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Financial advice with teeth

Jan 20, 2012
The new season of the entrepreneurship reality TV show "Shark Tank" debuts this weekend. Tess speaks with the only female host of the show about how she made her millions.
Entrepreneurs present their case to a "shark tank" of successful businessmen in the ABC show.
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NBC Sports Network a new opponent for ESPN

Jan 2, 2012
Comcast gets into the lucrative business of round-the-clock sports programming.

NBC offers full episodes on iPad app

Sep 9, 2011
Doesn't seem like all that shocking and bold a thing to do but the peacock network hasn't done it until now. The app was released in June but...

Comcast takeover of NBCU still being hammered out

Dec 15, 2010
It seems like forever ago that we first heard about Comcast's intentions to buy NBC Universal. Now comes word that the deal could be approved by...

For public good, not for profit.

An Emmy's theme

Sep 22, 2008
Retro advertising is paying off for cable channel AMC. Its series "Mad Men" made history by becoming the first basic-cable show to win an Emmy for...