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Barack Obama: Fly-Killing Badass
Richard Lawson · 06/16/09 04:30PMPresident Obama was doing an interview with CNBC today when a pesky fly started buzzing around, interrupting the proceedings. So, without missing a beat, Obama employed his stealth ninja reflexes and handily dispatched the pest. Watch and be in awe.
Will Obama's Firing of an Inspector General Evolve Into a Major Scandal?
The Cajun Boy · 06/16/09 05:15AMThe Obamas are the Kardashians of Book Publishing
Richard Lawson · 06/15/09 01:06PMGisele's Covers, Forbes's Struggle, IAC Sells VSL
cityfile · 06/15/09 11:35AM• The curse of Gisele: Both Vanity Fair and Harper's Bazaar put supermodel Gisele Bundchen on the covers of their mags this year, and both have turned out to be their worst-selling issues thus far in 2009. [NYO]
• Can Forbes survive the downturn? The Forbes family thinks so. [NYT]
• Jared Kushner's New York Observer has acquired Very Short List, the struggling email newsletter owned by Barry Diller's IAC. [Gawker, NYP]
• The Huffington Post has a new CEO, ex-Ziff-Davis CEO Eric Hippeau. [PC]
• BusinessWeek is the latest mag to test a paid online subscriptions. [MW]
• Barack Obama's half-brother landed a book deal with Simon & Schuster. [AP]
• The Hangover and Up were the top-grossing films this past weekend. [LAT]
• The Boston Globe is up for sale—and a handful of people appear to be interested—although just how much they'll pay is anybody's guess. [NYT]
• ABC's Lost is the most watched TV show on the Internet. [Variety]
Kate Gosselin And The Bounce House Of Death
Foster Kamer · 06/13/09 10:00AMNot All Israelis Hate Obama
John Cook · 06/12/09 04:30PMAMA Opposes Healthcare Reform
The Cajun Boy · 06/11/09 04:22AMIt Is Impossible to Convince the Bitters That Barack Obama Is Not a Muslim
Pareene · 06/10/09 11:56AMYahoo Nukes Man's Photos Over Obama Comments
Ryan Tate · 06/09/09 05:51PMAngelina Jolie's Dad Sure Is Mad at the President
Richard Lawson · 06/09/09 02:01PMWall Street: Tuesday Morning
cityfile · 06/09/09 05:41AM• The Treasury is expected to announce this morning that 10 banks have been given the go-ahead to repay their Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. [BN]
• The Supreme Court put the acquisition of Chrysler by Fiat on hold yesterday pending objections from three state pension funds and consumer groups. Fiat, however, says it has no plans to abandon the deal. [WSJ, NYT, DB]
• The Obama administration appears to be backing away from plans to reduce the number of three-letter agencies that oversee U.S. financial markets. [WSJ]
• Citigroup isn't paying out big bonuses in the U.S. But that isn't the case in London, where the bank has been luring traders with fat pay packages. [DB]
• Don't expect to see former Tyco chief Dennis Kozlowski walking the streets in the near future. The Supreme Court rejected his appeal yesterday. [NYP]