Music firms raise stakes in bid to revive industry: campaign includes lowering CD prices, consolidation steps

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The Recording Industry Association of America is launching a legal campaign that is designed to stop the piracy that has caused a drop in music sales over the last four years. The campaign involves bringing compact disc prices down. The association has filed 261 lawsuits against allegedly illegal music file-sharing.

Entertainers & entertainment groups, Patents & copyrights, Legal/Government Regulation, Other Performing Arts Companies, Musical Arts, Music industry, Intellectual property, Music, Recording Industry Association of America

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Colgate lowers profit expectations: consumer-products firm cites heavy ad spending to fight global rivalry

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Colgate-Palmolive Co. announced that its second-half profit would be lower than expected, due partly to an increase in marketing costs. The company felt it was necessary to advertise aggressively in the global market, in order to forestall a challenge to its position by its competitors, especially Proctor & Gamble.

Marketing procedures, Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing, Soap, Cleaners, and Toilet Goods, Soaps & Detergents, Marketing, Colgate-Palmolive Co., CL, Soap and cleaning agents industry, Cleaning agents industry, Company marketing practices

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AOL's latest disclosure may fuel investor fears

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America Online (AOL) said that it might have to restate its advertising-linked revenues. The announcement is expected to deepend investor fears about the AOL Time Warner Inc.'s accounting investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Telegraph & other communications, Capital funds & cash flow, Finance, Internet service providers, AOL Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., AOL, Investigations, Accounting and auditing, Internet service provider, Entertainment industry

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