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Deals of the Hour / June 9, 2010, 12:11 pm

NYSE-Traded Chinese Company CYD Settles Accounting Case with SEC

The world is changing. Quickly. And it is taking a form that many of us no longer recognize. What better proof could I offer than to report about a recent United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-06-09T18:31:39Z)

Don't tweet that: How not to be a Twitter dork

(CNN) -- Twitter has become a vital tool over the past few years, allowing folks to chronicle everything from the Hudson River plane crash to performances of Romeo and Juliet. A recent study from the University of ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-09T18:03:01Z)

New UN sanctions on Iran are 'very significant ...

EU High Representative Ashton "reaffirms her offer" to Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili "to meet at the earliest opportunity on the basis that any discussions include Iran's nuclear programme and does not affect the UN Security Council process ... (Source: Focus Infomation 2010-06-09T18:53:07Z)

Policy dog and pony show or meaningful engineering ...

Broadband providers have a long, long history of creating groups that offer the illusion of consensus with a focus on science -- but are little more than puppet shows, operated primarily by a few players, where consumer welfare and objective science ... (Source: BroadbandReports.com 2010-06-09T19:00:17Z)

Stephanopoulos Cites Tea Party 'Losing Steam,' But ...

Anchor Diane Sawyer wondered: "And what does this mean, the outsider momentum for the Tea Party? Does it roll straight to November?" Stephanopoulos answered: Not entirely clear. We've got a new poll out tonight that shows the Tea Party may be ... (Source: News Busters 2010-06-09T19:00:17Z)

ProMetic: Presentations at the European Hematology ...

ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI - News ; "ProMetic") will present data on its orally-active PBI-1402 compound at the 15th Congress of the European Hematology Association held in Barcelona, Spain, June 9 - 13, 2010. Clinical and preclinical ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-09T18:24:29Z)

German government rejects aid for GM's Opel

That decision irked Germany, which had pushed hard for the sale and had been prepared to offer financial support. Fast-forward to May, when GM reported an $865 million first-quarter profit, its first positive quarter in three years. The profit came ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-09T19:00:17Z)

Supply Chain Council Partners with Aberdeen Group

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Supply Chain Council (SCC) is pleased to announce a formal partnership with Aberdeen Group that will provide additional benefits to members of both organizations. As a research partner, Aberdeen Group will offer SCC members ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-09T19:07:26Z)

Davis is considered day-to-day, Carson called up

As expected, the A's sent a reliever to Triple-A Sacramento today to bring up a position player because center fielder Rajai Davis is out for two or three days with a hamstring strain. What wasn't necessarily expected ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-09T17:55:51Z)

Shrimper Douses Herself With Oil in Spill Protest

Diane Wilson, a Texas shrimper and activist, has been arrested for pouring oil on herself during a senate energy hearing. Wilson was voicing her anger over the issue of BP's liability in the catastrophic spill that has devastated the shrimping ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-09T18:45:58Z)

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