Week of March 8, 2008

The Federal Reserve announces a new program to pump massive sums into the

financial system.

apologizes to the public after a

federal wiretap caught him

allegedly arranging to meet a

high priced prostitute in a

Washington hotel.

The Senate Intelligence

Committee is preparing to

release a detailed critique of the

Bush administration’s claims in

the buildup to war with Iraq.

Two days after the Feds identify

Gov Eliot Spitzer of NY as a client of a high-prices prostitution ring - he

announces his resignation.

Sen. Barack Obama beats Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wyoming

Caucuses.

The Pentagon announces the resignation of the commander overseeing the wars

in Iraq and Afghanistan - navy Adm. William J. Fallon.

Consumer spending and confidence may be waning - but McDonald’s big push

on coffee and new breakfast items contributed to a double-digit jump last month

in sales - 11.7% over a year earlier.

President Bush, surprising a white-tie audience of more than 600, including

Supreme Court justices, Cabinet members and lawmakers - appears as the final

act of the gridiron Club’s annual revue. He sang “Green Green Grass of Home.”

Federal authorities are investigating Countrywide financial Corp. for securities

fraud as the FBI is in the early stages of an inquiry.

Home builder KB Home says that it would stop building in Chicago, the mid-

Atlantic region and Albuquerque, N.M. after finishing houses under construction

in those regions.

Week of March 8, 2008

Technology -

South Korean Lim Jeong-hyun becomes a cyber sensation in that his YouTube

video was seen by 40 million viewers. He did a guitar rock rendition of

Pachelbel’s Canon.

TiVo - the digital video recorder maker, announces that its customers would be

able to watch YouTube videos on their TV’s using one model of TiVo’s set-top

box sometime this year. Monthly - 66 million viewers watch about 2.6 billion

videos on YouTube, accounting for about 57% of the 116.7 million monthly online

video audience.

Apple Inc. says more than 100,000 software kits had been downloaded in the last

week by developers interested in creating programs for the iPhone.

Sports -

The Seattle Seahawks sign Julius Jones to a deal.

On Larry King Live! Thursday - Vince McMahon, wrestlers John Cena, Chris

Jericho, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the Big Show.

Entertainment news -

says the future of dream Works animation

movies will be 3-D. The first will be next

Springs’s “Monsters And Aliens.”

Katezenberg says about 1,200 screens

worldwide were currently capable of 3-D

exhibition, but he opens that 3,000 to 5,000

would be equipped when “Monsters” came

out.” Katezenburg says he was impressed

with Walt Disney’s 3-D “Hannah

Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds

Concert Tour, which opened to $31.3

million in ticket sales.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Harry Potter

producers say that the seventh and final

novel in the series will be split into two

films. “Harry Potter and the Deathly

Hallows: Part I” will hit theaters in November 2010, followed by “Part II” in May

2011. So far all five Harry Potter movies have grossed an astounding $4.5

billion.

Week of March

8,2008

Music news -

a March 24 episode of “How I Met

Your Mother.” She’ll portray a

receptionist in a dermatologist’s

office named Abby. Spears

appeared in a 2006 episode of

“Will & Grace.”

Television news-

HBO has another winner with “In

Treatment.” It stars Gabriel Byrne

as psychoanalyst Paul Weston

and the show follows the therapy

of four patients.

At the movies this week -

10,000 FC

College Road Trip

Vantage Point

Semi-Pro

The Bank Job

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Other Boleyn Girl

Jumper

Step Up 2 the Streets

Fool’s Gold

Week of March 8, 2008