Deals of the Hour

Trying to find out what's the deal with the world, tracking what's on sale and who's talking about it on Twitter. Update hourly.

Deals of the Hour / June 17, 2010, 4:10 pm

Nu Skin Enterprises Underwriters Exercise Option

Nu Skin Enterprises said the underwriters of a stock sale by a group of shareholders have closed a partial over-allotment exercise for 569,000 shares. The price for the Class A common stock was $27 per share. JPMorgan ... (Source: ABC News 2010-06-17T22:18:23Z)

Griffin Dunne and Wife Buy a Condo

The actor Griffin Dunne. Now, he's transformed back again: Mr. Dunne and his wife, Anna Bingemann, just bought a condominium on Lafayette Street in SoHo for $2.8 million. Taylor Schultz, a broker at Prudential Douglas ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-17T22:18:23Z)

It All Depends on What You Mean by Regulation

Perhaps I was too hasty when I previously wrote that "Contrary to popular wisdom most PMCs crave to comply with legal and regulatory standards." Bloomberg is reporting today that "Security companies including ArmorGroup ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-06-17T22:11:13Z)

World Cup: Mexico Shows France Winning Is Everything

This is what happens when what could have been a cagey match becomes a cage match. Plenty of Mexican fans wearing delightful wrestling masks were cheering and cringing in fear. Plenty more Irish fans, who had booked ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-17T22:18:23Z)

French heads stuck in a bucket

The Mexican press had been demanding their team hand the French their Waterloo prior to the two nations' Group A meeting on Thursday. If Napoleon had seen the abject 2-0 surrender of his compatriots in Polokwane, he ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-17T23:01:20Z)

2,000 items up for auction from Detroit Public Schools

Detroit Public Schools will auction those Saturday among nearly 2,000 items they will have for sale. "We need to clear as much space as possible in our warehouse," said Felicia Venable-Akinbode, executive director of DPS ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-17T22:54:10Z)

Vela likely to miss next Mexico match

(AP) — POLOKWANE, South Africa - Mexico striker Carlos Vela is likely to miss his team's final Group A match against Uruguay on Tuesday. Vela injured his right hamstring and had to be replaced 31 minutes into Thursday ... (Source: Syracuse Post-Standard 2010-06-17T21:28:16Z)

El Tri shocks France; U.S. prepares for Slovenia

When Carlos Vela went down with an injury — as has unfortunately become custom for the 21-year-old Arsenal starlet — legions of Mexicans, Mexican Americans and fans of El Tri had to be concerned. Surely, some even ... (Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer 2010-06-17T21:56:54Z)

Mexico v France: 1st Half 0-0

Javier Aguirre made one change to Mexico's starting lineup. He opted for AZ Alkmaar defender Hector Moreno who gives the Mexicans more height in the central defense. The game thus far has been back and forth with the ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-17T23:01:20Z)

A Stealth Attack on Capital Gains

Buried in a Senate bill to extend health coverage to Americans struggling through the recession is a provision that would upend decades of established partnership law. It would single out particular types of businesses ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-17T22:39:51Z)

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