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

RI's Green Airport to get rail link by year's end

WARWICK, R.I.— Officials are hailing the news that a deal has been struck to provide commuter rail service to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick by year's end. The deal bringing Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trains from Boston through Providence ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-13T22:35:55Z)

My SPRYCEL® (dasatinib) Support Program Now Available for Patients

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company : (NYSE: BMY) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co : ., Ltd. today announced the launch of My SPRYCEL ® (dasatinib) Support, a useful resource to assist adult patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who are taking SPRYCEL ... (Source: PR Inside 2010-10-14T15:03:46Z)

IBM To Offer Technology Service For Jordan University Of Science - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - International Business Machines Corp.(IBM: News ) Wednesday said that it entered into an agreement with Jordan University of Science and Technology or JUST for IBM to provide the technology and services needed to establish a new Centre of ... (Source: RTT News 2010-10-13T12:27:28Z)

Jordan University of Science and Technology Partners with IBM to Build New Cloud Computing ...

The Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) and IBM (NYSE: IBM | PowerRating ) today signed an agreement for IBM to provide the technology and services needed to establish a new Centre of Excellence for Service Science Innovation at the ... (Source: TradingMarkets.com 2010-10-14T20:18:44Z)

Hawker Beechcraft offer seeks pay cut to keep jobs

WICHITA, Kan. -- Hawker Beechcraft has offered its machinists a seven-year contract offer that includes a 10 percent pay cut and other concessions in a move to keep the majority of its 6,000 jobs in Kansas. The airplane maker's union recommended early ... (Source: Forbes 2010-10-13T10:47:15Z)

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)

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: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-15T03:56:52Z)

Liverpool Fight Continues

The bitter fight for control of the Liverpool team was dragged through dueling court hearings on opposite sides of the Atlantic, with a British judge ruling to let the sale proceed to the owners of the Boston Red Sox and a state judge in Dallas scheduling ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-15T01:33:42Z)

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)

Green Airport to get rail link by year's end

Warwick, R.I. - Officials are hailing the news that a deal has been struck to provide commuter rail service to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick by year's end. The deal bringing Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trains from Boston through Providence ... (Source: TheDay 2010-10-14T15:32:24Z)

Deal struck for train service to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick

The state Department of Transportation and three railroads have reached a deal to begin commuter train service connecting T.F. Green Airport to Providence and Boston this fall, according to Rhode Island officials. The station, with 800 parking spaces for ... (Source: Providence Journal 2010-10-13T03:01:58Z)

My SPRYCEL (dasatinib) Support Program Now Available for Patients

PRINCETON, N.J. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 14, 2010 - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co ., Ltd. today announced the launch of My SPRYCEL ® (dasatinib) Support, a useful resource to assist adult patients with chronic ... (Source: Phramalive.com 2010-10-14T18:02:43Z)

Rio Tinto Sees Regulatory Obstacles for BHP Ore Joint Venture

Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world's third- largest mining company, said there were potential regulatory obstacles to its iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton Ltd. after the Age newspaper reported the deal was dead. "The board ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-05T23:14:03Z)

Germany Signals Intention to Block Rio-BHP Venture

Anglo-Australian miners Rio Tinto PLC and BHP Billiton Ltd. Thursday said they were "disappointed" by the German Federal Cartel Office's stated intention to block their proposed iron-ore joint venture. The German regulatory process continues but the German ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-14T17:55:34Z)

NBC Universal ends ad deal with Google

NBC Universal has ended a two-year-old arrangement with Google that allowed the Internet giant to sell ad space on several NBC cable channels, according to a report. The Los Angeles Times said today that the network had called off the deal , whereby Google ... (Source: CNET News 2010-10-14T05:31:06Z)

IBM Launches New Private Cloud Service Platforms

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IBM ( www.ibm.com ) announced on Wednesday it has expanded its CloudBurst family of pre-integrated cloud service delivery platforms with the release of its POWER7-based hardware. The company is also offering the appliance ... (Source: WHIR 2010-10-14T17:41:15Z)

UPDATE: GM: Treasury's Citigroup Stake Poses IPO 'Conflict'

General Motors Co.'s disclosure Thursday that IPO underwriter Citigroup Inc. (C) faces a conflict of interest should have little effect on the investment bank's ability to participate in the deal, according to industry regulations. In a Securities and ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-14T18:45:40Z)

NBC Divorces Google, Ends TV Ad Partnership

NBC Universal has decided not to renew an advertising deal it struck with Google two years ago, a move at the time seen as a revolutionary and groundbreaking new step for Google's expansion into ads beyond the online space. It was sort of an experiment for ... (Source: I4U 2010-10-14T09:48:48Z)

GM stock set aside for workers, car dealers in IPO

DETROIT -- General Motors Co. and its Wall Street bankers are setting aside 5 percent of the shares to be sold in next month's initial sale of stock for GM's employees, car dealers and retirees. That detail was included in a regulatory filing on Thursday ... (Source: Forbes 2010-10-14T22:56:13Z)

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)

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 2010-10-14T11:43:20Z)

AOL Eyes Yahoo!: A Case of Jonah Swallowing the Whale

According to a report by WSJ Silver Lake Partners and Blackstone Group LP are among the private equity firms in cahoots with AOL to effect such a formation. Considering the size of the buy that AOL is attempting, it looks like a case of Jonah swallowing ... (Source: The Money Times 2010-10-15T04:18:20Z)

Northrop Enters IT Deal

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC - News ) has embarked upon a $2.8 billion deal to provide information technology (IT) solutions to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Northrop will perform a variety of technology services under the seven-year ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-10-01T12:05:54Z)

Cessna lays off 700; Hawker resumes contract talks with union

It was another tough day to be an aircraft worker in Wichita as Cessna handed out 700 layoff notices and Hawker machinists tried to work out a deal to save their jobs.Bart Wood knows exactly how the 700 Cessna workers feel who were handed pink slips today ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-10T16:20:05Z)

Hawker Beechcraft contract offer seeks pay cut to keep most of airplane maker's jobs in Kansas

Last update: October 13, 2010 - 3:56 PM WICHITA, Kan. - It was only two years ago that striking machinists at Hawker Beechcraft accepted a hard-fought, three-year labor contract after nearly a month on the picket lines. But that was before a global ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-13T20:55:42Z)

Deal talk turns up pressure at Yahoo

SAN FRANCISCO — With buyout vultures circling the Internet company, Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive, Carol Bartz, may have to accelerate her timetable for engineering a turnaround if she wants to save her job. Bartz has said it could take a couple more ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-15T04:04:01Z)

Yahoo shares climb amid reports of takeover bid planned by AOL

Investors ran up the price of Yahoo Inc. shares after a report saying AOL Inc. and a group of private equity firms might bid for the Web company. The stock closed Thursday at $15.93, up 68 cents or 4.45 percent. It rose as high as $16.76 earlier in the ... (Source: Kansas City Star 2010-10-15T03:49:42Z)

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)

Last of trapped Chilean miners is freed

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) -- The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their countrymen erupted in cheers and the world watched ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-14T21:16:00Z)

NBC Universal and Google scrap ad alliance

NEW YORK (Adweek) - NBC Universal and Google have discontinued their ad-sales partnership that began in 2008, the companies confirmed Wednesday. The split deprives Google's TV ad-sales unit of one of its major alliances, though it still has deals in place ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-14T04:33:50Z)

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