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 30, 2010, 2:11 am

Robinho Wants To Do More To Help Brazil At WCup

(AP) JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Robinho thinks he needs to do more to help Brazil win a sixth World Cup title. Despite playing well and scoring his first World Cup goal in the 3-0 second-round win over Chile on Monday, the ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-30T08:05:27Z)

Local news in brief: Judge asked to go easy on ex-cop

The lawyer for former Detroit Police Officer Jerry Rivers asked Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen on Tuesday to sentence him today to probation for his role in a Detroit bribery scandal involving the sale of the ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-30T08:55:33Z)

Happy to crash party, surprise Padres stand atop NL West

SAN DIEGO — Players wear shorts and flip-flops to work, race motorized toy cars in their spare time and have bigger tattoos than egos. They look more like surfers on Pacific Beach than the team that entered Tuesday ... (Source: USA Today 2010-06-30T08:34:05Z)

Most state road projects won't spoil your trip

It's another bruising roadwork season across Michigan -- a whopping 176 projects on major roads all over the state -- but folks headed out to vacation hot spots will get some relief for this Fourth of July holiday ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-30T08:55:33Z)

Dems Drop $19B Bank Fee from Finance Reform Bill

(CBS/AP) Top Democratic negotiators from the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate who worked out a deal on a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations regrouped Tuesday to eliminate a $19 billion fee on banks ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-30T07:29:39Z)

Chinese bank launches world's biggest share offer

HONG KONG (AFP) – Agricultural Bank of China on Wednesday kicked off a share offer worth a world-record 23.2 billion dollars as China strives to develop depressed regions in the rural lender's heartland. AgBank, the ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-06-30T08:41:14Z)

Saving a Park Hero From Potter's Field

Joe Conzo Jr. Ernest Kelley, known as Butch, in 1980. Butch Kelley was as on-time dependable as the drumbeats at 52 Park in the South Bronx. In lousy weather or health, he was there to volunteer at the salsa concerts ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-06-30T07:51:08Z)

Del Nido expects Fabiano to stay

Fabiano, who has boosted his profile this summer after scoring three goals for Brazil at the World Cup, has indicated that he wants to join either Manchester United or AC Milan when he returns from South Africa. However ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-30T08:12:36Z)

Pharmalink AB Closes Deal With Grifols SA for the Acquisition of the Xepol(R ...

Pharmalink AB, today announced that it has closed its agreement with Grifols SA for the acquisition of Pharmalink's Xepol(R) programme for the treatment of post-polio syndrome (PPS). The parties had previously announced ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-30T08:55:33Z)

Irish Dairy Board Realises Cost Savings on Cross Border Invoicing With Sterling e ...

LONDON , June 30, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Irish Dairy Board (IDB), a major international exporter of Irish dairy products with an annual turnover of over EUR1.8 billion , has implemented Sterling e-Invoicing ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-30T08:55:33Z)

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