In 1997, tax officials ruled meals and beverages consumed in the clubhouse were eligible for a 50% deduction the same deduction available for most other forms of business entertainment, such as restaurants and bars not located on a golf course.
Reporting into Phil Harrison, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business (EMEA), the new studio's remit will be to develop a long-term business with Entertainment as a Service at its core, with a focus on Windows 8 tablet devices as the underlying technology and platforms as part of Microsoft Studios' continued expansion across the region.
Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division of Microsoft, described Xbox Live recently as the "key weapon" in the next generation console battle.
The connection can be anything you like -- business, entertainment, sporting, quirky or personal.
The Notebook series from GIGABYTE combines both business and entertainment aspects of your lifestyle, into one powerful device.
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But now we are more than familiar with the object, seeing it used for both business and entertainment purposes.
Experts surmise that less than 1% of Internet content--whether business or entertainment related--now has any rights attached to it.
Several other media titans are in the business of entertainment vs. news.
Western firms have found that morale improves with widely applied economy drives, such as ending business-entertainment allowances or replacing mobile telephones with pagers.
With a keyboard add-on, the MediaPad 10 FHD can be transformed into a ultra-book, and its VGA and HDMI output and office software compatibility supports all your business and entertainment needs.
To meet the associated test, you need to be able to show that the entertainment is associated with your trade or business, and that entertainment is directly before or after a substantial business discussion.
Inflation in the movie business has sharply outpaced real-world inflation in recent years, as returns rise in the entertainment business and as more money competes for a small number of stars.
MSG's entertainment business more than doubled its operating profit despite a 15% decline in revenue.
Microsoft is selling business software and entertainment hardware (Xboxes) to complement its storage.
It is strange that we imagine our gadgets as either business machines or entertainment machines.
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The retail, business, and entertainment activity proved to be far too diverse of that time period.
Don Mattrick, president of the interactive entertainment business, talks about how kinect will be sold in bundles.
Philips Audio, Video, Multimedia and Accessories make up the Lifestyle Entertainment business group within Philips Consumer Lifestyle.
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We also have specialists in records and movies who enrich our overall knowledge of the entertainment business.
But most clinics buy games off the shelf sometimes from firms whose main business is making entertainment games.
On September 18th it emerged that Philip Anschutz is exploring selling AEG, his multi-billion-dollar sports and entertainment business.
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Athletes that still play at a competitive level after high school are really participants in the entertainment business.
Moreover, Marg Savithanjali is the most important project in terms of luxury amenities, business centres and entertainment conveniences.
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Well, I think it's hard for us to really understand how transitional this moment is in the entertainment business.
Mr. Gallin quit the entertainment business 13 years ago, and buying and selling houses became more of a focus.
"It's probably the biggest entertainment franchise in the world, " said Dennis Durkin, corporate vice president in Microsoft's interactive-entertainment business.
Vivendi chairman and chief executive Jean Rene Fourtou said the deal would help turn the firm's entertainment business around.
"I sensed that the entertainment business has a phenomenal ability change people's minds beyond any other business, " he said.
He was appointed general manager of interactive entertainment business at Microsoft in 2011.
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