Business news for Mon, 24 Dec 2007 & with word pull. 6 news.

Airlines and upstarts seeking to deliver high-speed Internet services to passengers say they've learned from Boeing's decision to pull the plug on a similar service.

The future of the American newspaper now depends on Sam Zell's skills as a corporate strategist. All eyes will be on the real estate mogul-turned-publisher as he tries to pull Tribune Co. out of a steep decline. After completing his takeover of Tribune last week, Mr. Zell surprised many observers ...

Investors will be watching politics as well as price-earnings ratios next year IF HISTORY is any guide, 2008 should be a better-than-average year for America's stockmarkets. Figures culled from the Barclays Equity-Gilt Study show that since 1926 Wall Street has risen by an average of 8.8% in presidential-election years, perhaps because politicians pull out all the stops to ensure they get elected. However, although such statistics may be superficially appealing, this could easily be a random effect. After all, 1932 was an election year and it saw the absolute market nadir after the crash of 1929. The markets also fell in 1940, 1948, 1960, 1984 and 2000. In down years for the stockmarket the incumbent party was just as likely to be re-elected as thrown from office. ...

Airlines, providers learned lessons from Boeing's experience Airlines and service providers seeking to deliver high-speed Internet services to passengers say they have learned from Boeing Co.'s 2006 decision to pull the plug on its ambitions to outfit its planes with a similar service.

As you pull out that credit card today, ask yourself this: Can you pay it tomorrow? Experts say that more and more Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the last year.

A joke consists of just two parts - the setup and the punch. You send the mind one direction, then pull the switch.