Electronic Arts this morning announced two agreements with advertising companies--one of which is a Microsoft subsidiary--that will place ads in some of EA's most popular video games. The financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Average national SAT scores fell by 7 points last year, the largest drop since 1975 and only the second time average scores have fallen in the past 15 years, the College Board reported Tuesday. The drooping figures come the same year the College Board introduced its new 2,400-point test to all students.
Enter the work space of Vital Marketing in New York City, and you'll find a plasma TV in the lobby as well as an open reception area. No cubicles for founder Joe Anthony's employees. "We group our project teams together.... We try to almost create these bullpens so people will always be able to turn around and troubleshoot," says Anthony, 32, of his business, which specializes in multicultural and youth marketing and averages $20 million in annual sales.
AP - Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall on the southern North Carolina coast late Thursday, coming ashore with heavy rains but sustained winds that fell just short of hurricane levels.
AP - Iran defied a U.N. deadline Thursday to stop enriching uranium, opening the door for sanctions, but U.S. and other officials said no action would be sought before a key European diplomat meets with Tehran's atomic chief next week to seek a compromise.
AP - The Israeli army turned over a small border area in south Lebanon to Lebanese and foreign troops Thursday, a symbolic move paving the way for U.N. peacekeepers to go into the volatile area.
Hovering just below hurricane strength and producing heavy rains, Tropical Storm Ernesto was moving inland over eastern North Carolina early today, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm's maximum sustained winds were at 65 mph.
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs warned a teenage girl forced into a "spiritual marriage" to submit to sex with her husband or face "losing your salvation," Utah authorities claimed in an affidavit.