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• Sheik gave Jackson gifts, assistant testifies
LONDON - Michael Jackson’s former personal assistant told a British court Friday that a Bahraini sheik who is now suing the singer was a generous friend, eager to give Jackson money and other gifts. Grace Rwaramba said Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al ...
• Gifting necessities seen as big holiday hit
But as job cuts grow, portfolios shrink and economic problems deepen, many people may just want help getting by. "What we are finding in general is that practical gifts are in this year," said Ellen Davis, spokeswoman for the National Retail Federation
• Franken camp claims closer margin
Coleman will be kicked out and won't need all those very expensive business suits, ties and Italian shoes he received as "gifts". It's back to small-town Minnesota and he'll be stuffed into flannel shirts and work boots. No silk neckties or silk ...
• Stores may see disappointing Black Friday sales
Not to mention that consumers are already jaded by all those "60 percent off" signs plastered on storefronts. Analysts say shoppers may stick to smaller gifts like cosmetics rather than $1,000 flat-panel TVs in a holiday season expected to be the ...
• Bahrain prince takes King of Pop to court
The singer stayed nearly a full year in Bahrain as a guest of the son, who serves as the governor of the country's Southern Province. Thanki acknowledged that Al Khalifa gave some gifts to Jackson but said that most of what Jackson received was part ...