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Deals of the Hour / September 9, 2010, 3:41 pm

Big plays early enough for LSU to hold off North Carolina

LSU head coach Les Miles improves to 6-0 in season-opening contests since his tenure in Baton Rouge began. The Tigers (1-0, 0-0) will take on the Vanderbilt Commodores (0-1, 0-0) in Nashville. Meanwhile, North ... (Source: NewOrleans.Com 2010-09-05T05:55:53Z)

Iran to Free Jailed Berkeley Grad Sarah Shourd

Sarah Shourd , one of the three Cal hikers arrested for crossing the Iran border, will be released on Sunday ... Offering congratulations on Eid al-Fitr, the release of one of the detained Americans will be Saturday ... (Source: SFist 2010-09-09T22:04:40Z)

Thai c.bank official backs Krung Thai stake sale

BANGKOK, Sept 8 (Reuters ... while the main Thai index .SETI was 0.58 percent lower. ($1=31.00 Baht) (Reporting by Boontiwa Wichakul: Writing by Arada Kultawanich; Editing by Alan Raybould) (Source: Reuters 2010-09-08T08:15:29Z)

Component Changes Made to Dow Jones China Indexes

... adjusted market capitalization of both the Shanghai and Shenzhen Class-A markets: Hong ... SH), Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. (Banks, 601288.SH) and China Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. (Industrial Goods ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-09T20:45:55Z)

Iranian Official: American Hiker Sarah Shourd Will Be Released

Sarah Shourd, one of the three American hikers who have been detained in Iran for more than a year ... Offering congratulations on Eid al-Fitr," an official in the Iranian culture ministry told reporters by text ... (Source: ABC News 2010-09-09T20:31:36Z)

Ground Zero mosque investor declines Donald Trump's buyout offer

N EW YORK — Donald Trump's offer to buy an investor's stake where a mosque ... Trump told Hisham Elzanaty he would buy his stake in the lower Manhattan building for 25 percent more than whatever he paid. (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-09T21:50:21Z)

Creation Care: As Much as God Is

I could offer more reasons Christians should care about creation: because the "earth is the Lord's" (Ps. 24); because it reveals the attributes of God (Ps. 19; Rom. 1); because God asked us to care for it (Gen. 2:15 ... (Source: christianitytoday 2010-09-08T15:10:40Z)

Siam Industrial shares plunge over 20 percent

BANGKOK ... unlisted Thai Credit Retail Bank Pcl at 4.0 baht a share. Thai Credit would offer to buy the remaining shares in Siam Industrial, its statement to the exchange said. ($1=31.25 Baht) (Editing by Alan ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-01T03:08:49Z)

Trinity Herb Company Founded with Mission to Provide Products to Meet Holistic Health Needs of ...

also that God caused herbs for the service of man. Our goal is to spread the Gospel of peace, health and hygiene to Christians and at the same time offer them products vital to meeting their health needs. (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-02T13:59:03Z)

LSU football team might reshuffle offensive line

BATON ROUGE — LSU backup center T-Bob Hebert stepped in when right guard Will Blackwell was lost with a broken ankle last Saturday night in the opener against North Carolina. But LSU Coach Les Miles said ... (Source: Houma Courier 2010-09-08T18:02:28Z)

General Motors unveils Chevrolet Aveo show car ahead of Paris Motor Show

and joining the Orlando MPV and Cruze hatchback show car will be the all-new Chevrolet Aveo 5-door. The car will go on sale in the United States and Canada in 2011. The Aveo RS show car was displayed at the Detroit ... (Source: Autoblog 2010-09-08T14:34:53Z)

LSU football: Patrick peterson named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week

Baton Rouge - LSU cornerback Patrick peterson was named Lott IMPACT Player of the week after getting a school record 257 return yards in Saturday's victory against North Carolina. The award comes from the ... (Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune 2010-09-08T20:11:19Z)

Saleforce delivers 'Cloud 2.0 collaboration' with Chatter for Mobile

... resembles Facebook and enables employees in an organisation to collaborate as if they were using the social networking tool. Chatter was launched ... director of product marketing at Salesforce.com said ... (Source: computing.co.uk 2010-09-08T16:50:53Z)

Breaking: Florida Pastor Cancels Burning of Quran

WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - Rev. Terry Jones, the controversial pastor who announced his intentions to publically burn approximately 200 copies of the Quran on September 11 has called it off. He stated that ... (Source: Catholic Online 2010-09-09T22:18:59Z)

UPDATE 1-Thai AIS plans to sell Apple's iPhone 4

BANGKOK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Thailand ... The broader thai market .SETI was 0.1 percent lower. ($1 = 30.86 Baht) (Reporting by Khettiya Jittapong; Editing by Alan Raybould ) (Source: Reuters 2010-09-09T09:25:53Z)

Asian Shares End Mostly Higher But China Developers Fall

but banks and property developers ... China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.4%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 0.4% and India's Sensex rose 0.7%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 23 points in ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-09-09T10:58:56Z)

Alabama's Jones will give Penn State matchup problems at receiver

Alabama coach Nick Saban said he doesn't plan to rush Ingram's return. That leaves the Crimson Tide with backup Trent Richardson, who Penn State coach Joe Paterno said ... formations against Youngstown State. (Source: Allentown Morning Call 2010-09-09T20:38:46Z)

The all-new Chevrolet Aveo at The Paris Motor Show

and joining the Orlando MPV and Cruze hatchback show car will be the all-new Chevrolet Aveo 5-door. The car will go on sale in the United States and Canada in 2011. The Aveo RS show car was displayed at the Detroit ... (Source: Auto123 2010-09-08T15:32:09Z)

Florida pastor calls off Quran-burning 'stunt'

Florida's Terry Jones — alas, not that Terry Jones — has called off the "Burn a Koran" event that propelled him from obscurity in recent days. Tampa Bay Online quotes the Gainsville pastor as saying he ... (Source: Minnesota Independent 2010-09-09T21:36:02Z)

Salesforce.com offers Chatter networking on mobile

... Salesforce.com will offer mobile versions of its Chatter tool for social networking inside companies from later this year as it seeks ... director of product marketing at Salesforce, said mobile business ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-08T11:28:46Z)

Iran Says It Will Free Female American as Clemency

Iran | Iran said Thursday it will free Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans jailed for more than 13 months ... Offering congratulations on Eid al-Fitr," the ministry text message said, referring to the feast that ... (Source: The Ledger 2010-09-09T22:26:08Z)

Donald Trump offers $6 million to buy out major investor in 'Ground Zero mosque ...

Donald Trump wants to buy the site of a planned mosque and community center two blocks north of Ground ... Hisham Elzanaty , that he made the offer "not because I think the location is a spectacular one (because it ... (Source: New York Daily News 2010-09-09T20:53:05Z)

(18) Penn State (1-0) at (1) Alabama (1-0)

... the top-ranked and defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide square off against the 18th-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions made light work of FCS foe Youngstown State in the ... (Source: Idaho Statesman 2010-09-08T15:39:18Z)

New Chevrolet Aveo Debuts at 2010 Paris Motor Show

Chevrolet has released more information and two new production shots of the new Aveo, which will go on sale in the U.S. and Canada in 2011. The two photos of the five-door hatchback show a car that resembles the Aveo RS ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-08T17:12:21Z)

A tale of 2 quarterbacks for Penn State-Alabama

Alabama's senior quarterback says the college game for a freshman moves ... He's a heck of a competitor," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. "I think he's a guy that when they've been in trouble, he's answered for ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-09T20:38:46Z)

Excerpt from "Introduction to the Devout Life" by St. Francis de Sales

In the creation God commanded the plants of the earth to bring forth fruit, each after its kind; and in a similar way He commands Christians, who are the living plants of His Church, to bring forth the ... (Source: San Diego weekly Reader 2010-09-08T19:35:31Z)

Obama implores Florida minister Terry Jones to call off planned 9/11 Quran burning

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend. Obama told ABC's "Good ... (Source: Morris County Daily Record 2010-09-09T18:08:26Z)

Investor in proposed NYC mosque site turns down Donald Trump's offer to buy him out

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump 's offer to buy an investor's stake where a mosque ... Trump told Hisham Elzanaty he would buy his stake in the lower Manhattan building for 25 percent more than whatever he paid. (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-09T21:50:21Z)

Salesforce.com To Offer Chatter For Mobiles

... relationship management (CRM) solutions provider is preparing to offer Chatter for mobiles to its enterprise clients. Chatter is a social networking ... the director of product marketing at Salesforce. (Source: Itproportal 2010-09-08T10:31:30Z)

Bank of China gets nod for $US8.8bn share sale

... after the bank obtained regulatory approval for an $US8.8 billion share placement in Hong Kong and Shanghai. China's No.4 bank joined larger rivals, including top lender Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, (Source: Business Spectator 2010-09-09T07:02:43Z)

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