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Deals of the Hour / July 27, 2010, 2:39 am

Could Ilya Kovalchuk saga hurt Red Wings' long-term deals?

The NHL has been abuzz for the past week regarding Ilya Kovalchuk's $102-million, 17-year deal with the New Jersey Devils, which promptly was rejected by the league. The NHL says nyet to the monster contract ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-07-27T09:06:29Z)

Airline deals harder to find as summer travel grows

Summer airfares are up an average of 18 percent as summer travelers take to the skies. Good times are finally back for the nation's airlines. For travelers, that means it's getting harder to find bargains. The ... (Source: Seattle Times 2010-07-26T21:53:36Z)

Leaked documents expose imperialist war in Afghanistan

On Sunday, the WikiLeaks web site posted 91,731 American military documents on the US-NATO occupation of Afghanistan, covering the period from January 2004 to December 2009. The release was timed to coincide with ... (Source: World Socialist Web Site 2010-07-27T04:27:19Z)

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__ Power 3 Medical Products Inc. (OTC BB: PWRM) recently has unexpectedly discovered new and unprecedented findings regarding clinically important differences in the response of the NuroPro protein biomarkers ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-07-26T20:49:11Z)

German automaker BMW, US Olympic Committee make 6-year sponsorship deal official

A German automaker sponsoring American athletes? BMW and U.S. Olympic Committee officials see nothing contradictory about that in this global economy. The two organizations made their six-year deal official ... (Source: FOX News 2010-07-26T22:22:14Z)

NHL rejects Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year deal with New Jersey Devils

NHL NHL rejects Kovalchuk's 17-year deal: The NHL rejected Ilya Kovalchuk's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the New Jersey... NHL rejects Kovalchuk's 17-year deal: The NHL rejected Ilya Kovalchuk ... (Source: Seattle Times 2010-07-21T03:37:10Z)

Bargain air fares could fly away

Good times are finally back for the nation's airlines. For travelers, that means it's getting harder to find bargains. The summer travel season got off to a roaring start, fares are up, and money is rolling in ... (Source: Pioneer Press 2010-07-27T05:03:06Z)

BMW deal with USOC becomes official

A 6-year deal that will make German automaker BMW the sponsor for the U.S. Olympic Committee was made official yesterday in New York. A person familiar with the contract has told the Associated Press that it ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-07-27T07:11:57Z)

WikiLeaks vows to put more secret documents online

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London on Monday, July 26. Assange said he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents ... (Source: Seacoast Online 2010-07-27T08:30:42Z)

Maradona meets with AFA leader, future in doubt

B UENOS AIRES, Argentina — Diego Maradona met Monday with the Argentine Football Association's president, with no word yet on whether he will stay on as national team coach. AFA spokesman Cherquis Bialo says Maradona ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-07-27T05:10:16Z)

BC-OLY--USOC-Sponsor, 2nd Ld-Writethru,0490 BMW, USOC make 6-year sponsorship deal ...

NEW YORK — A German automaker sponsoring American athletes? BMW and U.S. Olympic Committee officials see nothing contradictory about that. The two organizations made their six-year deal official t a news ... (Source: Abilene Reporter-News 2010-07-27T06:29:00Z)

Cowboys: Pad-gate between Roy Williams and Dez Bryant overblown

SAN ANTONIO -- Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams can't even get his 4-year-old son to carry his shoulder pads. "Man, I can't get anybody to carry them," Williams joked Monday. "I'm mad at him, too." A day ... (Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal 2010-07-27T05:31:44Z)

NATO confirms death of 1 of 2 sailors missing in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - One of two U.S. sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week has been confirmed dead and his body recovered, a NATO spokesman said Tuesday. The search continues for the other ... (Source: Buffalo News 2010-07-27T07:47:45Z)

Mindspeed Technologies sells patents for $10 million, new owner not disclosed

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Chip maker Mindspeed Technologies Inc. said Monday that it will sell certain patents for $10 million. The name of the new owner was not disclosed. Mindspeed said it will record $7.5 million from ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-07-26T11:02:12Z)

Pakistan Aids Insurgency in Afghanistan, Reports Assert

Americans fighting the war in Afghanistan have long harbored strong suspicions that Pakistan's military spy service has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand, even as Pakistan receives more than $1 billion a ... (Source: The Ledger 2010-07-27T07:54:54Z)

Argentina to offer Maradona new deal

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The Argentine Football Association says it will offer Maradona a new four-year contract that would keep him in charge of the national team through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-07-15T00:31:00Z)

BP CEO Tony Hayward to Step Down and be Succeeded by Robert Dudley

BP today announced that, by mutual agreement with the BP board, Tony Hayward is to step down as group chief executive with effect from October 1, 2010. He will be succeeded as of that date by fellow executive director ... (Source: Fresh Business Thinking 2010-07-27T08:09:13Z)

Cowboys' Roy Williams: Dez Bryant refusing to carry pads is 'not a big deal'

Dallas Cowboys WR Roy Williams on Monday dismissed the controversy surrounding rookie wideout Dez Bryant and his refusal to carry the veteran's shoulder pads. "If he doesn't want to take the pads, he doesn't ... (Source: USA Today 2010-07-27T00:16:46Z)

Maradona Says He'll Coach Argentina On His Terms

(AP) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Diego Maradona says he'll stay on as coach of Argentina if he's able to keep his entire staff. Hours before a meeting with Argentine Football Association president Julio ... (Source: CBS News 2010-07-27T07:33:26Z)

Airlines post profits

Good times are finally back for the nation's airlines. For travelers, that means it's getting harder to find bargains. The summer travel season got off to a roaring start, fares are up, and money is rolling in ... (Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin 2010-07-27T02:39:56Z)

Mindspeed Tech. Signs Deal For $10 Mln Sale Of Intellectual Property - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Mindspeed Technologies Inc. (MSPD: News ) said it entered into an agreement for the sale of certain legacy patents for $10 million, of which $7.5 million should be reported in the company's fiscal fourth ... (Source: RTT News 2010-07-26T09:29:09Z)

Google eyes more government deals for online apps

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google Inc. is gearing up to sell its e-mail and other Web-hosted applications to a wider range of government agencies after winning a prized security clearance. The sales push ... (Source: MIT Technology Review 2010-07-26T21:39:17Z)

Roy Williams says Dez Bryant dustup "not a big deal"

SAN ANTONIO — Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams can't even get his 4-year-old son to carry his shoulder pads. "Man, I can't get anybody to carry them," Williams joked Monday. "I'm mad at him, too." A day after the ... (Source: Daily Oklahoman 2010-07-27T04:27:19Z)

Tony Hayward's departure: statement from BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg

"The BP board is deeply saddened to lose a CEO whose success over some three years in driving the performance of the company was so widely and deservedly admired. "The tragedy of the Macondo well explosion and ... (Source: The Guardian 2010-07-27T07:54:54Z)

Google unveils new set of apps for government

S AN FRANCISCO — Even as Google Inc. downplayed problems with its contract with the city of Los Angeles, it kicked up its competition with Microsoft Corp. another notch in the lucrative market of selling e ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-07-27T08:45:01Z)

WikiLeaks boss vows to expose more documents

LONDON: It has no headquarters and its public face — a wiry, silver-haired Australian with a physics Ph.D. — carries his desktop computer in a backpack as he moves from place to place. WikiLeaks is a bare ... (Source: Akron Beacon Journal 2010-07-27T07:26:16Z)

What is WikiLeaks? A group on a mission to root out secrets

WikiLeaks is a bare-bones organization on a mission to root out the secrets of the high and mighty, from Sarah Palin to the Church of Scientology. Its founder, Julian Assange, said his group's biggest coup so ... (Source: Nashville Tennessean 2010-07-27T07:11:57Z)

Hayward to resign as BP chief

LONDON - BP Plc chief executive Tony Hayward will step down as head of the oil giant on October 1 and be replaced by fellow executive Robert Dudley. News of Mr Hayward's departure came as the company announced it would ... (Source: Business Spectator 2010-07-27T07:40:35Z)

Digest: NHL reportedly rejects Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102 million deal with New Jersey Devils ...

A person familiar with the issues raised says the NHL is rejecting Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102 million free-agent contract with New Jersey because it circumvents the league's salary cap. Speaking on ... (Source: Inside Bay Area 2010-07-21T04:27:16Z)

Google: Good enough for government work

Even as Google Inc. downplayed problems with its contract with the city of Los Angeles, it kicked up its competition with Microsoft Corp. another notch in the lucrative market of selling e-mail and other ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-07-27T05:31:44Z)

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