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Whatever Happened to 'Net-roCards'? Barclays Transit Promise Disappears
New York Times (blog)
By KYLE THOMAS MCGOVERN, Local Reporter Barclays Center officials have quietly abandoned a proposal to offer reduced-fare MetroCards to Nets ticket buyers to discourage them from driving to the basketball arena. Stadium planners did reveal yesterday ...

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Whatever Happened to $200 Oil?
Huffington Post
Four years ago, when I was still chief economist at CIBC World Markets, I forecast that global economic growth was on pace to send oil prices to $200 a barrel by 2012. In short, the argument was based on a supply-driven analysis that weighed the ...

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Big Sports TV Still Commands Attention-Whatever The Cost
MediaPost Communications
by Wayne Friedman, over 1 hour ago Gabbing about TV losses is a big deal. That's because everyone would rather talk up profits. Increasingly, when it comes to some high-priced TV programming, talk isn't cheap. TV sports are still a big deal for major ...

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