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Deals of the Hour / September 3, 2010, 10:40 pm

Burger King sold for $3.26 billion

... Burger King's new ruler could help its empire expand. Burger King Holdings Inc. sealed a deal Thursday to sell itself for $3.26 billion to 3G Capital ... beer maker Anheuser-Busch InBev; Lojas Americanas, (Source: Asheville Citizen-Times 2010-09-03T17:54:05Z)

Samsung Fascinate to Cost $199.99, Part of Upcoming Buy One Get One?

Verizon's going to be pricing the Samsung Fascinate to sell as new leaks show the device will be $199.99. It's not much different from the pricing on other Galaxy S phones (unless you count Sprint's ... (Source: Phandroid 2010-09-03T14:55:07Z)

Hollywood Updates Facebook in Lineup of Fall Movies

... Money Never Sleeps" and the Clint Eastwood-directed "Hereafter" that Hollywood will ... Jeremy Renner. One week later on September 24, Michael Douglas is back as shifty financier Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's ... (Source: ABC News 2010-09-03T13:36:23Z)

Verizon Will Offer Extended Battery for Samsung Fascinate

We know the device is close to launch – it's no secret at this point. More inventory shots have cropped up, though, showing accessories for the device. Outside of the usual collection of chargers ... (Source: Phandroid 2010-09-03T11:34:41Z)

Fall movies get serious

... Money Never Sleeps" and the Clint Eastwood-directed "Hereafter" that Hollywood will ... Jeremy Renner. One week later on September 24, Michael Douglas is back as shifty financier Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's ... (Source: Calgary Herald 2010-09-03T15:16:36Z)

3PAR Determines HP Proposal Is Superior Offer HP's Bid Valued at Approximately $2 Billion

FREMONT, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/27/10 -- 3PAR® (NYSE: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, today announced its board of directors has determined that the unsolicited proposal by Hewlett-Packard ... (Source: PR Inside 2010-08-28T02:59:15Z)

Companies add 67,000 workers in August; unemployment rate climbs to 9.6 percent

... economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the ... the Labor Department said Friday. Stocks surged after the report's release. (Source: BET 2010-09-03T22:26:06Z)

HP and 3Par Sign Definitive Merger Agreement

... applications. 3Par President and CEO David Scott said in a statement that being part of HP will allow 3Par's products to "truly thrive." HP expects to close the deal by the end of the calendar year. As a result ... (Source: CIO 2010-09-02T23:31:42Z)

Official says foreign minister offers to resign over nepotism scandal

... Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign over his ministry's ... Sign up to receive FOX43 Email Alerts Yu made his offer to President Lee Myung-bak after he was accused of nepotism when his daughter ... (Source: FOX43.com 2010-09-04T03:55:22Z)

SKorean foreign minister in scandal offers to quit

South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign over his ministry's controversial hiring of his daughter, an official said Saturday. Yu made his offer to President Lee Myung-bak after he ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-09-04T04:02:32Z)

Unemployment rate climbed to 9.6 percent in August, although private-sector ...

... Labor Department said Friday that the August jobless rate rose to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent ... the American people are facing yet another bleak jobs report and no clear plan from congressional Democrats to ... (Source: Kansas City Star 2010-09-04T03:55:22Z)

VeraSun asking midwest corn farmers for repayment

SIOUX FALLS, S ... take advantage of VeraSun's higher offer. "For us, that's a quite a dent." The Aug. 20 letters were sent to farmers paid by VeraSun in the 90 days before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... (Source: Jamestown Sun 2010-09-03T13:36:23Z)

South Korean news agency says foreign minister offers to resign over nepotism scandal

... South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign over his ministry's controversial hiring of his daughter. Yonhap news agency reported Saturday that Yu made his offer to President Lee Myung-bak ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-09-04T03:41:03Z)

Weekend Time Schedule

Louis at Washington, 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. China vs. Ivory Coast, 9 a.m. Puerto Rico ... (Source: Herald Tribune 2010-08-26T14:57:27Z)

Burger King Agrees to $3.3 Billion 3G Capital Offer

Adds history of 3G Capital starting in eighth paragraph.) Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Burger King ... own stakes in Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world's biggest brewer, and Brazilian retailer Lojas Americanas SA. (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-02T16:50:50Z)

Jobless rate rises even as hiring increases

... economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the ... the Labor Department said Friday. Stocks surged after the report's release. (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-09-04T02:50:57Z)

Option Players React as Hewlett-Packard Company Wins Bidding War for 3PAR Inc.

And the winner is... Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ)! This morning the bidding war for 3PAR Inc. (PAR) was ended after Dell Inc (DELL) said that it would not counter HPQ's latest offer. This ends three weeks of a ... (Source: Schaeffer's Investment Research 2010-09-02T17:48:06Z)

Burger King agrees to buyout from 3G Capital

... Burger King ... Anheuser-Busch InBev, Lojas Americanas, a major non-food and online retailer in Latin America, and America Latina Logistica, the largest railroad and logistics company in Latin America. 3G Capital (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-03T05:00:59Z)

Friday MLB Picks

... LA Dodgers are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing San Francisco Washington is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games on the road Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh ... (Source: The Spread 2010-09-01T23:54:22Z)

HP Continues Battle With Dell Over 3Par, Raises Bid to $27 per Share (HPQ,DELL,PAR)

... its bid for 3Par (NYSE:PAR) to $27 per share in cash. That is up from HP's original offer of $24 and above Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) recently revised bid of $24.30, which was accepted by 3Par's board of directors this ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-08-26T23:32:51Z)

HP seeks to outbid Dell offer for 3PAR

HP expects the transaction to close by the end of the calendar year," the world's largest computer ... termination of the Dell merger agreement," HP wrote in a letter to 3PAR CEO David Scott. The acquisition bid ... (Source: Raw Story 2010-08-23T15:22:29Z)

VeraSun asking corn farmers for repayment 


SIOUX FALLS (AP ... to take advantage of VeraSun's higher offer. "For us, that's a quite a dent." The Aug. 20 letters were sent to farmers paid by VeraSun in the 90 days before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... (Source: Black Hills Pioneer 2010-09-03T15:52:23Z)

NYSE Euronext acquires magazine publisher

NYSE Euronext, a trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator, said Corporate Board Member reaches more than 43,000 corporate board directors and senior corporate executives. Corporate Board Member and NYSE Euronext ... (Source: CNBC 2010-09-01T13:53:04Z)

Friday's Sports Scoreboard

7:05 p.m. Washington vs Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Atlanta vs Florida, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati vs St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Houston vs Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Colorado vs San Diego, 10:05 p.m. San Francisco vs L.A. Dodgers, (Source: Pioneer Press 2010-09-03T13:14:54Z)

HP beats Dell in $2.3bn battle for 3Par

... applications. 3Par President and CEO David Scott said in a statement that being part of HP will allow 3Par's products to "truly thrive". HP expects to close the deal by the end of the calendar year. As a result ... (Source: PC Advisor 2010-09-03T07:45:38Z)

VeraSun asking corn farmers for repayment

SIOUX FALLS, S.D ... to take advantage of VeraSun's higher offer. "For us, that's a quite a dent." The Aug. 20 letters were sent to farmers paid by VeraSun in the 90 days before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-02T18:31:03Z)

Samsung Fascinate and Gem Nearing Launch Day at Verizon

We already knew that Big Red was readying the release of Fascinate , it own version of the popular Galaxy S, but no specific details on the handset's landing were unveiled until now. However, since the two devices ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-09-03T13:00:35Z)

Dell cedes 3Par rival to Hewlett-Packard

SEATTLE (AP) — Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said yesterday it won't match HP's offer to pay $33 per share for ... (Source: Columbia Daily Tribune 2010-09-03T20:45:53Z)

Dell cedes data-storage maker 3Par to rival Hewlett-Packard

SEATTLE - Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said Thursday it won't match HP's offer to pay $33 per share for 3Par, or ... (Source: Tulsa World 2010-09-04T00:13:28Z)

Fall movie season to offer some of Hollywood's finest, funniest

Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner co-stars as an accomplice ... Michael Douglas reprises his Oscar-winning stocks shark Gordon Gekko, with Shia LaBeouf as the young hustler learning from the master. (Source: St. Petersburg Times 2010-09-02T17:05:09Z)

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