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Deals of the Hour / November 14, 2010, 3:42 pm

BHP, OneSteel, Seek, Rio, Woodside: Australian Stock Preview

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may rise or fall in Australia. This preview includes news announced after markets closed on Nov. 12. All prices are from that day's close unless otherwise stated. The S&P/ASX 200 ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-11-14T21:50:49Z)

Look early for Black Friday digital gear deals

Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Retailers offer smoking deals to lure Christmas shoppers. But in this sluggish economy, Black Friday is no longer a one-day event. This year, Black Friday deals ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-12T15:40:57Z)

Original Apple-1 Computer with Rare Steve Jobs Letter to Sell for cca. $200,000

The first computer that Steve Jobs ever sold from his parents' garage is up for sale for an estimated $161,600 - $242,400 at Christie's in London. The lucky (and wealthy geek) setting their mind to buy it will also be glad to receive a commercially ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-11-12T13:53:35Z)

GM, Caesars top week of big stock offerings

WASHINGTON — In the world of new stock offerings, everything about this week is big: The number of deals, the amount of money expected to be raised and the profiles of the companies going public. The action likely will draw a wide range of investors into ... (Source: Columbus Dispatch 2010-11-14T10:45:06Z)

Anglo American confirms asset sale to OneSteel

ANGLO American confirmed today it has agreed to sell its Moly-Cop and AltaSteel operations to OneSteel for $US932 million ($943m). The sale was reported exclusively by The Australian Online late last night. In October last year, Anglo American announced ... (Source: The Australian 2010-11-14T20:46:23Z)

GM among IPO headliners

Washington -- In the world of new stock offerings, everything about next week is big: The number of deals, the amount of money expected to be raised and the profiles of the companies going public -- and now the world's most populous nation may be getting ... (Source: News-Leader.com 2010-11-14T08:07:37Z)

Boehner: No compromise so far on tax cuts for all

Incoming House Speaker John Boehner is standing firm on the question of tax cuts even for the wealthiest Americans. Asked directly whether he might be open to a deal with President Barack Obama, the Ohio Republican said extending tax cuts for all Americans ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-10T20:36:49Z)

'King of Heroin' spoke of drug deals in tape

VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- Mexico's alleged "King of Heroin" was caught on tape talking to his co-conspirators about drug transactions worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to court documents obtained by the Ventura County Star, 36-year-old Jose ... (Source: KABC 2010-11-13T20:47:34Z)

US Briefs

The Villages, Fla.Bush misses being pamperedFormer President George W. Bush says he doesn't miss much about the White House, just the pampering.Bush told more than 3,000 people at a sprawling central Florida retirement community on Saturday that he misses ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-14T07:46:08Z)

GM one of many big IPOs to hit market soon

WASHINGTON — In the world of new stock offerings, everything about next week is big: The number of deals, the amount of money expected to be raised and the profiles of the companies going public. The action is likely to draw a wide range of investors ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-14T20:10:36Z)

Samsung Galaxy Tab Already On Sale at Verizon

Samsung Galaxy Tab, the first Android-bases tablet PC that Samsung Electronics brought to the market during the ongoing year, is now available for purchase on the US market via mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless too. Starting today, US customers ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-11-11T16:10:46Z)

Samsung Galaxy Tab Already On Sale at T-Mobile USA

Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA is the first operator in the United States to have made the Android-based Samsung Galaxy Tab available for purchase on its airwaves. Starting today, all those T-Mobile customers interested in the acquisition of this device can ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-11-10T13:41:38Z)

Wiretap exposes drug king

VENTURA (AP) — The man accused of being Mexico's "King of Heroin" was caught on wiretap conversations talking to his coconspirators about drug transactions involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the recordings, Jose Antonio Medina Arreguin, 36 ... (Source: Monterey County Herald 2010-11-14T09:33:31Z)

BHP Billiton withdraws bid for Potash Corp

BHP Billiton on Sunday withdrew its takeover bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, saying it cannot convince Canada's federal government to approve of the deal. Ottawa announced earlier this month that it would block the deal because it wasn't a net ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-14T23:16:43Z)

John Walsh exposes children for sale in Cambodia

John Walsh has been hunting "America's Most Wanted" fugitives since 1988. On Saturday he goes undercover in Southeast Asia to investigate the sex trafficking of Cambodian children. Accompanied by British police officer Jim Gamble, Walsh says he was shocked ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-11-13T00:16:21Z)

BHP kills Potash Corp bid

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top global miner BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP.AX - News ) scrapped its $39 billion bid for Potash Corp (Toronto: POT.TO - News ), the world's biggest deal this year, and said on Monday it would return $4.2 billion to investors through a ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-11-14T23:23:52Z)

CyberPower Offers "Early Bird" Deals on Desktop PCsThrough Thanksgiving

Will Zoobles be the 'Toy of Christmas 2010'? These little spheres are going to unlock a whole new ... Los Angeles Liposuction Surgeon Maximizes Skin Tightening by Combining SmartLipo and Thermage Liposuction is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery ... (Source: dBusinessNews.com 2010-11-14T20:24:55Z)

Anglo American makes £2bn from 'clearance sale'

Newly-formed Australian company OneSteel beat off competition from ArcelorMittal and Cap group from Chile to pay $932m for the Moly-Cop and AltaSteel businesses. They have interests in North and South America and include joint ventures in Australia and ... (Source: Daily Telegraph 2010-11-14T23:09:33Z)

Obama could push education reform in effort to work with a divided Congress

If President Obama is seeking common ground with Republicans in the next Congress, one major domestic issue seems ripe for deal-making: education. Obama aides say the administration plans early next year to accelerate its push for a rewrite of the Bush-era ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-11-02T23:59:35Z)

Child protection chief probes Cambodia child sex trade

The outgoing chief of Britain's child protection agency and the host of US TV show 'America's Most Wanted' posed as paedophiles to investigate the sex trafficking of Cambodian youngsters. Jim Gamble, ex-chief executive of the Child Exploitation and ... (Source: Ireland On-Line 2010-11-13T09:06:04Z)

iPad's Distant Ancestor — 1976 Apple One — For Sale

Christie's Auction House is planning to sell an Apple One computer, an ancestor of all those Macintosh computers around today. Many years ago, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the computer in Jobs' family garage. It sold in 1976 for $666.66. Now this ... (Source: NPR News 2010-11-12T19:30:01Z)

BHP Billiton has withdrawn its bid for Saskatchewan-based Potash Corp

TORONTO (AP) — BHP Billiton has withdrawn its takeover bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan , saying it cannot convince Canada's federal government to approve of the deal. Ottawa announced earlier this month that it would block the deal because it wasn't ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-11-14T23:16:43Z)

Divided Congress faces key deadlines

WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Congress is being called back into session this week to deal with a host of urgent issues, setting the stage for a showdown between a wounded Democratic Party and newly empowered Republicans in which both sides know that ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-11-14T15:52:54Z)

'Call of Duty' sales are explosive

NEW YORK: Call of Duty: Black Ops blasted entertainment records this week by raking in $360 million in its first 24 hours on sale, a dramatic and lucrative indication that video games have cemented their place as mainstream entertainment on a par with ... (Source: Akron Beacon Journal 2010-11-12T07:27:02Z)

1976 Apple I Computer for Sale for $160,000 - Straight From Steve Jobs Parents' Garage!

Oh to be the owner of an Apple I computer from 1976! The computer is for sale later this month at Christie's, and they expect the dinosaur to fetch at least $160,000, and that is on the low side. It may sell for as much as $240,000. This computer is old ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-11-13T04:41:12Z)

Crime-fighting TV show wanted

FOX television network plans to launch a Hong Kong-based Asian version of its long-running and popular crime-fighting reality show, America's Most Wanted. The program in the United States has helped capture 1,130 fugitives and recover 61 abducted children ... (Source: Hong Kong Standard 2010-11-14T18:59:01Z)

Wal-Mart's Black Friday 2010 ad: Electronics top deals

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Wal-Mart's highly-awaited Black Friday ad promises hot deals on high-definition TVs, Blu-ray players, laptops and holiday gift favorites such as toys and DVDs, according to a copy of the retailer's circular obtained by CNNMoney ... (Source: CNN Money 2010-11-14T00:50:57Z)

Samsung Galaxy Tab is on sale from Verizon and T-Mobile, Sprint on Sunday [Updated]

After about seven months with the nascent tablet computer market largely to itself, Apple's iPad has a new challenger arriving in stores Thursday: the Samsung Galaxy Tab . The much hyped Galaxy Tab is available from Verizon for $599.99. The mobile carrier ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-11-10T23:57:15Z)

New 'Call of Duty' video game blasts sales record

NEW YORK -- "Call of Duty: Black Ops" blasted entertainment records this week by raking in $360 million in its first 24 hours on sale, a dramatic and lucrative indication that video games have cemented their place as mainstream entertainment on a par with ... (Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2010-11-12T00:53:20Z)

'Call of Duty' scores record $360M in 1st-day sales

NEW YORK - "Call of Duty: Black Ops" blasted entertainment records this week by raking in $360 million in its first 24 hours on sale, a dramatic and lucrative indication that video games have cemented their place as mainstream entertainment on a par with ... (Source: Arizona Daily Star 2010-11-12T07:05:33Z)

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