Convention Center quiz: what is "too expensive"?

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The television show Jeopardy will not come back to the Philadelphia convention center. The show had to pay $50,000 because of the strangle hold of unions in the area.

Television Broadcasting, Receipt of funds, Television broadcasting stations, Use of Funds, Business services, not elsewhere classified, Convention and Trade Show Organizers, Convention Facility Support Svcs, Television broadcasting industry, Brief Article, Convention services

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Rendell: Comcast may run center: The idea for the cable giant to operate the troubled convention site faces hurdles, but the trade unions like it

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Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell wants Comcast Spectacor L.P., a subsidiary of Comcast Corp., to oversee the operations of Philadelphia?s troubled convention center. The convention center?s trade unions are also pleased with the idea of Comcast Spectacor?s management.

Government expenditures, Cable Television Systems, Cable Networks, Management dynamics, Cable and other pay TV services, Parent-to-subsidiary activities, Subsidiary-to-parent activities, Management, Cable television broadcasting industry, Cable television, Economic policy, Comcast Corp., CMCSA, Entertainment industry, Company business management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rendell, Edward G., Comcast Spectacor L.P., Subsidiaries, divisions and units

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Politics, not work rules, led to Center clash

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Politics in Convention Center is always a problem since a labor dispute led angry union electricians to lock the building. The company is facing tough times due to a conflict between the President Al Mezzaroba and the Local 98 electricians chief John Dougherty.

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