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Deals of the Hour / June 11, 2010, 6:10 am

DreamWorks bolts back to biz

DreamWorks Studios has gone from a dead stop to flat-out gallop: It has six films in production this summer, all eyeing 2011 bows. That's a tidy number for a company that closed $825 million in financing with Reliance ... (Source: Variety 2010-06-11T12:38:31Z)

Dan Garton returning to American Eagle as CEO

Dan Garton's flight path at Fort Worth-based AMR Corp. has taken him back to American Eagle Airlines; how long the regional affiliate stays with AMR is less clear. AMR on Thursday named Garton the new chief executive and ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-06-11T12:24:12Z)

iLOOKABOUT Part of $11 Billion Insurance Industry Solution

LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 06/11/10) - iLOOKABOUT Corp. (TSX-V: ILA - News ) (the "Company") today confirmed its commitment to the Canadian insurance industry by announcing additional details of its partnership with ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-11T13:07:09Z)

Deloitte Carries on IMPACT Day Tradition; Contributes Business Counsel to Hundreds of ...

NEW YORK , June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- While the economy shows signs of improvement, countless nonprofits continue to strain under the weight of the recession fall-out. Today, in what has become an IMPACT Day ( www ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-11T13:00:00Z)

Retail Sales in U.S. Fall as Consumers Boost Savings (Update2)

June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Sales at U.S. retailers unexpectedly dropped in May, signaling consumers boosted savings as employment slowed and stocks fell. Purchases decreased 1.2 percent, the biggest drop since September 2009 ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-06-11T12:45:41Z)

In Spain, discovering bacalao

Bacalao -- salt cod -- has never been my favorite. Catalans do back flips for it, but to me, there are so few aha! moments, I never quite understand the bother or the price. To set me straight, my ever-helpful Barcelona ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-06-11T12:38:31Z)

Business news briefs: Union, Kroger reach deal

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876 and Kroger said Thursday evening that they had reached tentative agreement on a new contract for 12,000 Kroger workers in Michigan. A previous contract expired at midnight ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-11T12:31:22Z)

Issues remain after walkout by 12K Minn. nurses

Thousands of Minnesota nurses were heading back to work Friday after a one-day strike, still without a contract and with the same complaints of short-staffing that fueled a one-day walkout. But the Minnesota Nurses ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-11T12:09:53Z)

James Carville Bashes Fareed Zakaria: 'I Wanted to Hit Him With a Football Bat'

Democrat strategist James Carville Thursday had strong words for Fareed Zakaria who in an interview recently published at CNN.com defended President Obama's handling of the Gulf Coast oil spill. "When I read that I ... (Source: News Busters 2010-06-11T12:45:41Z)

Report: OSU to Pac-10; Holder says story is false

TMZ.com , an entertainment website, cited a source within Oklahoma State's athletic department when it reported Thursday that the Cowboys' move to the Pac-10 was a "done deal." OSU athletic director Mike Holder said the ... (Source: Tulsa World 2010-06-11T12:31:22Z)

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