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Deals of the Hour / September 25, 2010, 4:39 pm

Michigan State beats Northern Colorado 45-7 without recovering coach Mark Dantonio

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Kirk Cousins threw for 290 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 25 Michigan State had no trouble winning without coach Mark Dantonio on Saturday, 45-7 over Northern Colorado. Dantonio had a mild heart attack shortly after last weekend ... (Source: FOX News 2010-09-25T19:22:31Z)

Cruise line starting riverboat trips on region's rivers

VICKSBURG, Miss. — American Cruise Lines will offer eight riverboat cruises between New Orleans and Memphis beginning in 2012 with stops in Vicksburg and Natchez. Officials said American Cruises new sternwheeler will follow much of the routes run by the ... (Source: Knoxville News Sentinel 2010-09-25T01:50:15Z)

Georgia leader: Boring names will stop rural sign theft

D ARIEN, Ga. — A rural Georgia county is losing about 550 street signs a years to thieves and a commissioner says he has a solution: Make the names boring. McIntosh County Commissioner Mark Douglas serves a rural county about 60 miles south of Savannah ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-25T23:04:26Z)

Arkansas' Ryan Mallett puts golden arm up against Greg McElroy's win streak at Alabama

Ryan Mallett has the big frame, the big arm and all the tools that figure to one day translate into an NFL career. And all Greg McElroy does is win. The two quarterbacks who will be in the spotlight in Saturday's showdown between No. 10 Arkansas and top ... (Source: Republic 2010-09-23T18:13:19Z)

Mammograms offer modest benefit for women over 50

LOS ANGELES -- Mammograms don't help women over 50 as much as has been believed, new research suggests. Only a third of the reduced risk of death credited to breast cancer screening is actually deserved -- the rest is due to better treatment and greater ... (Source: News-Democrat 2010-09-23T08:04:51Z)

Regional home sales drop 20% in August

Following a 6 percent decline in July, home sales in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area dropped 20 percent in August compared to sales in the same month a year ago, according to RealSTATs, a local real estate information service. Overall, 1,965 homes changed ... (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010-09-24T13:47:16Z)

New riverboat cruises set between New Orleans-Memphis

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — American Cruise Lines will offer eight riverboat cruises between New Orleans and Memphis beginning in 2012 with stops in Vicksburg and Natchez. Officials said American Cruises new sternwheeler will follow much of the routes run by ... (Source: Palm Beach Post (blog) 2010-09-24T19:02:14Z)

Analysis: RIM, Samsung should avoid head-on Apple clash

As the biggest names in technology prepare to fight Apple's iPad, their best hope may be to avoid a head-on confrontation and focus on niche and low-priced products instead.A year ago, industry insiders debated whether a market existed for a device to ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-24T19:52:20Z)

Boring names will stop rural sign theft

A rural Georgia county is losing about 550 street signs a years to thieves and a commissioner says he has a solution: Make the names boring. McIntosh County Commissioner Mark Douglas serves a rural county about 60 miles south of Savannah. He says signs ... (Source: The Gouverneur Times 2010-09-25T22:28:38Z)

CSG to buy British company in $372M deal

CSG Systems Inc. is trying to acquire a British maker of billing technology for the communications industry in a deal valued at $372 million. Englewood-based CSG (NASDAQ: CSGS) reached agreement to acquire Intec Telecom in an all-cash offer to purchase its ... (Source: Denver Business Journal 2010-09-24T20:49:36Z)

Vicksburg to be stop on river cruise

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — American Cruise Lines will offer eight riverboat cruises between New Orleans and Memphis beginning in 2012 with stops in Vicksburg and Natchez. Officials said American Cruises new sternwheeler will follow much of the routes run by ... (Source: Hattiesburg American 2010-09-24T12:42:51Z)

MSU routs Northern Colorado without Mark Dantonio

East Lansing -- If Michigan State would have come into Saturday's game against Northern Colorado and put forth a lackluster performance, it probably wouldn't have been much of a surprise. After all, the Spartans were without their head coach, Mark Dantonio ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-25T22:35:48Z)

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Intec Telecom surges on takeover bid

Shares in Intec Telecom ( ITL.L ) jump more than 31 percent after the telecoms billing firm agrees to a 236.7 million pounds ($370.9 million) takeover offer from U.S. rival CSG Systems ( CSGS.O ). Shareholders are set to receive 72 pence a share in cash, a ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-09-24T08:32:18Z)

Home sales fall again in August

The number of homes sold in the Pittsburgh area fell by 20 percent in August compared with a year ago, according to real estate research company RealSTATs. RealSTATs attributes the decline to the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit, which artificially ... (Source: Pittsburgh Business Times 2010-09-24T14:37:23Z)

Is $100M Gift Enough To Save Newark Schools?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday he is giving $100 million to improve the public schools in Newark, N.J. The Newark schools are among the nation's worst. They've been under state control for 15 years, and millions of public and private ... (Source: NPR News 2010-09-25T09:06:55Z)

GA leader: Boring names will stop rural sign theft

A rural Georgia county is losing about 550 street signs a years to thieves and a commissioner says he has a solution: Make the names boring. McIntosh County Commissioner Mark Douglas serves a rural county about 60 miles south of Savannah. He says signs ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-25T22:00:00Z)

Petrobras raises $70B in offer, world's largest

The exploration and production of Brazil's massive offshore oil reserves is the driving force behind the globe's biggest-ever share offering. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, the South American nation's state-run energy company, raised $70 billion ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-24T20:28:08Z)

Tablet computers to offer Google's Android OS in time for holiday season

Tablet computers running Google Inc.'s Android will start taking sales from Apple Inc.'s iPad this holiday season and may surpass it in a few years as device makers adopt the software for a slew of models, analysts said. Samsung Electronics Co. showed ... (Source: NJ.com 2010-09-17T00:19:32Z)

Sony Ericsson Drops Symbian, Goes with Android and Windows Phone 7

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson won't come to the market with a new Symbian-based smartphone , Jan Uddenfeldt, Sony Ericsson's new Chief Technology Officer, announced a few days ago. However, the handset vendor will come to the market ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-09-25T10:32:48Z)

Brazil's huge oil reserves fuel largest-ever share offer

SAO PAULO, Brazil - The exploration and production of Brazil's huge offshore oil reserves is the driving force behind the globe's biggest-ever share offering. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, the nation's state-run energy company, raised $70 billion ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-25T07:12:23Z)

Mallett, Hogs take on Tide

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — When Ryan Mallett left the winningest program in college football history and decided to head home, he could only hope for the opportunity he's about to get. Back in his home state of Arkansas, Mallett will lead the 10th-ranked ... (Source: Gadsden Times 2010-09-25T05:53:38Z)

Brazil oil company Petrobras aims at offshore reserves with $70B stock offer, world's largest

BIG DEAL: Petroleo Brasileiro SA , or Petrobras, Brazil's state-run energy company, raised $70 billion through the sale of more than 4 billion common and preferred shares in Brazil and the U.S. BIG OIL: The money will fund Petrobras' ambitious $224 billion ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-24T18:19:17Z)

Study: Mammograms offer modest benefit

Mammograms don't help women over 50 as much as has been believed, new research suggests. Only a third of the reduced risk of death credited to breast cancer screening is actually deserved - the rest is due to better treatment and greater awareness of the ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-23T18:13:19Z)

Ryan Mallett, No. 10 Hogs host Alabama

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - When Ryan Mallett left the winningest program in college football history and decided to head home, he could only hope for the opportunity he's about to get. Back in his home state of Arkansas, Mallett will lead the 10th-ranked ... (Source: Tulsa World 2010-09-25T11:22:55Z)

2010 Pennsylvania 12th District race: Democrat Mark Critz and Republican Tim Burns running again ...

After long-time Rep. John Murtha died in February, a special election was held that resulted in Democrat Mark Critz taking the reigns for the district. But Pennsylvania's 12th District is a highly ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-09-16T21:13:25Z)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg giving $100M to Newark, N.J., schools

TRENTON, N.J. -- Schools in New Jersey's largest city are poised to receive $100 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Facebook's Zuckerberg are expected to announce the ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-23T15:07:12Z)

Newark, New Jersey, schools to get $100M Facebook donation

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Schools in New Jersey's largest city are poised to receive $100 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Facebook's Zuckerberg are expected to announce the ... (Source: Chicago Sun-Times 2010-09-23T16:11:37Z)

Mammograms offer modest benefit: study

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mammograms don't help women over 50 as much as has been believed, new research suggests. Only a third of the reduced risk of death credited to breast cancer screening is actually deserved — the rest is due to better treatment and ... (Source: The Chronicle Herald 2010-09-25T09:06:55Z)

MSU's Mark Dantonio makes surprise visit to team

East Lansing -- The past 42 games, the Michigan State football team has looked to the same man for leadership -- Mark Dantonio. He has been calling the shots, firing up players, and taking shots from the media and those outside the program. When the big ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-25T20:48:25Z)

UPDATE: Intec Telecom Agrees Cash Offer, Counterbid Likely

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Billing software company Intec Telecom Systems PLC (ITL.LN) Friday agreed to a 72 pence a share takeover by CSG Systems International Inc. (CSGS), although analysts haven't ruled out a counterbid at a higher price. CSG's offer, which ... (Source: Smart Money 2010-09-24T11:38:25Z)

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