Robert Rodriguez sues over unpaid $7.7 million for 'Sin City 2,' 'Machete Kills'

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has sued the financers of "Sin City 2" and "Machete Kills," alleging non-payment of $7.7 million. The suit was filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday by Rodriguez and his affiliate companies against Sergei Bespalov,...

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Massachusetts voters to decide fate of casino law

PLAINVILLE, Mass. — The second fight over gambling in Massachusetts pits the companies who have already won the right to operate casinos against mostly local activists who object to casinos largely on moral and religious grounds. If approved, the Nov....

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Here's what's been happening in markets this month

What a difference a month makes. On Sept. 18, the U.S. stock market reached a record high after a mostly uneventful summer. Long-term interest rates headed higher, a sign that investors expected steady U.S. growth. A widely watched measure of volatility...

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Ebola monitoring inconsistent as virus spread

DALLAS — The top administrator in Dallas County rushed to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital this week responding to urgent news: One of its nurses had caught Ebola from a patient. He quickly asked for the hospital's watch list to find out who else might...

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Market turmoil: A gift for mortgage refinancers?

A sudden plunge in mortgage rates this week raised an urgent question for millions of Americans: Should I refinance my mortgage? Across the country, homeowners and would-be homeowners eager for a bargain rate fired off inquiries to lenders. The opportunity...

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Apple juices up line of gadgets

Apple Inc. unveiled its latest gadget updates yesterday, rolling out new iPads with fingerprint recognition and a new version of its iMac desktop computer. At its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., chief executive Tim Cook announced the iPad Air 2,...

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Custom homes go on the block

Build a custom mansion if you have the means, but you may end up auctioning it off because you can't find a buyer. That's what's happening to two high-end Bay State properties, one in Andover and another in Osterville on Cape Cod. "Some homes that...

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Will Apple Pay be the next iRevolution?

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple's skinnier iPads and flashy big-screen iMac are sleek and stunning. But the tech giant is making a bigger strategic bet with next week's launch of Apple Pay — the mobile pay service aimed at turning your iPhone into your wallet....

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Tuning out cable? HBO Internet-only plan changes picture

"It's not TV, it's HBO." HBO's longtime marketing slogan aside, soon there might not be any TV at all, at least in the traditional sense. The premium cable channel's announcement earlier this week that it will offer an Internet-only streaming service...

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Twitter introduces new audio card feature with SoundCloud, iTunes

Much like how Twitter users are able to embed photos, videos and gifs directly into tweets, the social media platform is making it possible to embed audio as well in a new partnership with Soundcloud and Apple. Twitter announced in a blog post on...

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CBS to launch SVOD 'all access' service with current and classic programs

HBO isn't the only big TV outlet preparing to take its TV series straight to the masses. CBS Corp. is launching its own subscription service for on-demand consumption of its flagship network's TV programs, as well as older series to which it owns the...

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Amazon hires 80K seasonal holiday workers

NEW YORK — Amazon is hiring 80,000 seasonal workers for its distribution centers as it looks to improve its shipping efficiency during the crucial holiday season. The figure is a 14 percent increase over last year's hiring of 70,000 workers, as Amazon...

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CNN cancels 'Crossfire,' other shows in wake of Turner cuts

CNN has quietly cancelled "Crossfire," "Unguarded with Rachel Nichols," "Sanjay Gupta, M.D." and "CNN Money" in the wake of cost-cutting by parent company Turner Broadcasting, according to people familiar with the situation. Turner announced last week...

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Chrysler recalling nearly 907,000 cars, SUVs

DETROIT — Nearly 907,000 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep SUVs and cars are being recalled for alternators that can fail and heated power mirror wiring that can short and cause minor fires. The recalls, posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators, push the total...

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Reed Hastings on new HBO service: no 'significant impact' to Netflix

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings downplayed the competitive threat posed by HBO's newly announced U.S. standalone streaming service in its third-quarter earnings call Wednesday. Hastings explained that an HBO offering would be just another of a growing list...

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Greek markets nosedive amid political uncertainty

ATHENS, Greece — Concerns that the Greek government could collapse next year, putting its bailout program in danger, caused a massive sell-off in the country's stock and bond markets on Wednesday, with the main stock index down 9.8 percent. The plunge...

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US business stockpiles up 0.2 percent in August

WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses increased their stockpiles in August by the smallest amount in more than a year, while sales fell by the largest amount since January. The data suggest that the economy is still having trouble gaining momentum. Inventories...

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Whole Foods to roll out rankings for produce

NEW YORK — Whole Foods plans to start rolling out a system that ranks fruits and vegetables as "good," ''better" or "best" based on the supplier's farming practices. Most notably, the supermarket chain says its "responsibly grown" labeling system for...

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France risks humiliating 'fail' in EU budget test

PARIS — Pencils down, papers over. France finds itself in the uncomfortable position of a student at the end of exams as it hands in its 2015 budget plans to European Union authorities for review. Wednesday's deadline for the bloc's 28 states to submit...

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Budget deficit drops to $483B, lowest since 2008

WASHINGTON — The government says the deficit for the just completed 2014 budget year was $483 billion, the lowest of President Barack Obama's six years in office. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says it's an indication the economy is far healthier than...

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Rentrak widens ties with Fox Networks Group

Rentrak, a provider of viewership data that has recently been moving aggressively to strike pacts with a number of major media companies, said it had expanded its relationship with 21st Century Fox's Fox Networks Group. Under the pact, Fox Broadcasting,...

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Olive Garden parent company names interim CEO

NEW YORK — Olive Garden's parent company Darden Restaurants promoted Chief Operating Officer Gene Lee to interim CEO after a board takeover by an activist investor last week. The company, based in Orlando, Florida, said Tuesday that Lee will replace...

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US stocks open higher after three-day slump

U.S. stocks are opening higher as the market shakes off a three-day slump. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 109 points, or 0.7 percent, to 16,430 as of 9:38 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 14 points, or 0.8 percent,...

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FDA weighs removing bolded warning from Chantix

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration will ask a panel of experts later this week whether a bold-letter warning on the anti-smoking drug Chantix should be removed based on company-supported evidence that the drug does not cause suicidal behavior....

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Trump casinos seek judge OK to end union contract

WILMINGTON, DEL. — The parent company of Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal says its main union is dragging its feet in negotiations and reluctant to agree to concessions amid attempts to keep the struggling casino open. Trump Entertainment Resorts says...

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Review site Yelp battles extortion claims

SAN FRANCISCO — First the chefs of a small Italian restaurant got mad at online review site Yelp. Instead of trying to get better reviews, they decided to take a different approach: get terrible ones. The campaign helped Botte Bistro get a rating of...

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Warner Bros. launches VOD service for new movies in Korea

SEOUL - Warner Bros. Korea is to launch a VOD service exclusively concentrating on films that have not had a theatrical release in the country. The service will launch on all three of the major IPTV platforms in Korea, with "Blended" as the first title...

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Report: Starz to launch streaming service in international markets

CANNES - U.S. pay TV outfit Starz is to launch in international markets with the creation of the international Starz Play service, according to a press report. It has inked a pact with Peter Ekelund's Swedish media group Parsifal Entertainment, which...

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Frenchman Tirole wins Nobel economics prize

STOCKHOLM — French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for research on market regulation that has helped policymakers understand how to deal with industries dominated by a few companies. His work is credited with helping drive...

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India's Toonz to acquire Spanish animator Imira

HONG KONG - Indian animation group Toonz Entertainment has announced plans to acquire Spain's Imira Entertainment. It is understood that Toonz will take 100% control of the Spanish firm which is both producer and distributor. Although in the near term...

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Box Office Mojo returns after one-day absence

Without explanation, the Box Office Mojo site has returned following an absence of slightly more than a day. The site vanished on Friday afternoon with the site redirecting users to parent Amazon.com's IMDb. It returned early Saturday evening but without...

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Local law firm serving craft beer industry

Local law firm Bowditch & Dewey is hopping on the explosive growth of craft breweries in Massachusetts and across the country with the creation of a specialty practice focusing on the beer industry niche. "It's a thriving and growing industry,"...

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Shift in kids' TV watching habits drives big changes to Discovery-Hasbro partnership

The seismic shifts in the way kids watch TV has led to major changes in the partnership between Discovery Communications and Hasbro in the Hub Network. The kidvid channel that launched in October 2010 will be rebranded Discovery Family Channel as of...

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CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient

WASHINGTON — Top federal health officials said Sunday that the Ebola diagnosis in a health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital clearly indicates a breach in safety protocol. Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease...

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Ebola: How it spreads

Some facts about how Ebola spreads: WHEN IS EBOLA CONTAGIOUS? Only when someone is showing symptoms, which can start with vague symptoms including a fever, flu-like body aches and abdominal pain, and then vomiting and diarrhea. HOW DOES EBOLA SPREAD?...

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