Entertainment and communications companies Telewest and NTL have recently become one entity. NTL has recently added Telewest to its family, a large part of the U.K. communications industry.

The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan completed a $2.4 billion purchase of four marine ports from Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. These ports are located in: Vancouver and Delta in British Colombia, Staten Island, New York and New Jersey.

Webcredible recently announced the launch of two new training courses, Web Usability training and Writing for the Web training. Their existing suite of training courses will be complemented by these new ones and will follow the same unique method of teaching.

After discount retailers and quick-fix fashion labels like Target, Wal-Mart or H&M have been continuously nibbling away at mid-priced department store?s market shares, networks like J.C. Penney Co. and Kohl?s Corp. are determined to fight back this holiday season.

In preparation for the September arrival of the upscale, full-service, Cleveland Marriott East, Todd Raburn was appointed General Manager and currently oversees recruiting and the pre-opening sales office, which has officially opened at 2000 Auburn Drive, Suite 450 in Beachwood, according to Winegardner & Hammons, Inc., the hotel`s management company.

Now that the holiday period is almost over, most chances are that on January the first 2007 you will not wake up to a gigantic hangover, you will also be waking up to a massive mountain of Christmas-induced Credit Card debt

Chauncy Welliver (28-3) defends his WBC Fecarbox Heavyweight title against Mike Tyson`s brother, Cliff Couser (25-10). In the co-main event Brazilian Light Welterweight Champion Antonio Mesquita (31-0, 25 KO`s) continues his assault on the Welterweight ranks.

The New England Patriots are quite familiar with their spot on the main stage. The closest thing the NFL has to a dynasty in the 21st century, the Patriots took the stage Monday night and pounded the Minnesota Vikings 31-7

Las Vegas-based online talent/booking agency has announced the opening of their virtual doors on July 21, 2005. Whether East Coast or West Coast, the group is open to artists from all over.

49ers are contemplating moving to Santa Carla in case a new San Francisco stadium plan will not go through. The announcement was given Tuesday buy both team and city officials.

What separates Dwayne Wade from Kobe Bryant? Wade has proven that he is even better without Shaq at his side, leading his team and improving the play of his teammates. Recently Wade was awarded for his superb play throughout the last month being named Player of the Month for November.

When anybody brings up the word controversy in the entertainment industry, one man in particular happens to stand out: Tom Cruise. The actor, who was once considered good and wholesome, has since become, well, a crazy person. Crazy enough to refute modern medicine for depression, insist that his fiance give birth silently and believe that he knows more about psychiatry than anyone else on the planet.

Reports in recent days of the personnel situation for the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) mission in Afghanistan that European allies of the United States are refusing or stalling in sending more troops to the embattled country have sparked a reexamination of NATO capabilities and overall needs.

British band Duran Duran is about to provide its fans not only with real life entertainment, but with a virtual one as well. The band will create a virtual island within online game Second Life, where they will perform actual live concerts.

Even those people who aren?t soccer fans surely heard about the famous head butt in the final game of the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament, played out between Italy and France