Lance Armstrong first guest on “Gavin Newsom” show
By Lucas Shaw | Reuters – 2 hrs 30 mins ago NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Lance Armstrong and Google‘s Marissa Mayer will appear on the debut episode of “The Gavin Newsom Show,” the upcoming Current TV program hosted by California‘s lieutenant governor. Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco and a rising star in California politics, has [...]
RICHARD RUSSELL: ‘The Scream’ Sold For $119 Million And That Tells Us Something Important About Gold
Courtesy of Sotheby’s Richard Russell, the author of the Dow Theory Letters, has been a big fan of gold as well as other alternative stores of value like art. Recently, Munch’s “The Scream” sold for a record-breaking $ 119 million. Perhaps the only person who wasn’t astonished by that pricetag was Richard Russell. [...]
FDA advisers back first drug to prevent HIV – USA TODAY
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) – The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS. AP This photo provided by Gilead Sciences shows Truvada, a combination of two older HIV [...]
Facebook’s Saverin quits the US
14 May 2012 Last updated at 12:12 Facebook is days away from a multi-billion dollar stock market flotation Facebook’s co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his US citizenship ahead of the company going public on Friday. Brazilian-born Mr Saverin, 30, will avoid paying around $ 600m (£373m) in tax when he picks up his share of [...]
Josh Hamilton: Four-homer night complicates Rangers’ dilemma – USA TODAY (blog)
The Texas Rangers have embraced the idea all along that they will let prized outfielder Josh Hamilton walk away as a free agent at the end of the season. He’s too brittle. Too big of a risk with his drug and alcohol past. Too expensive, particularly over a long-term deal. Let someone else make the [...]