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17 Mar 2009 10:16

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Music: NIN’s Trent Reznor goes on and on about ticket scalping

  • Nothing’s going to change until the ticketing entity gets serious about stopping the problem – which of course they don’t see as a problem. The ultimate way to hurt scalpers is to not support them.
  • Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor • Discussing why ticket prices get so high at some shows – essentially, many bands (not his), venue and promoters practice a form of legal scalping using sites like StubHub.com or TicketsNow.com. Reznor is about to embark on his last tour for a while and has actually figured out a way to mute the effect of scalping. • source

17 Mar 2009 10:10

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Biz: Well, they’re building new homes again. But is that good?

  • +22% increase in housing starts in February – not huge but pretty good
  • +82% increase in apartment building, which drove the overall gains source