Houston-based Cooper said it now expects 2009 earnings fromcontinuing operations in a range of $2

Houston-based Cooper said it now expects 2009 earnings fromcontinuing operations in a range of $2.30 to $2.60 per share,down from its January forecast of $2.45 to $2.80 per share. Butthe midpoint of the new, lower range was above average analystforecasts of $2.39 a share for the year. The company said it cut 650 jobs in the first quarter, ontop of the 2,200 jobs it cut in the fourth quarter of 2008. Cooper shares gained $1.28 to $30.43 in early trading onthe New York Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Nick Zieminski; Editing by Derek Caney, DaveZimmerman) Stocks Global Markets. This was only a matter of time: Redlasso has been served a cease and desist letter by a bunch of buzzkilling lawyers on behalf of NBC, CBS and FOX.

The Lasso has until May 29th to comply or else!Obviously, this is bad news for bloggers and blog readers alike. Sure, Redlasso is filled with more bugs than half the characters in The Wire, but when it does work, it?s totally awesome. It?s pretty much made recording my TV with a digital camera obsolete, which is not a bad thing (shaky hands, first sign of alcoholism).Really though, I?m amazed it took this long for the major media conglomerates to take notice. There are also signs that MLB is somewhat aware of Redlasso?s pirating. Jason at BallHype recently told me that MLB contacted him personally about removing a Redlasso video from the site. This show?s how incredibly out of touch the people at MLB are on two levels: A) They know so little about Redlasso that they decided to come after Ballhype instead of the site hosting the video, B) The know so little about Redlasso, period.

The site has been basically stealing copyrighted content for about six months now on a pretty large scale.It?s only a matter of time now before Redlasso is forced to close its doors, but for every free (and illegal) video clipping site that is shut down, three more will pop up (that?s a fact!) This is the Napster music revolution all over again. Damn The Man, power to the people, and all that stupid hippie shit.UPDATE: After the jump, an email I (and I assume all Redlassoers) received from the company (more?). 5/21/2008 6:00pm ESTBy the Team at SportsInsights Moving Today's MarketIt's all about the Los Angeles Lakers tonight in dusty 'ol San Antonio. Once again, the methodical, technical professionalism of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobli, et al, prevailed over the much younger, much less methodical, much less technically proficient New Orleans Hornets. Maybe next year for the boys from the Emerald City. Facing their toughest test to date, Kobe and his Hollywood cohorts open the series at home. Oddsmakers are giving their props to the Spurs, who dispatched the Hornets on the Hornets home court something almost no playoff team this season has been able to accomplish in any game, let alone a decisive Game Seven. The Spurs have moved from an open of –7 to a current handicap of –7.5.