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Deals of the Hour / June 12, 2010, 5:10 am

AP Top Headlines: Gattuso to retire from Italy's national team 1 of 1

Italy's Gennaro Gattuso heads the ball during a training session at Southdowns College, in Irene, near Pretoria, Thursday, June 10, 2010. Italy will play in group F at the soccer World Cup, which gets underway on June 11 ... (Source: Reading Eagle 2010-06-12T11:40:04Z)

Luis Fabiano Not Worried About Goal Drought

(AP) JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Brazil striker Luis Fabiano isn't worried about his goal drought coming into the World Cup. He hasn't scored in eight matches with Brazil dating back to a World Cup qualifier against Argentina in ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-12T11:11:26Z)

Devils can't damn Albany

Well that didn't exactly prove to be a Gen. Douglas MacArthur "I have returned" moment, did it? Fine, nobody is going to confuse South Pearl with the Philippines, but you'd think the homecoming of the New Jersey ... (Source: Albany Times Union (blog) 2010-06-12T11:47:14Z)

World Cup: South Africa Shows the World How Soccer Is Celebrated

South Africa's Tsepo Masilela, right, competes for the ball with Mexico's Ricardo Osorio, left, during the World Cup group A soccer match. (Credit: Themba Hadebe) (Credit: Themba Hadebe) The sportswriters paid homage to ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-12T11:11:26Z)

Odds for a market rally keep improving

My checklist keeps getting granted. The other day, I said one of the six things we need to see before the market can make real gains was some stabilization in the Spanish banking situation, particularly with Banco ... (Source: MSN Money 2010-06-12T10:49:58Z)

World Cup 2010

Park comes in and heads the ball clear from a corner. Good to see a winger track back and help out like that. Wow, Park Chu-Young rises to get ahead of Vyntra. That should really not be happening and it would have been a ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-12T11:25:45Z)

RPT-Soccer-World-MLS doesn't need success by US World Cup team

DETROIT, June 11 (Reuters) - For U.S. Major League Soccer, things can only get better at the World Cup this month. Few sports experts see the U.S. soccer team repeating its dismal performance from 2006, a feat in itself ... (Source: Reuters 2010-06-12T11:40:04Z)

Milestone: 10 Gigawatts of PV in 2010, Part 2

As we approach the upcoming autumn milestone of 10 gigawatts of solar installed in 2010, Greentech Media asks a few solar luminaries to reflect on the event. You are welcome to add your voice. In 2010, we will cross the ... (Source: Greentech Media 2010-06-12T11:54:23Z)

UPDATE 2-Russia's ARMZ aims to become top 3 uranium producer

MOSCOW, June 9 (Reuters) - Russian state-controlled miner ARMZ is eyeing more acquisitions in a bid to become one of the world's top 3 uranium producers after buying a controlling stake in Canada's Uranium One ( UUU.TO ... (Source: Reuters 2010-06-12T11:47:14Z)

The Beautiful Blog

We saw the Netherlands bus today as they are in Joburg in advance of their opening game vs Denmark on June 14th. Their bus slogan is, "Don't fear the top five, fear the Dutch eleven." I'm a big fan of the Dutch as my ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-12T10:57:07Z)

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