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Deals of the Hour / June 15, 2010, 7:15 am

American arrested searching for Osama bin Laden

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A 52-year-old American citizen who said he was searching for Osama bin Laden was detained in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan this week, Pakistani police said Tuesday. The ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-15T13:59:40Z)

UN: Donors to give $9.3M on Somali piracy cases

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Donors will spend $9.3 million to help Kenya and Seychelles prosecute suspected Somali pirates and improve those countries' criminal justice systems, a U.N. official said Tuesday. Although a ... (Source: Associated Press 2010-06-15T14:06:50Z)

InfoLogix Continues to Derive Value from Patent Portfolio; Company to Receive $2.2 ...

On June 8, 2010 , InfoLogix entered into a patent purchase agreement to sell its U.S. patent entitled "Touch Screen Systems and Methods" and its corresponding South Korean patent to Intellectual Ventures Fund 68 LLC, a ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T13:45:21Z)

Tesla Motors to raise $185M in IPO, Toyota deal

Tesla and its stockholders will sell 11.1 million shares for $14 to $16 each in an initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing. Toyota will invest another $50 million in the company. The Toyota deal was ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-15T13:59:40Z)

'Masterpieces' on hold, waiting for better times

(CNN) -- Some stunning buildings have appeared in American cities the past four years -- buildings, like the Aqua skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, that attest to the creativity of 21st-century architecture. But there ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-15T13:31:03Z)

Electric-Car Maker Tesla to Sell Shares at $14 to $16 in IPO

June 15 (Bloomberg) -- Tesla Motors Inc., the maker of electric sports cars that hasn't posted a profit since its founding in 2003, said it will seek to sell 11.1 million shares at $14 to $16 each in its initial public ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-06-15T13:38:12Z)

Could vuvuzelas fall silent? Ban possible

Acknowledging a rising tide of complaints about the deafening din of vuvuzelas during World Cup matches, Danny Jordaan , chief executive of the tournament's local organizing committee, warned Sunday that the plastic ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-06-15T13:45:21Z)

Tianjin Samsung LED Co., Ltd. Completes Construction of and Initiates Operations on ...

TIANJIN, China , June 15 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Tianjin Samsung LED Co., Ltd. recently held a ceremony in the electronics industry sector of the Tianjin Economic Development Area celebrating the completion of construction ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T14:06:50Z)

Covisint, a Compuware Company, and PROSTEP AG Join Together to Enhance Supplier ...

DETROIT and DARMSTADT, Germany, June 15, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Covisint , a Compuware (Nasdaq: CPWR - News ) company, today announced that it will globally offer PROSTEP AG's data transfer application, OpenDXM (R ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T13:52:31Z)

Task Force Report

As tensions on the Korean peninsula rise after an international investigation found that North Korea was responsible for the sinking of a South Korean warship, a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Independent Task Force ... (Source: Council on Foreign Relations 2010-06-15T13:59:40Z)

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