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Deals of the Hour / October 14, 2010, 10:40 pm

DJ Rio Tinto: Disappointed With German Federal Cartel Office Statement

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iPad going on sale in Verizon Wireless and AT&T stores October 28 (update: Verizon data pricing)

It might not be the Apple-Verizon tie-in you are most anxious to see happen, but the big red network has gone official with its plans to offer the iPad in its brick-and-mortar stores starting on October 28. VZW will be bundling the WiFi-only iPads with its ... (Source: engadget 2010-10-15T04:46:58Z)

Heartfelt homecoming for Chile's rescued miners

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's 33 rescued miners recovered from their two-month ordeal on Thursday as the offers and gifts that go along with their new celebrity status started to roll in, including an invitation to Graceland. A day after their ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-10-15T05:15:36Z)

Labopharm and Paladin expand pain drug partnership

The drugmaker Labopharm Inc. said Thursday it expanded a deal that gives Paladin Labs Inc. the right to sell pain treatments made by Labopharm. Under the new deal, Paladin will have the right to sell Labopharm's Intellilab oxycodone plus acetaminophen in ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-14T14:49:27Z)

Cerberus Sells Tower in Initial Sale at 11% Discount to Buyout

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Cerberus Capital Management LP sold shares of Tower International Inc. in an $81.3 million initial public offering for 11 percent less than it paid to take control of the auto-parts supplier three years ago. Tower, which was bought ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-15T04:04:01Z)

CBOE wants to buy $300M of members' shares

(Reuters) — CBOE Holdings Inc. on Wednesday offered to buy stock valued at as much as $300 million from former members in a long-planned tender offer, but some of those members said they weren't selling. CBOE Holdings, the parent of the Chicago Board ... (Source: Crain's Chicago Business 2010-10-13T18:25:23Z)

Labopharm, Paladin Labs expand commercial relationship

"The commercial success of TRIDURAL(TM), which holds the number one market position in the extended release tramadol market in Canada, has elevated the strategic importance of pain as a therapeutic focus area for Paladin," said Jonathan Ross Goodman ... (Source: News-Medical.Net 2010-10-14T12:19:07Z)

Apple's iPad to go on sale at 4,200 Verizon and AT&T stores

Both Verizon Wireless and its mobile über-rival AT&T announced Thursday that the companies' chains of thousands of U.S. retail stores would be carrying Apple's iPad starting on Oct. 28, in time for the holiday buying season. The simultaneous announcements ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-14T20:54:31Z)

Clearwire Is Said to Seek Up to $5 Billion in Spectrum Sale

Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Clearwire Corp., the high-speed wireless carrier, is seeking to raise as much as $5 billion by selling some of its spectrum in an auction that has attracted telephone and cable companies, according to people with direct knowledge of ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-10-13T07:19:40Z)

Chile miners begin anew in fresh air

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile -- The lucky ones now have more than $10,000 in the bank and a free vacation in Greece awaiting them. But for the moment, many of the family members of the 33 miners trapped under the hard volcanic rock here for more than two months ... (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010-10-15T04:25:29Z)

Clearwire stock jumps on report of spectrum sale

Shares of wireless broadband network Clearwire Corp. jumped Wednesday on a report that it's holding an auction to sell off some of its large holdings of wireless spectrum. In afternoon trading, the Kirkland, Wash., company's stock was up 65 cents, or 9.6 ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-13T19:29:48Z)

Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton say regulators to block miners' iron ore joint venture

SYDNEY - German regulators are planning to block an iron ore joint venture between mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton Ltd. in Australia, the companies said Friday. In a statement, Rio Tinto and BHP said they were disappointed that the German Federal ... (Source: St. John's Telegram 2010-10-15T01:05:04Z)

World, Chile cheer as last of 33 miners sees the sky again

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — In a mesmerizing story of grit, endurance and triumph, the 33 men who had been stuck underground since their mine collapsed on Aug. 5 were hoisted to the surface, one by one, in a rescue celebrated across Chile and watched on live ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-10-15T04:46:58Z)

GM to set aside 5% of IPO offering

Detroit — General Motors Co. has asked banks underwriting its initial public stock offering to set aside 5 percent of common stock shares for sale to more than 600,000 U.S. and Canadian workers, retirees and dealers, according to a Securities and ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-10-15T05:01:17Z)

Apple to sell iPad at Verizon and AT&T stores

Apple said Thursday it plans to sell its iPad tablet device through retail stores owned by AT&T and Verizon. The popular touch-screen device will go on sale in 2,000 Verizon stores and 2,200 AT&T stores on Oct. 28. In a statement, Apple said AT&T will sell ... (Source: New York Post 2010-10-14T15:53:52Z)

GM on Track for Mid-November IPO: Sources

NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is on track to move ahead with its initial public offering during the week of November 15 after a recent round of meetings with sovereign wealth funds, sources with knowledge of preparation for the deal said ... (Source: ABC News 2010-10-15T00:07:48Z)

Dallas judge to hear arguments Friday in Tom Hicks' bid to halt Liverpool soccer team sale

A Dallas judge was expected to decide early today whether to lift his restraining order halting the sale of Liverpool Football Club to the owner of the Boston Red Sox. "I want this issue to be resolved for the parties," said state District Judge Jim Jordan ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-10-15T03:06:45Z)

Bitter Liverpool legal battle returns to Texas court

MIAMI (Reuters) - The fierce battle surrounding the ownership of English Premier League club Liverpool returns to the unlikely setting of a Dallas county court on Friday in what could be a decisive day in the transatlantic legal stand-off. The finances of ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-15T05:08:26Z)

Clearwire stock jumps on report that it's auctioning off wireless spectrum

NEW YORK — Shares of wireless broadband network Clearwire Corp. jumped Wednesday on a report that it's holding an auction to sell off some of its large holdings of wireless spectrum. In afternoon trading, the Kirkland, Wash., company's stock was up 65 ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-10-13T19:29:48Z)

First Chilean miner heads home from hospital

COPIAPO, Chile  — The 12th Chilean miners rescued was the first out of the hospital late Thursday night as all 33 began their unfamiliar new lives as national heroes. Chilean TV showed miner Edison Pena heading home. They all got tastes of what awaits ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-15T02:02:20Z)

UPDATE 1-GM on track for mid-November IPO-sources

NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - General Motors Co [GM.UL] is on track to move ahead with its initial public offering during the week of Nov. 15 after a recent round of meetings with sovereign wealth funds, sources with knowledge of preparation for the deal ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-15T00:22:07Z)

Labopharm says Paladin Labs acquires rights to sell pain drugs in Africa and Canada

NEW YORK — The drugmaker Labopharm Inc. said Thursday it expanded a deal that gives Paladin Labs Inc. the right to sell pain treatments made by Labopharm. Under the new deal, Paladin will have the right to sell Labopharm's Intellilab oxycodone plus ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-10-14T14:49:27Z)

Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton: German regulators to block miners' Australian iron ore joint venture

SYDNEY (AP) — German regulators are planning to block a $120 billion iron ore venture between mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton Ltd. in Australia , the companies said Friday. In a statement, Rio Tinto and BHP said they were disappointed that the ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-10-15T03:56:52Z)

Liverpool deal rumbles on as BoSox owners lose court case

LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool's ownership battle rumbled on Thursday as the High Court ruled against Tom Hicks and George Gillett, only for the American pair to demand the club's chairman be jailed for contempt of court. A High Court ruling on Wednesday had ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-14T22:13:16Z)

Miners find a sunny life of celebrity on surface

Copiapo, Chile — The Chilean miners began their unfamiliar new lives as national heroes Thursday and got a taste of what awaits them outside the hospital doors — a deluge of TV producers, writers and even soccer teams all desperate for a piece of their ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-10-15T05:01:17Z)

Chile rescued miners long to reunite with families

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Chile's 33 rescued miners posed with the president and were poked by doctors on Thursday, itching to reunite with families and sleep in their own beds for the first time since a cave-in nearly killed them on Aug. 5. Relatives were ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-15T00:14:57Z)

CBOE launches offer for two stock classes

(Reuters) — CBOE Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said it was launching two concurrent tender offers for its class A-1 and class A-2 common stock each at a price of $22.50 per share. CBOE Holdings, the parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, said it ... (Source: Crain's Chicago Business 2010-10-13T16:38:00Z)

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