Big spenders are making waves in Cup
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A modest proposal: We reorganize baseball with a $50 million salary cap and pool all players into positions for a blind draw among the 30 teams.
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U.S. News & World Report - Spending on advertising in the 2008 presidential election will surpass $800 million, according to an overview released this morning by the campaign media analysis group of New York-based TNS Media Intelligence.
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These soda-pop bottlers are not just blowing bubbles at investors.
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More and more people are forming charitable investment clubs to research, socialize, and give.
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Children in America are becoming deeply enmeshed in the consumer culture of getting and spending.
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Companies around the world are ramping up donations of both money and practical assistance to help the tsunami relief effort.
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The company is trying to look strong in a land of subsidies and stiff competition.
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With the cost of the 2008 presidential campaign likely to top one billion dollars for the first time, the race for the White House is driven more than ever by candidates' quest for campaign cash.
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Competition and merchandise are posing some big problems.
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The campaign fundraising figures reported by individual House and Senate candidates do not tell a complete or necessarily accurate story of the levels of campaign spending in their races. That is because outside playersÃ¢ÂÂ spending also is a major factor in virtually all of the most competitive races Ã¢ÂÂ including the money put in by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ campaign committees.
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Congressional candidates spent a record &#36;911.8 million in last year's races, and several 2006 contests are already showing signs they will carry big price tags.
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Groups representing most facets of the nation's health care system are lining up in support of a large spending increase for a popular children's insurance program.
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People are sometimes more extravagant with currencies that have high face values.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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An off-licence chain is braced for an onslaught of drinkers as an online discount voucher is downloaded by millions.
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A popular financial portal has its say.
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Tens of millions of dollars pouring into Olympic bid campaigns. PR companies, lobbyists and spin doctors working frantically. Rumors of dirty tricks swirling behind the scenes.