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Deals of the Hour / June 29, 2010, 5:11 am

Virgin Mobile USA First to Launch Nationwide Prepaid MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Providing an innovative new offer for the ever-evolving mobile broadband market, Virgin Mobile USA today announced the addition of MiFi ® 2200 to its Broadband2Go portfolio, offering ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-29T10:15:29Z)

General Motors workers Saginaw workers to vote today

A proposed set of changes, rejected earlier this month, has been tweaked to offer health care coverage to the families of newly hired employees, and temporary employees who will be made permanent. The previous rejected ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-29T11:41:23Z)

Google changes China access after Beijing objects

BEIJING (AP) -- Google Inc. said Tuesday it will stop automatically routing users in China to its Hong Kong site after Beijing threatened the company with the loss of its Internet license in their latest skirmish over ... (Source: Associated Press 2010-06-29T11:41:23Z)

NICE Inform, Incident Management Solution Available as Part of Motorola's Latest ...

RA'ANANA, Israel , June 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- NICE Systems Ltd.,a leading global provider of intent-based solutions that enable enterprises and security organizations to extract Insight from Interactions, transactions ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-29T10:58:26Z)

Elena Kagan promises respect for law as Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan pledged at her Senate confirmation hearing Monday to show the "evenhandedness and impartiality" the Constitution demands if she is confirmed, and to offer proper deference ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-29T11:41:23Z)

Migao to Construct New 40,000 Tonne Potassium Sulphate Facility at Its Changchun ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 29, 2010) - Migao Corporation (TSX: MGO - News ), a leading producer of specialty potash fertilizers for the Chinese market, is pleased to announce that it will be constructing a new ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-29T11:55:42Z)

Negotiators are working late, but there's no state budget deal yet

View full size The Patriot-News/file The Pennsylvania state Capitol building dome in Harrisburg. State budget negotiators worked late Monday night trying to close on a roughly $28 billion budget proposal that would ... (Source: PennLive.com 2010-06-29T11:55:42Z)

Age bias complaints surge in bad economy

After getting laid off from her job at a private school, Joyce Kalivas-Griffin was heartened to see virtually the same job open up at another school in her area. Kalivas-Griffin, 57, applied for the job, but heard ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-06-29T11:48:32Z)

VCAD Portfolio Show Introduces Vancouver's Hottest New Designers

( Vocus / PRWEB ) June 29, 2010 -- The Vancouver College of Art and Design (VCAD )is hosting a Portfolio Show today from 2 PM to 7 PM at its downtown Vancouver campus. This is a great opportunity for potential employers ... (Source: PRWeb 2010-06-29T11:05:35Z)

Blatter: FIFA will 'reopen the file' on replay

JOHANNESBURG -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter says soccer's governing body will "reopen the file" on video technology at a meeting of its rule-making panel in Wales next month, after two major refereeing mistakes at the ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-29T11:34:13Z)

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