Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band set list Giants stadium 2008

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
28 July 2008, Giants Stadium, E Rutherford, NJ


Out in the Street
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Two Hearts
The Promised Land
Hungry Heart
Summertime Blues
Tunnel of Love
Held Up Without a Gun
Its Hard to be a Saint in the City
Sherry Darling
Waiting on a Sunny Day
Because the Night
She's the One
Living in the Future
Mary's Place
Drive All Night
The Rising
Last to Die
Long walk Home
Badlands

Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Thunder Road
Detroit Medley
Born to Run
Glory Days
American Land

Twist and Shout

Paul McCartney & Billy Joel ...thats the rumour for last play at Shea Friday

Paul McCartney & Billy Joel to play Shea stadium ...thats the rumour for last play at Shea Friday

bill belichick's The Patriots sue fans for selling tickets to NFL games

ticketnews.com reports the following story

StubHub updates customer list in legal fight with NFL's New England Patriots
Tue, Jul 8th 2008 2:11 pm EST
By Alfred Branch Jr.
Having "exhausted" all of its appeals, StubHub this month has begun updating the customer information it is providing the New England Patriots in the legal battle the two have waged for two years.

StubHub President Chris Tsakalakis, in a recent email to ticket brokers, customers and others, explains that the company is being ordered by the court to update the records.

"As you may know, in November of 2006, the New England Patriots filed a lawsuit against StubHub over our right to provide a marketplace for the resale of Patriots tickets. As part of the lawsuit, the Massachusetts Superior Court ordered StubHub to surrender the contact information of StubHub customers who bought, bid on, listed or sold tickets to a Patriots home game from November 2002 to January 2007," Tsakalakis wrote.

"After exhausting our appeals, we were required to comply with the court's order. Despite our continued efforts to fight turning this information over to the Patriots, the court recently ordered StubHub to surrender that same information (contact information of StubHub customers who bought, bid on, listed or sold tickets to a Patriots home game) from January 24, 2007 going forward. In light of this recent ruling, you have been identified as a customer whose contact information, listing and/or transactional information, must be provided to the Patriots."



so what is the patriots going to do with that information.

Take you to court for what?

I can see taking away season tickets, but for the rest of us who bought and sold during the regular sale, whatcha think they are going to do?

i think the patriots should think about getting bill belichick a new Canon HF100 video camera so he can tape the other teams signals in HDTV .


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Apple Expects 15-Minute Setup Process for New IPhone

Apple Expects 15-Minute Setup Process for New IPhone (Update4)

By Connie Guglielmo

July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. will start selling its new iPhone at 8 a.m. nationwide on July 11 and plans to activate U.S. customer accounts with AT&T Inc. within 15 minutes.

``Our expectation is that in 10 to 15 minutes, you'll be set up and ready to go,'' Ron Johnson, Apple's retail chief, said today in an interview. Apple's more than 185 retail stores in the U.S. each aim to handle about 100 customers an hour, he said.

The iPhone 3G, which works on faster third-generation wireless networks, will also go on sale in 21 other countries on July 11, including Australia, Italy and Japan. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs wants the iPhone to become Apple's third major business, alongside the Macintosh computer and iPod media player.

Apple released the original version of the iPhone in June 2007 and sold more than 6 million before running out in May. The company may sell as many as 4.08 million iPhones this quarter, according to Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray Cos. in Minneapolis.

``You've got pent-up demand because we haven't had phones for a while,'' Johnson said. ``Our goal is to always have enough supply for every customer.''

Consumers in the U.S. can buy an 8-gigabyte model for $199, or a 16-gigabyte version for $299 from Apple or AT&T, the exclusive U.S. wireless partner. The phone comes in black or white.

Sales Process

Apple, based in Cupertino, California, rose $4.39, or 2.5 percent, to $179.55 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. The shares have declined 9.4 percent this year.

To make sure customers aren't buying handsets to resell overseas or modify them for use on unauthorized wireless networks, Apple will require a credit card and Social Security number so the device can be activated immediately. Apple won't offer the iPhone 3G through its online store, Johnson said.

With the previous iPhone, customers could pay with cash or buy the device online. They weren't required to sign a contract with AT&T during the purchase.

As part of its Personal Setup service, Apple will help customers select a model, choose an AT&T service plan, and ensure that the device is ready to make calls, browse the Web and receive e-mail, Johnson said. Service plans from San Antonio- based AT&T, the largest U.S. phone company, start at $70 a month and require a two-year agreement.

Apple stores will handle about 30 customers at a time, Johnson said. While the company will make sure the activation process is quick, customers won't be rushed, he said.

``We'll spend as long as it takes with our customers to make sure they're happy with the phone,'' Johnson said.

IPhone Availability

Starting July 11, consumers will be able to check Apple's Web site to see the availability of iPhones at the company's stores, Johnson said.

AT&T outlets will also start selling the iPhone at 8 a.m. New customers can visit before July 11 to complete a credit check to speed the purchase process, AT&T spokesman Fletcher Cook said. Existing AT&T customers also can check to see whether they can upgrade to the iPhone.

The activation process should take 12 to 15 minutes, not including time spent in line, Cook said.

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Speak Up on Credit-Card Rules

Speak Up on Credit-Card Rules
By ANDREA COOMBES
July 6, 2008

Now's your chance to air that gripe about the unexpected interest-rate increase on your credit card.

The Federal Reserve is accepting public comments through Aug. 4 on new credit-card rules it proposed in May. (The deadline for comments regarding some related proposals, mainly regarding credit-card disclosures, is July 18.)

Potential Changes

Among other things, the sweeping set of changes would prohibit credit-card companies, in some instances, from hitting you with a higher interest rate on debt you've already incurred.

Another change: Issuers would be required to apply at least a portion of consumer payments to higher-rate debt. Some issuers put payments first to cheaper debt, such as balance transfers that have low rates, rather than to higher-rate purchases.

The proposed rules also would prohibit "two-cycle billing," in which banks compute interest on debt on days preceding the most recent billing cycle, a practice that can result in borrowers paying interest on debt paid off during the previous month's grace period.

Credit-card issuers say the proposed rules are bad news for consumers. "We are deeply concerned that these rules will result in less competition, higher consumer prices, fewer consumer choices and reduced consumer access to credit cards," Edward Yingling, president and chief executive of the American Bankers Association, a Washington, D.C., trade group, said in a statement released soon after the Fed's proposal.

"For example, the proposal would greatly restrict the ability of card companies to charge interest rates that reflect the risks of different consumers," the statement said. "If card companies cannot fully reflect risk, then millions of consumers with good credit histories will end up with higher rates."

But plenty of consumers disagree, judging by some of the comments posted to the Federal Reserve site. Already, more than 9,000 people have commented.

To comment, go online to federalreserve.gov and click on "Consumer Information" at the top of the page. Click on "Proposed Rules for Credit Cards and Overdraft Services," scroll to the bottom of the page, and under "Regulation AA," click on "Submit comment."

The Federal Reserve says it expects to issue a final ruling by year end.

Consumer groups generally applaud the Fed's proposals. "The Fed's rules were much better than we expected," says Lauren Saunders, managing attorney of the National Consumer Law Center's Washington office. "There are some real improvements in them."

Still, consumer advocates would like to see rules go further. For instance, the proposal to apply payments to higher-rate debt applies only to money consumers send in above the minimum payment. And the rules do little to address fees.

Bevy of Bills

That's where Congress may step in. A veritable feast of pro-consumer bills has been introduced over the past year or so.

In February, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D., N.Y.) introduced H.R. 5244, a bill that, among other things, would end "universal default." That's when a credit-card issuer raises a consumer's interest rate based on late payments to other, unrelated creditors. The bill would also prohibit "any time, any reason" changes in credit-card terms, with certain exceptions.

Sen. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.) recently outlined a bill that he intends to introduce with similar provisions to Rep. Maloney's, such as requiring banks to mail statements 21 days before the bill is due, rather than the current 14.

In May 2007, Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.) introduced S. 1395, which proposed a cap on "penalty" interest-rate increases at no more than seven percentage points above the previous rate. And it would prohibit interest on fees, among other provisions.

Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) introduced S. 2753 in March of this year. Like Sen. Dodd's proposal, the bill limits the ways in which banks can offer credit to people under age 21. Also, it would prevent late-payment fees on any payment postmarked by the due date, among other changes.

Many members of Congress "are very, very concerned" about credit-card practices, says Travis Plunkett, legislative director of the Consumer Federation of America, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy and research organization. "I actually think that action by the Fed will encourage Congress to further investigate and act on abusive lending practices" not covered by the Fed's rules.

He says "it's unlikely anything will pass two houses of Congress this year, but there's a reasonably good chance we'll see a bill pass the House."