PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday February 21, 2008

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday February 21, 2008

Recession Unlikely, Housing Sector Correction Nearly Over, Reports New Analysis from The Conference Board

Despite continuing turmoil in the housing and financial markets, a U-S recession is not imminent, The Conference Board reports today. While the U-S economy has weakened, business activity and corporate profits continue to rise. Consumer spending is continuing at a rate of two to two and a half percent a year, and with the exception of the auto industry, the economy is showing gains virtually across the board.

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Workers Reveal Top Ten Former Academy Award Winners They Would Like to Work for in New CareerBuilder-dot-com Survey Dramas are dominating the Best Picture category at the Oscars this year, and according to a new CareerBuilder-dot-com survey conducted by Harris Interactive, it's prevalent in the workplace as well. Thirty-two percent of U-S workers say drama is the type of movie genre that best describes their workplace, followed by comedy at twenty-eight percent and adventure at eleven percent. The good news for employers is only six percent of the workers surveyed say their workplace could be best described as a horror or a war movie.

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V-H-One Launches 'V-H-One's The Track with Flavor Flav' - An Online Music Competition to Find Flav's Next Beat

Flavor Flav is ready to create his next single and he's looking for help. Beginning with the launch of "V-H-One's The Track with Flavor Flav," music producers from across the country can upload their original audio tracks for consideration. One talented music producer will be given the chance to record and co-produce Flavor Flav's next single later this spring. To enter, participants can submit samples of their best audio beats by going to V-H-One's recently launched FlavorOfLoveWorld-dot-com through March thirteenth.

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Carole King's 1971 Masterpiece Tapestry Released as a Deluxe Two-C-D Version

Carole King's 1971 masterpiece, Tapestry, endures as an artistic benchmark, a cornerstone of Seventies pop, and an industry phenomenon. The original home to such classics as "It's Too Late," "I Feel the Earth Move," and "You've Got a Friend," the album is now being released with a second C-D of live performances. Tapestry: Legacy Edition arrives in stores April fifteenth.

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