall more exciting brand of basketball minus the antics of an And1 or Harlem Globetrotters type of game. In addition, we are told that there will be a push for celebrities to own the teams outright to help draw attention to league. Of the twelve teams scheduled to participate in Miami, Atlanta, New York, New Jersey, Toronto, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Baltimore, Los Angeles, etc, high-profile stars like Drake, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lady Gaga, and others could possibly be the head honchos of their own city’s team. With the impending NBA lockout next year this league could easily be the best brand of professional basketball around in 2012. Players from all realms of basketball from college, current NBA players, to blackballed NBA players like Allen Iverson or Stephon Marbury.From what we understand there already several networks scrambling to retain the TV rights to air the games once everything is in place. Neither Dr. J, Julius Erving III, nor Deon Taylor have commented on the newly acquired league.
More details have emerged regarding Rodrick Dantzler, the main believed responsible for the mass murders of seven people in Grand Rapids last week. Among the dead are his wife, ex-girlfriend and relatives of both — but members of his family continue to defend him even after the horrific incident — which including the execution style killing of at least one victim. “These were no strangers – they were family members,” a cousin, Cannetha Collins of Muskegon, said Saturday. “He just couldn’t possibly be in the right mind. They were just at Michigan’s Adventure. This was not a family he hated.” Police have determined the .40-caliber handgun used in the killings was stolen from a home in Kent County, Hertel said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives is looking into the history of the firearm. As an felon, Dantzler, who served a three-to-10-year sentence for felony assault, could not legally possess a gun. He also had previous convictions for domestic violence, property destruction and assault and battery. In an interview Saturday, Collins said her family is devastated, both by the losses and the thought that Dantzler is responsible. She felt a need to apologize, but said her family is overwhelmed by grief, too. His mother, Victoria Dantzler of Grand Rapids, is beyond distraught: she lost a granddaughter, a son and daughter-in-law. It was she who first called police Thursday saying Dantzler had told her he had killed his wife. A possible motive began to emerge Saturday when Dantzler’s Janes Avenue neighbors said his wife was planning to leave him this week or the next. They speculated it sparked the killings. Police say Dantzler shot and killed his wife, Jennifer Heeren, 29, their daughter, Kamrie, 12, and his wife’s parents, Thomas Heeren, 51, and Rebecca Hereen, 52, in the parents’ home at 1270 Brynell Court NE off Four Mile Road NW. Dantzler also killed a former girlfriend, Kimberlee Emkens, 23, her sister, Amanda Emkens, 27, and Marissa Emkens, 10, Amanda’s daughter, at the home of Patricia Emkens at 2046 Plainfield Ave. NE. “I do know we love Rodrick Shonte Dantzler – and he’s no monster,” Collins said. “I truly apologize to the families, and anyone else hurt. Shonte loved his family. “We still love him. Nobody in our family was afraid of him. He had a big and loving heart,” she said. “I do believe it was something to do with his mind.” Dantzler’s family believes his actions may have been caused in part by his failure to take the medication he had been prescribed to treat his bi-polar disorder — while police say he had been using alcohol and cocaine. SMH.That yayo is the devil. His cousin is real nice sticking up for him, but friends of his wife say their relationship was abusive and she had been trying to leave him for some time. Source
