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Deals of the Hour / September 8, 2010, 3:42 am

Local clergyman condemns burning of holy book

Michael Orthodox Christian Church, yesterday called on his fellow clerics and all Christians in ... The Gospel of Jesus Christ calls us to love our neighbor. … All this (burning) will do is stir up hate of Muslims ... (Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 2010-09-08T08:58:26Z)

UK wants GSK's Avandia pulled as EU reviews safety

... drug Avandia should be pulled from sale because of concerns about heart risks, British drug regulators said ... its benefits and that "it no longer has a place on the UK market." Spokesman Stephen Hallworth said ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-05T23:13:50Z)

Townhall News AIG to decide on AIA stake sale by next week: sources

HONG KONG (Reuters) - American International Group Inc <AIG.N> is expected to decide by early next week whether to enter formal negotiations with strategic investors for its Asian life insurance business ... (Source: Town Hall 2010-08-25T06:08:55Z)

AIG to decide on AIA pre-IPO sale by next week

HONG KONG: American International Group Inc (AIG.N) is expected to decide by early next week whether to enter formal negotiations with strategic investors for its Asian life insurance business, AIA, sources familiar ... (Source: Insurance News Net 2010-08-28T05:15:16Z)

Reportlinker Adds Global Recruitment Software Market -2013

2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its ... EMEA, APAC) for the period from 2009 through to 2013. It includes comprehensive analysis of various ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-09-07T19:29:33Z)

Reportlinker Adds Global Point of Sale (POS) Software & Hardware Market -2013 - Bundled Report

2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market ... Market Size in EMEA 3.4. EMEA - Market Size by Country 3.5. Market Size in APAC 3.6. APAC - Market Size by Country 4. POS Software ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-08-31T18:40:35Z)

CF Industries CFO Tony Nocchiero to Retire

NYSE:CF) today announced that Anthony J. Nocchiero, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the company as of September 20, 2010. Stephen R. Wilson, chairman and chief executive officer, (Source: PR Inside 2010-09-07T20:55:27Z)

Burning a Koran is Un-Christian, Unkind and Un-American

Sept. 8 / Christian Newswire / -- The following is submitted by ... it's impossible for me to cite one instance in the life or teaching of Jesus Christ that could justify such an act. Taking Pastor Jones at his word ... (Source: ChristianNewsWire 2010-09-08T04:40:44Z)

Coca-Cola Enterprises raises 2010 profit forecast; discusses pending sale

... Coca-Cola Enterprises boosted its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday and said it anticipates completing the sale of its North American operations to Coca-Cola Co ... back about $1 billion of its shares over ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-07T15:19:01Z)

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro fall on European banking fears

... LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - World stocks pulled back from a one-month high on Tuesday while the euro tumbled on renewed concerns about the European banking ... sentiment was data showing German manufacturing ... (Source: The Guardian 2010-09-07T15:04:42Z)

Best Places to Find a Foreclosure Bargain

... Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and compiled by RealtyTrac ... director of Realty Studies, Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness at Arizona State University. Home to an estimated 2.1 million people in ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-08-31T09:58:02Z)

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation Announces John Duffey to Join Company as ...

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Six Flags ... Balk previously served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics. Prior to Dade Behring's acquisition by Siemens AG, (Source: Biloxi Sun Herald 2010-09-07T22:07:02Z)

Abbott Completes Acquisition of Piramal's Healthcare Solutions Business, Becomes ...

White , chairman and chief executive officer, Abbott. "Piramal's portfolio of well-known ... Warmuth , senior vice president, Established Products, Pharmaceutical Products Group, Abbott. Abbott now employs ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-08T06:42:26Z)

Pastor To Proceed With Koran Burning

A pastor in Gainesville, Fla., says he will not back off plans to burn Korans on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David ... (Source: NPR News 2010-09-07T21:02:37Z)

Although She was Labeled By Humanity, She was Loved By God

... God, an inspiring Christian-based book about the life of author Tammy P ... Jesus Christ, and the amazing things He has done to sustain the author's life. He provided her new avenues when every road seemed to ... (Source: PRWeb 2010-09-08T07:18:13Z)

UPDATE 1-AIG to decide on AIA pre-IPO sale by next week-sources

HONG KONG, Aug 25 (Reuters) - American International Group Inc ( AIG.N ) is expected to decide by early next week whether to enter formal negotiations with strategic investors for its Asian life insurance ... (Source: Reuters 2010-08-25T07:06:11Z)

Koran-Burning Pastor Will Go Forward

(NewsCore) - The pastor of a Gainesville, Fla., church vowed Tuesday to move forward with a plan to burn the Koran on September 11 despite condemnation from U.S. officials and world leaders who believe it ... (Source: MyFox Houston 2010-09-07T22:35:40Z)

Union jobs disappearing at local, state and national levels, UCLA study finds

the report's lead author and director of research at the IRLE ... Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S Census Bureau. The UCLA report tracks year-to-year changes in unionization for the nation, California and the ... (Source: EurekAlert 2010-09-06T07:06:17Z)

Cyanotech Reports 2010 Annual Meeting Results

... Nasdaq Capital Market: CYAN), a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, today announced the results of its 2010 Annual Meeting ... Waldron to the Board of Directors. (Source: PR Inside 2010-09-03T12:03:19Z)

ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING CASEY'S SALE PROCESS

... preliminary non-binding proposal to acquire Casey's : "We are pleased that Casey's is now in "Revlon" mode given that the Casey's Board of Directors has ... two weeks before the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-07T18:17:58Z)

GSK's diabetes drug Avandia 'should be pulled from sale'

GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia should ... said it believed the risks of Avandia, known generically as rosiglitazone, outweighed its benefits and that "it no longer has a place on the UK market". Spokesman ... (Source: Evening Standard 2010-09-06T07:56:23Z)

Pastor To Go Ahead With Koran Burning

A pastor in Gainesville, Fla., says he will not back off plans to burn Korans on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David ... (Source: NPR News 2010-09-07T20:12:30Z)

GSK shares hit by diabetes drug warning

... attacks from the drug. The MHRA's statement follows an investigation by the British Medical Journal that found the British regulator was warned two months ago by the Commission on Human Medicine that Avandia's ... (Source: Daily Telegraph 2010-09-07T06:07:49Z)

Cisco offers class

The San Jose-based technology firm has created a training ... according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "This is critical for Cisco," said Fred Weiller, the director of marketing for Learning@Cisco. "There is a ... (Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin 2010-09-07T04:41:55Z)

Hannover, Lloyds tap investors' hunger for yield

LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - German insurer Hannover Re ( HNRGn.DE ) and UK bank Lloyds ( LLOY.L ) on Tuesday joined the growing list of European companies tapping investor appetite for higher yielding assets with ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-09-07T12:48:41Z)

Reportlinker Adds Global NOR Flash Market -2013

2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its ... EMEA, APAC) for the period from 2009 through to 2013. It includes comprehensive analysis of various ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-09-07T19:43:52Z)

FACTBOX-European oil refineries up for sale

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Many European oil and chemical firms have been looking to sell domestic refineries since ... German refinery Harburg and UK refinery Stanlow, but it lost exclusivity in April. [ID ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-06T16:38:56Z)

Coca-Cola Enterprises lifts full-year guidance

... Coca-Cola Enterprises boosted its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday and said it anticipates completing the sale of its North American operations to Coca-Cola Co ... back about $1 billion of its shares over ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-07T15:19:01Z)

Casey's Board Unanimously Recommends Shareholders NOT Tender into Couche-Tard ...

... NASDAQ: CASY) today announced that its Board of Directors unanimously recommends ... FOR" the highly qualified slate of Casey's directors at our upcoming annual meeting by voting for the nominees listed on ... (Source: PR Inside 2010-09-07T12:27:13Z)

Coke Enterprises raises earnings guidance

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. on Tuesday raised its earnings expectations for 2010 and reiterated its confidence that the $13 billion sale of its North American operations to The Coca-Cola Co ... billion of its shares ... (Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle 2010-09-07T14:14:35Z)

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