Ofcom, which conducted an investigation into more than 60 TV sponsorship deals, found that nine broke the broadcasting code governing sponsorship credits.
Suddenly, Mr. Jaquith, who had earned millions advising corporate tycoons on deals, found himself begging dealers with names like "Cuffie" for drugs.
A presidential commission studying offset deals found in 2001 that they had caused the loss of 4,200 manufacturing jobs a year in the 1990's, mostly at subcontractors.
This same study, of over 2,500 such deals, found that after the investment, existing shareholders receive average returns of negative 22 percent, compared with average gains of 27 percent for the PIPE investor.
Thus far, consumers like Mr. Skidmore aren't waiting for new and better 3-D sets to come along and instead are going for deals found online and at big retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart.
Over the last several years, Gov. George E. Pataki of New York and legislative leaders have repeatedly put new obstacles in the path to budget deals, found new reasons to jettison the way things were done before, and set records for lateness.
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