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Deals of the Hour / September 30, 2010, 12:47 pm

UPDATE 2-Japan TEPCO to raise $6.6 billion in share sale

TOKYO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it will raise up to $6.6 billion in the largest share offering by a non-financial firm this year to fund the construction of low-carbon energy units and invest overseas. TEPCO had ... (Source: Finanz Nachrichten 2010-09-29T08:12:03Z)

China's SouFun Moves Up IPO

The IPO of Chinese real-estate website SouFun Holdings Ltd. is being rushed out this week instead of next week, a person close to the deal said Thursday. The initial public offering is expected to price Thursday night and trade Friday on the New York Stock ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-09-16T16:48:33Z)

World's First Commercial Space Station Planned in Russia

This story was updated at 1:40 p.m. ET. Two Russian aerospace companies are teaming up to build what they say will be the "world's first commercial space station" – an orbiting outpost open to private citizens, professional astronauts and scientists. For ... (Source: Space News 2010-09-29T22:02:25Z)

Ken Burns: On 'The Tenth Inning,' Bad Deals, And The Fragility Of Happiness

Ken Burns is perfectly happy to talk about making documentaries about baseball — a pursuit he's returned to, 18 years after his very successful Baseball series, to present the sequel The Tenth Inning , which airs tonight and tomorrow night on most PBS ... (Source: NPR News 2010-09-28T15:37:03Z)

Hospitals team up to offer faster stroke patient treatment

ROCHELLE, Ill., September 29, 2010–Rochelle Community Hospital (RCH) announced it is the first rural hospital in Illinois to use a "robot" via telemedicine to diagnose stroke patients. The new arrangement with Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) of Winfield ... (Source: 13 WREX-TV 2010-09-29T19:39:15Z)

Imagination Station to offer NASA's New Views of the Universe exhibition

NASA's traveling museum exhibition, New Views of the Universe , featuring the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, opens at Imagination Station museum in Toledo this Friday, Sept. 24. "Imagination Station is a science center dedicated to inspiring in ... (Source: PhysOrg 2010-09-24T14:44:32Z)

Dollar Thrifty Shareholders Reject Hertz Bid

Shareholders of the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group rejected on Thursday a nearly $1.5 billion takeover offer from Hertz Global Holdings , a day after the Avis Budget Group sweetened its own offer. The vote, at a special shareholders meeting in Chicago ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-09-30T19:09:26Z)

Hoarding: When too much stuff just isn't enough

Recent TV shows have drawn attention to the heretofore little-noticed issue of hoarding. While serious cases get more attention, hoarding is really an age-old problem that's just recently gotten the attention and research needed, said Dr. Jeff Szymanski ... (Source: MetroWest Daily News 2010-09-28T17:24:26Z)

Ken Burns adds to baseball history with The Tenth Inning

The star of Ken Burns ' The Tenth Inning -- besides baseball itself -- is Barry Bonds . "He had to be," Burns says. But America's conflicted feelings toward homer king Bonds are downright Homeric, Burns tells TVGuide.com in an interview. "It's a tragedy of ... (Source: abc40 2010-09-30T15:06:03Z)

Promo set for 'Freakonomics'

Magnolia Pictures and the Green Film Co. are offering a "pay what you want" promotion for filmgoers in 10 cities for an advance look at "Freakonomics." The screenings offer will take place next Wednesday at Landmark Theatres in New York, Los Angeles, San ... (Source: Variety 2010-09-14T23:53:16Z)

Elster Group Cuts IPO Price After Liberty Mutual Shelves Sale

Elster, the Essen, Germany-based provider of gas and water meters, sold 16.2 million American depositary receipts at $13 each yesterday after offering them at $16 to $18, according to a statement and a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-09-30T07:56:33Z)

PositiveID Corporation Withdraws Offer to Purchase All Outstanding Shares of Digital Angel ...

PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: PSID | PowerRating ) announced today that it has withdrawn its offer to purchase the outstanding shares of Digital Angel Corporation (Nasdaq: DIGA | PowerRating ). On September 28, 2010 ... (Source: TradingMarkets.com 2010-09-29T15:14:24Z)

Rochelle Community Hospital & Central DuPage Hospital Team Up To Treat Stroke Patients

Rochelle Community Hospital (RCH) announced it is the first rural hospital in Illinois to use a "robot" via telemedicine to diagnose stroke patients. ROCHELLE (WIFR) -- Rochelle Community Hospital (RCH) announced it is the first rural hospital in ... (Source: WIFR 2010-09-29T21:19:28Z)

It's the End of the World: 8 Potential Armageddons

Oil plumes threaten to choke the oceans and methane gas explosions shoot sky high -- and those are hardly the biggest threats facing the Earth. From cosmic rays to asteroid impacts to the threat of general destruction, our planet may be less safe than you ... (Source: FOX News 2010-09-29T13:12:42Z)

Russian companies announce space station

MOSCOW, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Two Russian companies say they'll build the world's first commercial space station, open to private citizens, astronauts and scientists. The two aerospace companies, Orbital Technologies and RSC Energia, say their Commercial Space ... (Source: United Press International 2010-09-30T01:01:22Z)

Space hotel will offer real get away from it all vacations

Forget those quickie tourist shots into space , a Russian company is planning to build a space hotel, where both scientists and just regular (but very rich) folks can go to kick back for a while. The Commercial Space Station is a joint project of Orbital ... (Source: DVICE 2010-09-30T18:33:38Z)

PositiveID Corporation Presents Offer to Acquire Digital Angel Corporation at 60 Percent Premium

Complementary Technologies Would Create New Revenue Opportunities and Leader in Unique Medical and Veterinary Products Including Rapid Medical Testing for Humans, Animals and Food Safety Applications DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Sept. 16, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ... (Source: Forbes 2010-09-16T10:07:41Z)

Pay What You Want for a Sneak Preview of Freakonomics: The Movie

Magnolia Pictures have announced they will allow filmgoers to choose how much they want to pay for an advance look at Freakonomics: The Movie . These pay-what-you-want screenings offer fans a chance to see the film on Wednesday, September 22nd, over a week ... (Source: Slashfilm.com 2010-09-14T23:53:16Z)

Dollar Thrifty Shareholders Vote Against Hertz Offer

(Updates with vote in second paragraph.) Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.'s shareholders rejected Hertz Global Holdings Inc.'s $1.46 billion takeover offer a day after Avis Budget Group Inc. added a breakup fee to its higher ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-30T19:02:16Z)

PositiveID prepares to commence exchange offer to acquire control of DIGA

PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:PSID) commented today on Digital Angel Corporation's ("DIGA") (Nasdaq:DIGA) response to the Company's proposal to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of DIGA through a merger ... (Source: News-Medical.Net 2010-09-18T07:27:50Z)

Movies opening this week

"Case 39" (R): In a film that has been sitting on the shelf for quite some time, Renee Zellweger plays a social worker who discovers the young girl she is trying to protect is surrounded by dark forces. "A Film Unfinished" (NR): This documentary looks at ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-30T06:59:17Z)

TEPCO seeks market-leading share sale

TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it will raise up to $US6.6 billion in the largest share offering by a non-financial firm this year to fund the construction of low-carbon energy units and invest overseas. TEPCO had announced plans earlier ... (Source: Business Spectator 2010-09-29T15:07:14Z)

China's SouFun Holdings Seeks $125 Million in First U.S. IPO of September

SouFun Holdings Ltd., the operator of China's biggest real-estate website, is seeking to raise $125 million selling shares at a discount to its rivals in this month's first U.S. initial public offering. The company that controls almost half of China ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-09-16T18:43:05Z)

Pledge to America: GOP, Democrats offer dueling governing plans in push to midterm elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — These are two remarkably different visions for governing America. With Thursday's release of the GOP's "Pledge to America" — a strongly worded manifesto promising to return government to the people, trim it through deep spending cuts ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-23T21:40:54Z)

Discontent, not GOP pledge, drives voters

The Republicans' "Pledge to America" is an attention-grabbing campaign tactic. It shouldn't be endowed with any more significance than that, however worthy some of its goals are and however short it comes up in several key areas of policy. The out-of-power ... (Source: Chicago Sun-Times 2010-09-28T09:17:40Z)

Japan TEPCO to raise $6.6 billion in share sale

TOKYO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it will raise up to $6.6 billion in the largest share offering by a non-financial firm this year to fund the construction of low-carbon energy units and invest overseas. TEPCO had ... (Source: The Guardian 2010-09-29T08:04:54Z)

Baseball Nerd Discussions With Ken Burns Of PBS's 'The Tenth Inning'

As we discussed yesterday, PBS is running Ken Burns' follow-up to Baseball , which is called The Tenth Inning . The first half was last night; the second half is tonight. It's very entertaining and very well done, and yesterday, we talked about some of the ... (Source: NPR News 2010-09-29T18:34:50Z)

Time Likely To End Within Earth's Lifespan, Say Physicists

There is a 50 per cent chance that time will end within the next 3.7 billion years, according to a new model of the universe Look out into space and the signs are plain to see. The universe began in a Big Bang event some 13 billion years ago and has been ... (Source: MIT Technology Review 2010-09-29T11:46:48Z)

Nothing new under GOP sun

Is the GOP "Pledge to America" really any different than its 1994 "Contract with America"? The size of government soared with the George W. Bush administration, as did the national deficit because of an unjustified war. (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-09-29T18:56:18Z)

Dollar Thrifty shareholders to vote on Hertz offer at special meeting

CHICAGO (AP) — Shareholders of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. are set to vote at a special shareholder meeting Thursday on a buyout offer from rival Hertz Global Holdings Inc. Dollar Thrifty's board has already said it favors Hertz's bid, worth ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-30T13:04:22Z)

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