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Deals of the Hour / June 14, 2010, 7:10 pm

Ten feet of (still) fresh at Baker

Blair Habenicht plants one with puddles in his boots. Overhead snow banks peppered with gravel and dirt lined the sides of Mt. Baker Highway as I drove into the upper parking lot of the ski area. Looking up at Chair 1, I ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-06-15T01:13:44Z)

Xbox 360 Gets Live Sports In HD From ESPN. Canceling My Cable In 5, 4, 3…

Everyone is busy talking about Microsoft Kinect (the project formerly known as Natal), but to me, some much bigger news just dropped at E3 from Microsoft: ESPN live sports access. Simply put: this was the only thing ... (Source: TechCrunch 2010-06-15T00:30:47Z)

Firm Disqualified From $285 Million Lehman Case Over Notice of Conflict

Finding Kobre & Kim's efforts to isolate a newly hired partner from a potential conflict inadequate, a New York state judge has disqualified the firm from representing a client in an arbitration against former employees ... (Source: Law.com 2010-06-15T02:03:51Z)

One Crowd Still Loyal to Goldman Sachs

Despite all the bad headlines — the accusations of fraud, the talk of a big settlement, the risk, however remote, of criminal charges — there's an inconvenient truth that's been largely ignored: Most of Goldman ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-15T01:28:03Z)

Wisconsin housing starts rise again in May

June 14, 2010 11:46 a.m. | While home construction is still far off the pace of a few years ago, it continued to improve in greater Milwaukee and most of Wisconsin's other major metro areas during May. In four-county ... (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-06-15T01:28:03Z)

Mankins was offered deal for an average of more than $7 million per year

Earlier today, P atriots guard Logan Mankins came forward with his frustration with the fact that the team's brass hadn't lived up to its word to offer him a long-term contract. Yet we had learned earlier in the ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-06-15T01:20:54Z)

ISS Proxy Advisory Services Recommends That CKE Restaurants, Inc.'s Stockholders Vote "FOR" Merger

CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR - News ) ("CKE") announced today that ISS Proxy Advisory Services ("ISS"), a division of RiskMetrics Group, has recommended that CKE's ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T01:56:41Z)

Cliffs Natural Resources Submits Superior Proposal for Spider Resources and Advises KWG Resources to ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF - News ) (Paris: CLF - News ) today announced that it has proposed to increase its cash take-over bid for Toronto-based Spider ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T01:13:44Z)

E3 2010: Microsoft press conference

Hoo boy, was there a lot for Microsoft to talk about today. A bunch of new games were revealed, with trailers, but the biggest thing they had was, of course, the Kinect. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's begin ... (Source: Examiner 2010-06-15T01:49:32Z)

Classes, concerts and more at Desert Botanical Garden

You expect gardening classes at the Desert Botanical Garden. What you may not expect, though, are classes on tai chi and interior design and how to use fresh fruit to make frozen desserts. But the garden offers all those ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-06-15T01:42:22Z)

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