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Backstreet Boys 'looking into' Las Vegas residency

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, March 8 (UPI) -- Backstreet Boys singer A.J. McLean revealed the band is "talking about" doing a Las Vegas residency after the release of their ninth studio album.

Pre-paid card users, under scrutiny, find tax refunds frozen

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of people have had their prepaid debit cards frozen when they try to direct their tax refund to their accounts, a result of financial industry efforts to combat an escalation in tax fraud.

An activist short-seller slammed Planet Fitness and the stock is tanking (PLNT)

BusinessInsider.com 

Planet Fitness

Activist short-seller Ben Axler, the founder of long-short equity hedge fund Spruce Point Capital Management, is short Planet Fitness.

The fitness club chain's stock fell more than 10% in the after-hours session, and was last trading about $13.20 per share.

Speaking at the Harbor Investment Conference, Axler said the company has a "questionable business strategy."

He said the company has "unachievable revenue goals," saying it wants to run 4,000 clubs with a membership base of 6,500 per club. Читать дальше...



Intuit sheds QuickBase in plan to pare down

MarketWatch.com 

TurboTax maker Intuit Inc. agreed to sell its QuickBase business to private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for an undisclosed amount, wrapping up a trifecta of divestitures intended to shed non-core assets.

Mayor plans to cross Florida Straits on makeshift raft

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida mayor says he's determined to return home from a visit to Cuba alone in a makeshift raft, despite warnings against the journey from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Mayor plans to cross Florida Straits on makeshift raft

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida mayor says he's determined to return home from a visit to Cuba alone in a makeshift raft, despite warnings against the journey from the U.S. Coast Guard. While he says he will heed a Coast Guard warning to carry an emergency beacon that can broadcast his location, he insists his that his raft will be powered only by currents and not a motor. Under the policy known as "wet foot/dry foot," Cubans who reach U.S. shore generally can stay and pursue citizenship, while those caught at sea are returned home. Читать дальше...

50 Cent tells bankruptcy court he's been flaunting stacks of fake cash

BusinessInsider.com 

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Something about those stacks of cash seemed too good.

50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson) filed for bankruptcky after he was ordered to pay $7 million for allegedly releasing a sex tape. But that didn't stop him from flaunting a whole lot of cash on his Instagram.

A judge then ordered 50 Cent to explain all the cash so the court could ensure he was being honest about his money woes and bankruptcy proceedings. Читать дальше...

Production company behind 'Spotlight" seeks buyer

MarketWatch.com 

The company behind this year's Oscar-winning best picture is now in the spotlight itself as it talks to major media companies about a potential sale or investment. Anonymous Content, the production and management company behind the last two Academy Award winners for best picture, "Spotlight" and "Birdman," as well as "The Revenant" and the television series "Mr.

Ben Nelson's daughter dies in a fall

JournalStar.com 

Former Sen. Ben Nelson's daughter, Sarah, died from a fall at her home in Palm Springs, California, over the weekend.

Partick Thistle 1-2 Aberdeen

BBC Sport 

Aberdeen move to within a point of Premiership leaders Celtic as two goals in three minutes seal a 2-1 win over Partick Thistle.

Lawyers want DA to say Bobbi Kristina’s death wasn’t murder

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Lawyers for Bobbi Kristina Brown's partner on Tuesday called on a prosecutor to tell the public she wasn't murdered. Joe Habachy and Jose Baez, attorneys for Nick Gordon, released a statement calling on Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard to acknowledge ...

Tony Scott’s ‘The Hunger’ screens in Oakland

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

If nothing else, filmmaker Tony Scott brought us a lesbian scene between Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve. OK, he would go on to achieve a lot more, but the cult favorite “The Hunger” — his first Hollywood film — set the tone for his belief in eye candy, from the actors (David Bowie and Deneuve are vampires living in modern-day Manhattan), costuming and set design (Deneuve sports ’80s Euro-trash looks as well as Yves Saint Laurent), cinematography (Stephen Goldblatt) and, most of all, over-the-top outrageousness. Читать дальше...





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