Inside news from the Industri

The deal’s been made, but Michael Jackson’s side is not done yet. Ever since Michael Jackson’s brush with the law back in 2003, things had steadily been dipping for the King of Pop. First, you have the lawsuit. Then you have a string of unsavory things that came up during the trial, including a Michael Jackson appearing on-court in his pajamas.

More than two thousand items are up for grabs from the Neverland Ranch. According to the company that’s arranged for the items to be sold, the deal’s been made. According to the Michael Jackson’s side, the deal wasn’t clear to begin with. It seems that only Joe Jackson was happy with the judge’s decision to sell the stuff from the million-dollar dream home in LA.

In Massachusetts, jobless individuals are making thirty-second video recordings of themselves, to be aired at a television show. The approach, which has been hailed as the “cutting edge” in job searching, has received mixed responses from viewers and non-viewers alike.

One of the main problems of the show was the audience. Are employers actually watching the show? Are they interested in what these jobless folks have to say on camera? So many questions, but the producers of the show itself are quite most of the time.

Whether this stunt would become a small solution to a deepening problem remains to be seen. Let’s not hope that this doesn’t merely end up in the heap of You Tube has-beens.

Do you remember Bernard Madoff? You know, the guy who had been scamming investors until everything unraveled this year? Well, the federal authorities showed that they aren’t done with him yet. The saying “don’t fight the state, you can’t win” has never been truer.

While Madoff was quick to apologize for what he had done to literally thousands of people, the FBI didn’t really care. That’s why one of his properties in Florida was seized.

This shows how powerful juridical bodies in the United States are; with a single flick of a judge’s knowing hands, properties come into the supervision of the state. We’re sure that Madoff is really depressed by now. What do you think the judge should do to Madoff’s other properties?

When the bulwark of Europe, the European Union speaks, people stop dead in their tracks and listen with apprehension. Large businesses know enough to not antagonize the largest trans-national formation in continental Europe.

This is where the power of the trans-national formation comes into play. Belligerent players in the world market, such as MasterCard can be threatened with the full force of the EU if it didn’t smarten up. This is already a while back, but it shows just how powerful the EU can be when led to the right direction.

Transaction fees that were considered nonsensical were ordered to be dropped. MasterCard obliged, quietly. What a success! Now if only Obama could do the same for the US. What do you think?

When the Boston Globe unions reported that its larger owner, NYT Co. is threatening to shut it down, everyone was on tenterhooks. Either the NYT Co.’s way or the highway, says The Guild, the largest union of newspaper staffs and workers.

This phenomenon is by no means unique to the aforementioned newspaper. Since everyone is turning to the World Wide Web, people are finding less and less reasons to buy newspapers. This is especially true for countries like the United States, where small and big newspaper companies are closing down their physical facilities in favor of an online presence.

Do you think there is any way at all for the newspapers to save themselves from total annihilation?