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Deals of the Hour / October 26, 2010, 4:41 pm

Kim Jong Il, Ri Yong Ho

In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 and released on Tuesday, Oct. 26 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, and Korean People's Army Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho smile during their meeting with Gen ... (Source: Charleston Gazette 2010-10-26T09:05:56Z)

Official: Charlie Sheen in psych care after hotel call

N EW YORK — Charlie Sheen was hospitalized today for a psychiatric evaluation after a woman told police he was throwing furniture and yelling in his hotel room, a law enforcement official said. His publicist blamed an allergic reaction to medication ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-26T19:28:42Z)

Money-losing Whitney Holding selling problem loans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gulf Coast banker Whitney Holding Corp. says it has agreed to sell about $180 million in nonperforming loans — primarily in Florida — at a discount. In addition to cutting a deal to rid itself of the loans in exchange for about $ ... (Source: 39online.com 2010-10-26T13:37:57Z)

Boyd not buying rest of Borgata

ATLANTIC CITY — Boyd Gaming said Monday it won't buy the remaining half of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City's top casino. The Las Vegas-based company owns half of the Borgata, and had the right of first refusal to buy the remaining half from ... (Source: Courier-Post 2010-10-26T07:11:24Z)

Borders cuts Kobo, Velocity tablet prices to fix low sales

Borders said it would start up multiple deals, beginning October 31, in what's already considered a bid to recover sagging sales. The company dropped the price of its core readers, the Kobo eReader and the Aluratek Libre, down to $100; the Libre deal lasts ... (Source: Electronista 2010-10-25T20:55:47Z)

Borders Offers Ereader Deals

Borders Monday announced a series of deals on Ereaders ahead of the holidays, including a drop of the Kobo Ereader to $99.99. In addition, the $139.99 Kobo Wireless Ereader will come with five free Ebooks- "Slow Death by Rubber Duck" by Bruce Lourie and ... (Source: Dealerscope 2010-10-25T20:05:41Z)

Blackburn set for £46 million sale to Indian firm

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Blackburn Rovers hope the sale of the club to Indian conglomerate Venkys will be completed in November with the investors expecting to seal a 46 million pound deal for the Premier League side. "Both parties are hopeful that the ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-10-26T15:53:57Z)

Amazon: Kindle Sales are at an All-Time High

Just a few days before Barnes & Noble is expected to introduce its new e-reader, the Nook Color, its chief competitor Amazon is looking to steal a bit of the book retailer's thunder by unveiling its latest sales figures. Officials with Amazon announced on ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-10-26T18:09:58Z)

Bharti Airtel announces deals to bring call centers to Nigeria, Africa with support companies

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — India's largest telecom company said it plans to bring call center jobs to Africa , months after it bought out a major mobile phone network on the continent, the global CEO of Bharti Airtel announced Monday. CEO Manoj Kohli and ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-10-25T12:41:52Z)

Whitney sells problem loans

Whitney Holding Corp. will sell about $180 million of nonperforming loans and will reclassify up to an additional $100 million on nonperforming loans as being held for sale. Both events will occur during the fourth quarter of 2010, a press statement said ... (Source: Birmingham Business Journal 2010-10-26T15:03:51Z)

Official: Charlie Sheen in psychiatric care

NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Sheen was hospitalized Tuesday for a psychiatric evaluation after a woman told police he was throwing furniture and yelling in his hotel room, a law enforcement official said. His publicist blamed an allergic reaction to ... (Source: Orlando Sentinel 2010-10-26T20:47:27Z)

Man who was once youngest death row inmate dies

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man who was once the nation's youngest death row inmate has died in a Missouri hospital. Garden View Funeral Home said Todd Ice died on Oct. 21 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City. He was 47. Ice was sentenced to death ... (Source: Lexington Herald-Leader 2010-10-25T16:38:06Z)

Borders® Advances eReader Revolution with Incredible Device Deals and Savings

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Borders® is announcing a host of incredible deals and promotions on its extensive "great-better-best" assortment of eReaders just in time for the holiday season. Beginning today through Oct. 31, consumers can ... (Source: Daily Finance 2010-10-25T17:35:22Z)

NJ approves MGM land sale at Borgata site

New Jersey casino regulators on Thursday approved the $73 million sale of land underneath the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa as part of MGM Resorts International's exit from the nation's second-largest gambling market. The state Casino Control Commission ... (Source: Forbes 2010-10-14T21:44:38Z)

Charlie Sheen Hospitalized In Psych Ward!

Charlie Sheen is undergoing psychiatric evaluation after allegedly trashing a hotel room whilst drunk and naked with an escort. The 45-year-old actor was caught "drunk and naked" in his suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York - where he had been staying with ... (Source: Post Chronicle 2010-10-26T18:17:07Z)

IBM, TechM, Spanco bags Airtel's $500 outsourcing deal

Bangalore: IBM, TechM and Spanco have bagged the Bharti Airtel's call centre contracts for its African operations. This five-year contract is worth around $500 million, with IBM and Spanco sharing most of the spoils and the deal will be signed soon. "Our ... (Source: Silicon India 2010-10-26T05:38:21Z)

Blackburn set for 46mln sale to Venkys

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Blackburn Rovers hope the sale of the club to Indian conglomerate Venkys will be completed in November with the investors expecting to seal a 46 million pound ($73.04 million) deal for the Premier League side. "Both parties are ... (Source: Reuters India 2010-10-26T16:01:07Z)

Whitney Holding shares rise on sale of bad loans

NEW ORLEANS - Shares of Whitney Holding Corp., which owns Whitney National Bank, rose Tuesday after it said it will sell about $180 million in loans at a steep discount. THE SPARK: Whitney reported before the markets opened that it will sell about $180 ... (Source: CNBC 2010-10-26T17:05:32Z)

Former Youngest Death Row Inmate Dies At 47

A man who was once the youngest person on death row after he was convicted at 15 of killing a seven-year-old Powell County neighbor has died. Todd Ice, 47, died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Missouri on Thursday, according to the Louisville ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-25T14:43:34Z)

BP sells off Gulf of Mexico oil fields in continuing asset sale

London - BP has agreed to sell four oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico to Japanese company Marubeni for 650 million dollars - the latest in a series of asset sales to finance the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon spill earlier this year, the company said ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-10-25T13:03:21Z)

Maehara Says Japan Mending China Ties; Seeks Rare Earth Deals

Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said Japan is working to mend frayed ties with China while at the same time looking for alternative sources of rare earth metals. "It's certainly not good for our own resource security to rely on a ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-25T15:12:12Z)

Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Guo Boxiong

In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 and released on Tuesday, Oct. 26 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, and his son Kim Jong Un, sitting second left, pose with Chinese military delegates ... (Source: Charleston Gazette 2010-10-26T09:05:56Z)

Man who was once youngest death row inmate dies at 47

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A man who was once the nation's youngest death row inmate has died in a Missouri hospital. Todd Ice died Thursday at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City. He was 47, according to an obituary posted by Garden View Funeral ... (Source: Texarkana Gazette 2010-10-26T08:44:28Z)

Barnes & Noble introduces color Nook

Barnes & Noble is introducing a new Nook e-reader with a color touch screen for $249 as competition among e-reader makers heats up ahead of the holidays. The Nookcolor can be used for reading digital books, magazines, newspapers and children's books. It ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-26T20:40:17Z)

Blackburn Rovers in sale talks with an Indian firm

Blackburn Rovers soccer team are in takeover talks with Indian company Venky's and hope to complete a sale next month, the English Premier League side confirmed on Tuesday. Blackburn chairman John Williams said in a statement on the club's Web site ... (Source: Taipei Times 2010-10-26T16:29:45Z)

BP (BP) Announces $650M Gulf of Mexico Asset Sale to Marubeni Oil

BP (NYSE: BP ) today announced that it has reached agreement to sell its recently-acquired interests in four mature producing deepwater oil and gas fields in the US Gulf of Mexico to Marubeni Oil and Gas for $650 million. BP acquired the interests in the ... (Source: StreetInsider.com 2010-10-25T10:47:20Z)

BP selling four Gulf of Mexico properties

LONDON — BP says it has sold its stake in four mature oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico to Marubeni Oil and Gas for $650 million (€466 million). The oil company has been selling assets to raise cash to pay for the damage caused by the disastrous ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-25T16:59:34Z)

Bharti splits $500 mn Africa deal among IBM, Tech Mahindra and Spanco

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India's top mobile phone firm Bharti Airtel said it will award call centre contracts for its African operations to IBM, Tech Mahindra and Spanco, marking the second significant step in replicating its hugely-successful outsourcing model ... (Source: Economic Times 2010-10-26T05:02:33Z)

Amazon.com Says Sales of New Kindle Outstrip Year Ago

Amazon.com Inc. , the world's largest online retailer, said sales of the Kindle e-reader it introduced in July have surpassed total Kindle sales during the final three months of last year. The bestselling 1,000 book titles on Amazon are selling more ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-10-25T16:23:47Z)

Boyd Gaming won't buy rest of Borgata

Boyd Gaming said Monday it won't buy the remaining half of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City's top casino. The Las Vegas-based company owns half of the Borgata, and had the right of first refusal to buy the remaining half from MGM Resorts ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-26T02:46:33Z)

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