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Deals of the Hour / October 14, 2010, 9:40 am

Chile lifts first miners to freedom

The lone Bolivian among the miners, Carlos Mamani, was the next man lifted to safety. He greeted his wife, Veronica, with a kiss that knocked off her white hard hat. He then gestured to a Chilean flag on his T-shirt and shouted, "Gracias, Chile!" As the ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-13T08:24:05Z)

UPDATED: Cablevision Tells Fox to Try Again

Several hours after it filed a memo with the Federal Communications Commission claiming it hadn't received a response from Cablevision Systems regarding its upcoming retransmission consent offer, Fox Networks got its answer: Try again. Earlier Tuesday Fox ... (Source: Multichannel Online 2010-10-13T06:08:05Z)

Next for Chile: Miners' recovery, cause of mine collapse

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Chileans reveled Thursday in the stunning glory and jubilation of a record-setting mine rescue. As the celebration fades, however, several key questions await resolution. Officials at the copper and gold mine whose collapse trapped ... (Source: Indianapolis Star 2010-10-14T11:29:01Z)

Tom Hicks, partner convince Dallas judge to halt sale of Liverpool soccer team

Dallas businessman Tom Hicks persuaded a state judge to halt the sale of Liverpool Football Club on Wednesday and may have gained something new in the battle: home field advantage. The sale of the soccer team to the owner of the Boston Red Sox for about $ ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-10-14T13:23:33Z)

Liverpool sale saga lurches on after new twist

LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool's bitter ownership wrangle rumbled into Thursday after George Gillett and Tom Hicks launched an 11th hour legal bid to stop the club being sold to Boston Red Sox owner John W Henry. Weeks of bitterness appeared to be drawing to ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-14T10:53:13Z)

Hugs Seen Around the World as Rescue Of Trapped Chilean Miners Goes Global

LONDON | Plane crashes, terror threats, oil spill s, toxic leaks. The TV news diet is often dire, rarely joyous. And then there were the pictures Wednesday of brave, dignified miners who had been trapped beneath the ground for more than two months being ... (Source: The Ledger 2010-10-14T03:36:34Z)

MGM Resorts and Kerkorian's Tracinda selling shares; co. gets offer for Borgata

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino giant MGM Resorts International said Tuesday that it plans to issue up to 47 million shares of common stock while billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, its largest shareholder, is selling more nearly 32 million of the shares he ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-12T23:05:44Z)

Nevada's MGM Resorts, Tracinda price shares at $12.65

Casino company MGM Resorts International hopes to raise as much as $595 million by pricing 47 million new shares at $12.65 each, the company said Wednesday. The Las Vegas-based company said its largest investor, billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, plans to sell as ... (Source: Reno Gazette 2010-10-14T14:20:49Z)

Grandma's ashes mistakenly sold at Florida yard sale

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- Grandma Marge's ashes weren't for sale, but a bargain hunter in Florida walked away with them anyway. A touch of Grandma Marge was put in a potted violet, her favorite plant, after her death. The plant was accidentally sold at a ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-14T15:32:24Z)

Rescued miners OK in hospital, preparing for onslaught of attention as Chile impresses world

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: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-14T16:08:11Z)

Judge Rules Against Attempt to Bar Liverpool Sale

A judge on London's High Court ruled against attempts by the outgoing American co-owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr., to prevent the sale. Hicks and Gillett had claimed that the price agreed to by members of the board last week with the New England ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-14T11:50:29Z)

Familes cheer at 'Camp Hope' as Chile's miners emerge

Update: More than one-third of the trapped Chilean miners are now up and out of their half-mile-deep dungeon, the Associated Press reports. By late morning, 13 men had been pulled from the mine at a methodical pace in roughly 10 hours in a rescue effort ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-13T14:50:38Z)

Fox Demand For Higher Cable Transmission Fees Could Affect Viewers

Fox Television is demanding that Cablevision of New York increase the fee it pays to broadcast several of Fox's channels, facing an Oct. 15 deadline that could knock Fox's two New York afilliates off the cable system, as well as several Fox cable channels ... (Source: Media Matters 2010-10-13T14:36:19Z)

28 miners free as Chile rescue goes off flawlessly

With remarkable speed — and flawless execution — miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 2,000 feet of rock and saw precious sunlight Wednesday after the longest underground entrapment in human ... (Source: Peoria Journal Star 2010-10-14T01:20:34Z)

Hugs felt round the world

A passerby takes a copy of the London evening newspaper headlining the rescue of trapped miners in Chile in London on Wednesday. (Alastair Grant / AP) The rescued miners have all been given Oakley sunglasses designed to minimize glare. PLANE CRASHES ... (Source: The Chronicle Herald 2010-10-14T13:09:14Z)

Analyst Says Fox-Cablevision Battle Factored into Stocks

As News Corp. and Cablevision Systems' face-off over retransmission fees nears its Oct. 15 deadline, one analyst says he's already factored the outcome into his earnings estimates for the two companies. In a research note distributed Wednesday, David Joyce ... (Source: Broadcasting Cable 2010-10-13T15:04:57Z)

Yahoo shares take off on buyout rumors

NEW YORK - Investors are running up the price of Yahoo Inc. shares after a report saying AOL Inc. and a group of private equity firms may bid for the Web company. The stock climbed 74 cents, or 4.9 percent, to $15.99 in late morning trading after trading ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-10-14T15:39:33Z)

Grandmother's ashes in favorite potted plant sold by mistake at Florida yard sale

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Grandma Marge's ashes weren't for sale, but a bargain hunter in Florida walked away with them anyway. A touch of Grandma Marge was put in a potted violent, her favorite plant, after her death. The plant was accidentally sold at a ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-14T09:13:01Z)

Grandma's Ashes Sold at Florida Yard Sale

A bargain hunter in Fort Walton Beach walked away from a recent yard sale with Grandma Marge's ashes. Some of Grandma Marge was put in a potted violet, her favorite plant, after her death. The plant was accidentally sold at a weekend yard sale hosted by ... (Source: WOKV.com 2010-10-14T10:24:35Z)

In Chile, all 33 miners rescued

Rescuers in Chile on Wednesday freed the last of 33 miners from imprisonment nearly half a mile underground using the methodical shuttle of a battered red, white and blue rescue capsule. Less than 24 hours after the first miners reemerged to the waiting ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-14T04:12:22Z)

12 Chilean miners emerge in problem-free rescue

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Juan Illanes is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile ... (Source: Argus Press 2010-10-13T14:14:51Z)

Chile's trapped miners finally find freedom

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The last of the Chilean miners has been raised from deep beneath the surface. All 33 men have now been delivered from the longest underground entrapment in history. The foreman who held the group together when they were feared lost ... (Source: Daily Oklahoman 2010-10-14T11:07:32Z)

'Heartwarming story': Hugs seen around the world as riveting rescue goes global

LONDON — Plane crashes, terror threats, oil spills, toxic leaks. The TV news diet is often dire, rarely joyous. And then there were the pictures today of brave, dignified miners who had been trapped beneath the ground for more than two months being ... (Source: Indianapolis Star 2010-10-14T00:37:37Z)

Acciones de Yahoo se disparan tras rumores de adquisición

Los inversionistas están aumentando el precio de las acciones de Yahoo después de un informe que señala que AOL y un grupo de firmas privadas podrían hacer una oferta de adquisición de la empresa de internet. Las acciones subieron 1,19 dólares, o un ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-14T16:01:02Z)

MGM Resorts, Tracinda selling shares

MGM Resorts International, the largest owner of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, says it and its largest shareholder are selling stock in the company and that it got an offer for its half of the Borgata hotel and casino in Atlantic City. Kirk Kerkorian's ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-12T22:51:25Z)

15 Chilean miners emerge in rescue

San Jose Mine, Chile — One by one, the miners trapped for 69 days in a dungeon that could have been their tomb climbed into a rescue capsule and made a smooth ascent to the surface Wednesday, greeted by the embraces of loved ones, cheered by joyous ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-10-13T15:33:35Z)

A Sale of Yahoo? Not So Fast

The deal chatter Thursday morning is centering on reports by All Things D and The Wall Street Journal that buyout firms are contemplating teaming up with AOL or the News Corporation to buy Yahoo . (Shares in Yahoo jumped nearly 15.8 percent in after-hours ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-10-14T15:53:52Z)

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