Wall Street Breakfast SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance A wholesome summary of this morning's key market- and stock-moving stories. Today's Business The Myrtle Beach Sun News Kansas City, Mo. | Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday announced that Tim Donahue is leaving as chairman of the struggling cell phone carrier, the second unexpected departure of a top executive in six weeks. Business ticker The York Dispatch --- TMG Health Inc ., a provider of outsourcing services for Medicare and Medicaid and retiree health care plans, yesterday announced the appointment of Alan N. Vinick as chief financial officer. MIDDAY BUSINESS REPORT: FTC settlement says company will stop selling phone, credit information Kansas City Star An Internet business has agreed to stop advertising and selling consumers’ private phone and credit information, which it allegedly obtained under false pretenses. The Sentinel The Sentinel KANSAS CITY, Kan. _ Former Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee was a co-grand marshall of Sunday's NASCAR race at Kansas City, providing another reminder that celebrity NASCAR team announcements generally aren't all they're cracked up to be. Cell phones pushing land-lines to sidelines Gainesville Sun Sophomore Jessica Vargas knows that phone service is included in her rent, which she said is even more of a reason to use it. Vargas, a Broward Hall resident, said she uses her room phone as a backup for her cell phone in order to conserve minutes. AP Blog: Another celebrity flirtation Boston Globe From pit road to the garage area to the grandstands, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from NASCAR, IRL, Champ Car and Formula One venues: MIDDAY BUSINESS REPORT: New phones, merger benefits on the way, Sprint’s Forsee says Kansas City Star Sprint Nextel Corp. will have a new line-up of innovative phones by the end of 2006 that should boost the company’s fortunes, Chief Executive Gary Forsee said today.
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