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Deals of the Hour / September 22, 2010, 5:41 am

Redknee Wins APAC Billing Transformation Deal / Redknee Grows Regional Footprint ...

Leveraging Redknee's market-leading Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) will enable the service provider to enhance its subscriber offering and end-user experience by offering real-time promotions, enhanced customer care ... (Source: Finanz Nachrichten 2010-09-21T11:06:11Z)

Chevron inks deal for deepwater drilling in Turkey; teaming up with Turkey's ...

... license to explore and drill in the Black Sea. Chevron will get a 50 percent interest in a western portion of an 8,700 square mile block located 220 miles northwest of the capital city of Ankara. Turkey's state ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-09-20T15:46:33Z)

Penguins GM Ray Shero signs new deal

... Penguins have signed general manager Ray Shero to a five-year contract extension that runs through the 2015 ... The Penguins have twice played for the Stanley Cup and won it once under Shero, an assistant ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-09-20T15:32:14Z)

Tony Romo might offer Bears QB Jay Cutler gossip pages advice

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Tony Romo knows a thing or two about life in the gossip pages, so if anyone can offer Jay Cutler advice about handling the headlines, the Dallas Cowboys' quarterback is the man. After all ... (Source: WOAI 2010-09-16T11:19:16Z)

Stoneridge Commences Tender Offer For Its 11-1/2% Senior Notes Due 2012 And ...

WARREN, Ohio , Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stoneridge, Inc. (NYSE: SRI) (the "Company") today announced that it has commenced a tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its 11-1/2% Senior ... (Source: Street.Com 2010-09-20T11:36:00Z)

Netanyahu wants Israeli troops, not international force, on border of future Palestinian state

... Netanyahu says Israel ... future Palestinian state. Palestinians reject the idea and have proposed an international force along the West Bank's border with Jordan as part of a peace deal. Netanyahu told U.S. Jewish (Source: FOX News 2010-09-21T08:07:14Z)

Ireland sells $2B in bonds as debt fears ease

... Ireland. Yields on existing Irish 10-year bonds had reached record highs Monday of 6.56 percent and more than 4 points above the yields of benchmark German bonds, signs ... Willem Buiter, said the premium being ... (Source: Charleston Daily Mail 2010-09-22T05:28:34Z)

PM wants Israeli troops at Palestinian border

... Netanyahu says Israel ... future Palestinian state. Palestinians reject the idea and have proposed an international force along the West Bank's border with Jordan as part of a peace deal. Netanyahu told U.S. Jewish (Source: Las Vegas Sun 2010-09-22T07:30:15Z)

Penguins extend GM Ray Shero's contract

... Penguins ... Ray Shero, whose deft handling of the salary cap and midseason hiring of coach Dan Bylsma in 2009 helped Pittsburgh win its first Stanley Cup in 17 years, has agreed to a five-year contract extension (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-21T19:20:06Z)

Allied Irish Banks sells stock brokerage to Fexco for euro24M ($31.5M) in latest ...

to Irish financial services company FEXCO for euro24 million ($31 ... sale of its 70 percent stake in Bank Zachodni of Poland and other Polish interests to Spain's Banc Santander. Allied Irish still is negotiating ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-20T16:22:20Z)

Whiting Plans Debt as Sales Endanger Spreads: New Issue Alert

STONERIDGE INC. plans to sell $175 million of seven-year notes, according to a statement distributed by PR Newswire. Proceeds will be used to buy back the Warren, Ohio-based company's 11.5 percent notes due 2012, (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-09-22T09:46:15Z)

Chevron signs deepwater drilling deal in Turkey

... Black Sea. Chevron will get a 50 percent interest in a western portion of an 8,700-square-mile (22,533-square-kilometer) block located 220 miles (354 kilometers) northwest of the capital city of Ankara. Turkey's ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-20T16:00:52Z)

Redknee Wins APAC Billing Transformation Deal

Leveraging Redknee's market-leading Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) will enable the service provider to enhance its subscriber offering and end-user experience by offering real-time promotions, enhanced customer care ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-21T10:59:02Z)

BHP Hires Canada Prime Minister Advisers to Lobby on Potash Bid

... Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd ... Brad Wall and will "examine" the provincial leader's concern as the federal government does its review. Wall told reporters yesterday he isn't convinced a takeover of ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-22T00:56:33Z)

Ireland Sells Bonds, Calms Concern That Bailout Needed

... Willem Buiter comments in fourth paragraph.) Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Ireland sold 1.5 billion ... extra yield investors demand to hold 10-year Irish bonds over similar maturity German narrowed on the sale after ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-21T10:16:05Z)

Penguins renew Shero's contract

... Penguins ... Ray Shero, whose deft handling of the salary cap and midseason hiring of coach Dan Bylsma in 2009 helped Pittsburgh win its first Stanley Cup in 17 years, has agreed to a five-year contract extension (Source: Indiana Gazette 2010-09-21T15:52:31Z)

Stoneridge starts tender offer to buy 11.5 percent senior notes due 2012

WARREN, OHIO — Auto parts maker Stoneridge Inc. has started a tender offer to buy 11.5 percent senior notes due 2012. The company also said Monday that it is seeking approval from noteholders to get rid of some of ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-09-20T17:12:27Z)

Cowen Still Faces Anglo Irish Shadow After Bond Sale

... exposure," Willem Buiter ... bonds over German counterparts today widened 7 basis points to 390 basis points, or 3.9 percentage points. That's close to the record 404 basis points touched Sept. 20. Ireland ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-22T08:06:03Z)

Tony Romo: 'Other stuff' part of QB role

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- With the tabloids now descending upon Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and his off-the-field life, Dallas Cowboys signal caller Tony Romo -- no stranger to the spotlight himself ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-09-15T20:24:29Z)

Allied Irish sells stock brokerage to Fexco for $31.5M in latest asset sale

to Irish financial services company FEXCO for €24 million ($31.5 ... sale of its 70 per cent stake in Bank Zachodni of Poland and other Polish interests to Spain's Banc Santander. Allied Irish still is negotiating ... (Source: St. John's Telegram 2010-09-20T12:47:35Z)

UPDATE 1-Chevron signs deepwater deal in Turkey

... Chevron Corp ( CVX.N ) said on Monday it has acquired an interest in a deepwater exploration lease in Turkey's Black Sea as part of ... miles (350 km) northwest of the capital city of Ankara. Turkey's national ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-20T14:42:07Z)

Schweitzer challenges 2009 law

... Legislature a chance to pass bills to fix the law. House Bill 676 contained many different subjects and is not a general ... The Legislative Council was meeting by conference call Monday morning to offer ... (Source: Independent Record 2010-09-21T00:57:44Z)

Governor files lawsuit over major bill that became law

... Legislature a chance to pass bills to fix the law. House Bill 676 contained many different subjects and is not a general ... The Legislative Council was meeting by conference call Monday morning to offer ... (Source: Montana Standard 2010-09-20T17:33:55Z)

Bears' Jay Cutler carves up Cowboys

... Dallas Cowboys waited and waited Sunday afternoon for Jay Cutler to make a game-turning mistake — the kind for which the Chicago ... Tony Romo and the Cowboys offense were again struggling to find the end zone. (Source: Shreveport Times 2010-09-20T15:25:04Z)

Allied Irish selling stockbroker to Fexco for $32M

to Irish financial services company FEXCO for euro24 million ($31 ... sale of its 70 percent stake in Bank Zachodni of Poland and other Polish interests to Spain's Banc Santander. Allied Irish still is negotiating ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-20T16:15:11Z)

Israeli PM: Palestinian recognition of Israel's Jewish character crucial for peace deal

is the Palestinian negotiating team's demand that Israel extend a curb on new construction in Jewish West Bank settlements, due to expire on Sept. 26. Netanyahu has not tipped his hand, but he faces conflicting ... (Source: Orlando Sentinel 2010-09-12T14:58:46Z)

Gov. Schweitzer challenges Sesso bill

... Legislature a chance to pass bills to fix the law. House Bill 676 contained many different subjects and is not a general ... The Legislative Council was meeting by conference call Monday morning to offer ... (Source: Montana Standard 2010-09-20T18:16:52Z)

PRN: Redknee Wins APAC Billing Transformation Deal

Leveraging Redknee's market-leading Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) will enable the service provider to enhance its subscriber offering and end-user experience by offering real-time promotions, enhanced customer care ... (Source: Stockhouse 2010-09-21T22:54:51Z)

BHP Billiton: Potash Takeover Offer Open For Acceptance Until November 18

... BHP Billiton Ltd.'s (BHP) US$40 billion offer for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc ... Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall questioned the benefits of the deal to his province in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires ... (Source: Smart Money 2010-09-21T00:07:37Z)

BHP Billiton (BHP) Extends PotashCorp (POT) Offer While Saskatchewan Questions Bid

Brad Wall, questioned ... whether a foreign takeover of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT ) is good for the Canadian province, amid the hostile takeover bid for the company from BHP Billiton Ltd. ( (Source: StreetInsider.com 2010-09-21T12:32:05Z)

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