Notice is hereby given that the Collateral (as defined below) will be sold by Showtime Networks Inc. (“Showtime”) at a public sale on November 17, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time) at the offices of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, 350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90071. The term “Collateral” means all of […]
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S&P Places Station Casinos on CreditWatch List
NEW YORK Oct. 20, 2008–Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today placed its ratings, including its ‘B-‘ corporate credit rating, on Las Vegas-based Station Casinos Inc. on CreditWatch with negative implications. “The CreditWatch listing reflects our concerns around the company’s progress toward amending its bank covenants,” explained Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Ben Bubeck. On Sept. […]
No Need To Panic: A Realistc Future for MMA
What do the failures of so many organizations mean for MMA? It means that promoters and their investors need to be smarter with their money. And it’s not like there isn’t precedence within the business world for this sort of gross mismanagement either. I’m sure everyone remembers the dot-com bubble of the late 90s that […]
No Need To Panic: An Analysis of the MMA Industry
In recent days we’ve seen a flurry of MMA business activity that has forced everyone within the community to re-evaluate the health of the industry. Individuals like Dana White will be the first to tell you that MMA is going to be more popular than soccer or the Superbowl, worldwide, by 2016. Yet, others are […]
Report: EliteXC Cancels September 20th Show
John Pollock of The Fight Network is reporting that EliteXC has cancelled its September 20th “Showdown at the Pit” in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event was originally set to feature Joey Villasenor vs. Murilo Rua; though, rumours have circulated that Jake Shields, Wilson Reis, Cris “Cyborg” Santos, and Paul “Semtex” Daley would also be fighting […]