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Deals of the Hour / August 30, 2010, 2:41 am

United, Continental to give 36 Newark gates to Southwest

(Reuters) — Continental Airlines will give up 36 slots at its Newark hub to Southwest Airlines in a bid to address antitrust concerns for its deal with United Airlines , the airlines said on Friday. The deal ... (Source: Crain's Chicago Business 2010-08-27T21:01:20Z)

Key moments in BP's push to operate on frontiers

A timeline of some key moments in BP PLC's drive to operate on the frontiers of the oil and gas industry: 1998 — British Petroleum acquires Amoco in a $53 billion deal in December, giving the company an even bigger ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-08-30T00:12:14Z)

White Sox nearing deal with Dodgers for Manny Ramirez

The White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers may be closing in on a deal to send Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez to the South Side in exchange for minor league prospects. The deal appeared to be close Wednesday when ... (Source: Chicago Sun-Times 2010-08-25T20:49:24Z)

HP's $1.5B bid for 3Par tops Dell offer

NEW YORK - Hewlett-Packard Co. is bidding $1.5 billion for data storage provider 3Par Inc., offering 33 percent more than what rival Dell Inc. agreed to pay for the company just a week earlier. The tussle for ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-08-24T07:00:13Z)

UPDATE 1-Intel could announce Infineon deal soon-sources

FRANKFURT Aug 29 (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Intel ( INTC.O ) is near a deal to buy German chipmaker Infineon's ( IFXGn.DE ) wireless business and could pay more than 1 billion euros ($1.27 billion), people ... (Source: Reuters 2010-08-30T00:33:43Z)

Sox, Dodgers near deal for Manny Ramirez

According to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to send Manny Ramirez to the Chicago White Sox, who won the waiver claim on the embattled left fielder. However, the Times has learned from a ... (Source: NWI.com 2010-08-30T05:41:31Z)

BHP's Potash Bid May Push Resource Deals to Record

(Updates with BHP, Potash shares in fifth paragraph.) Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd.'s $40 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. puts this year on course to be the busiest for natural ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-08-19T08:10:34Z)

Uzbek kids keep Silk Road running

KOKAND, Uzbekistan – For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking, exhausting job. She's done it since she was 8. Uzbekistan's authoritarian government ... (Source: Olympian 2010-08-29T07:01:27Z)

League says Devils submit new Kovalchuk contract

NEW YORK -- NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said the New Jersey Devils have submitted a new contract to the league for Russian star Ilya Kovalchuk. The league has five days to approve or reject the deal ... (Source: Erie Times-News 2010-08-28T09:04:19Z)

Great Silk Road's modern dark side: Government forces Uzbek children to help grow ...

KOKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8. Uzbekistan's authoritarian ... (Source: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 2010-08-29T04:02:29Z)

Devils submit new deal for Ilya Kovalchuk

The New Jersey Devils are going to try to it again with Ilya Kovalchuk , whose first contract with the team (17 years, $102 million) was rejected by the NHL. ESPN The Magazine's E.J. Hradek reports the Devils ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-08-27T21:37:08Z)

Sanofi makes $18.5 billion Genzyme offer public

France's Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-08-30T01:45:18Z)

Not everyone's giddy over 'Glee' or 'Modern Family'

LOS ANGELES — Hello, "Glee" lovers, wherever you are! (And you are everywhere.) It has been a good year for your favorite show! Nineteen Emmy nominations! That's two more than "Mad Men"! And you ... (Source: Bend Bulletin 2010-08-28T10:58:51Z)

Key moments in BP's push to operate on frontiers

A timeline of some key moments in BP PLC's drive to operate on the frontiers of the oil and gas industry: 1998 _ British Petroleum acquires Amoco in a $53 billion deal in December, giving the company an even bigger ... (Source: KSTP 2010-08-29T04:31:07Z)

Intel To Buy Infineon Wireless Unit For $1.4B

(Benzinga Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), the world's largest semiconductor maker, will pay $1.4 billion to acquire the wirless business of German chipmaker Infineon. The deal will give Intel ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-08-30T06:17:19Z)

HP outbids Dell in offer to buy 3Par

SEATTLE (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. boosted its bid for 3Par Inc. to $1.88 billion Friday, topping Dell Inc.'s offer by 11 percent and again raising the stakes in the bidding contest for the data-storage ... (Source: Berkshire Eagle 2010-08-28T03:56:31Z)

United-Continental deal approved

The Justice Department said Friday that it has no more antitrust concerns about the deal that would combine United and Continental into the world's largest airline. To win that approval, the airlines had to open the door ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-08-28T01:47:40Z)

Silk's dark side: Uzbek kids forced into work

KOKAND, Uzbekistan -- For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8. Uzbekistan's authoritarian ... (Source: Delaware Online 2010-08-29T07:51:33Z)

BP frozen out of oil drilling off Greenland

London -- At a celebration of BP's centennial last October, CEO Tony Hayward boasted to guests that the oil company "lives on the frontiers of the energy industry." But this week, in the first major sign that ... (Source: News-Leader.com 2010-08-30T07:57:32Z)

Sanofi makes $18.5 bln Genzyme offer public

Sanofi said it is considering all options to complete the transaction, hinting it would consider a hostile takeover bid. The so-called "bear hug" letter aims to pressure Genzyme to respond to the offer or justify to its ... (Source: Inside Fidelity 2010-08-30T03:18:21Z)

Emmys Commentary: Not everyone's giddy over 'Glee' or 'Modern Family'

LOS ANGELES — Hello, "Glee" lovers, wherever you are! (And you are everywhere.) It has been a good year for your favorite show! Nineteen Emmy nominations! That's two more than "Mad Men"! And you "Modern ... (Source: Florida Times-Union 2010-08-29T12:59:22Z)

BHP's Potash Raid May Make Record Year for Resource Deals

Commodities companies, including miners, oil producers and chemical makers, have announced $362 billion of takeovers so far this year. If they maintain that pace, they will eclipse thePhotographer: Derick E ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-08-19T07:06:09Z)

Report: Deal between Kovalchuk, Devils awaiting approval

Could the Ilya Kovalchuk saga finally be over? According to various reports, the New Jersey Devils have submitted a new contract for the star free agent to the NHL for approval. NHL deputy commissioner Bill ... (Source: FOXSports.com 2010-08-27T21:51:27Z)

Baseball: Manny Ramirez reportedly headed to White Sox

Manny Ramirez' stay with the Dodgers is nearly over. According to multiple reports, a deal with the Chicago White Sox will be completed today. The White Sox were awarded a waiver claim on the slugger last week ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-08-30T04:51:25Z)

Sanofi-Aventis gets tough in Genzyme bid

Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly confirmed for the first time its previously reported bid for Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) and moved to prod Genzyme shareholders into embracing a deal ... (Source: Boston Business Journal 2010-08-30T06:10:09Z)

BHP's Potash Bid May Push Resource Deals to Record This Year

Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd.'s $40 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. puts this year on course to be the busiest for natural resources deals. Commodities companies ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-08-19T04:07:11Z)

Not everyone's giddy over Glee' or Modern Family'

Hello, "Glee" lovers, wherever you are! (And you are everywhere.) It has been a good year for your favorite show! Nineteen Emmy nominations! That's two more than "Mad Men"! And you "Modern Family" fans - 14 ... (Source: Bradenton Herald 2010-08-29T07:58:43Z)

Intel buying Infineon's wireless operations

BERLIN—German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG says it is selling its wireless unit WLS to U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp. in a $1.4 billion cash deal. The Neubiberg-based company said Monday the deal is ... (Source: Marin Independent Journal 2010-08-30T06:38:47Z)

3Par's board says HP's offer better than Dell's

FREMONT, Calif. — Data storage company 3Par Inc. (NYSE: PAR ) says its board has determined that Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (NYSE: HPQ ) $2 billion, $30-per-share takeover bid is superior to a rival offer from Dell Inc ... (Source: Local Tech Wire 2010-08-29T12:45:03Z)

United-Continental merger cleared by Justice Dept.

MINNEAPOLIS - The Justice Department said Friday that it has no more antitrust concerns about the deal that would combine United and Continental into the world's largest airline. To win that approval, the ... (Source: Daily Breeze 2010-08-28T04:53:47Z)

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