Deals of the Hour

Trying to find out what's the deal with the world, tracking what's on sale and who's talking about it on Twitter. Update hourly.

Deals of the Hour / November 16, 2010, 1:42 pm

Wal-Mart to open most stores at midnight on Black Friday, plans $298 laptop, $198 TV deal

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart plans to open most of its stores at midnight on Thanksgiving night, the company said Monday, becoming the latest in a series of retailers to expand hours to lure in shoppers who want to get a head-start on holiday bargain shopping. The ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-11-15T14:47:17Z)

Walmart.com Offers Free Shipping For Holidays

Washington, D.C. (November 11, 2010) -- Walmart.com today announced that it will offer free online shipping on 60,000 holiday products, including some HDTVs and other electronics products. The free shipping offer appears designed to take away online market ... (Source: TVPredictions.com 2010-11-11T14:30:33Z)

Ex-Eagles coaches Carpenter, Iman die

The Eagles announced Sunday that former assistant coach Ken Iman passed away at his home in Springfield, Delaware County, Saturday at the age of 71. The team also said former wide receivers coach Lew Carpenter passed away on Sunday in Texas. Carpenter was ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-11-16T08:12:24Z)

Walmart expands Black Friday hours

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart plans to open most of its stores well before dawn — at midnight — the day after Thanksgiving, the company announced Monday, becoming the latest in a series of retailers to expand hours to lure in shoppers who want to get a ... (Source: Omaha World-Herald 2010-11-16T13:48:50Z)

Weekly Web Watch: When Every Day Is 'Black Friday'

This year, online retailers moved Black Friday back to sometime around Columbus Day, and they're determined to keep the holiday shopping pace going until December 23, when the last truck pulls out of the depot for deliveries in time for Christmas. They ... (Source: Minyanville 2010-11-16T15:43:22Z)

Stocks: Strong retail sales, Caterpillar deal drive market

NEW YORK — Stocks rose Monday following a spike in corporate dealmaking and news that retail sales jumped to the highest level in seven months in October. Consumer spending rose 1.2 percent last month thanks to higher demand for automobiles, the Commerce ... (Source: Tulsa World 2010-11-15T18:00:34Z)

South American Gangs Flying Vast Quantities Of Cocaine To Europe

U .S. investigators have identified a new trend in drug smuggling: South American gangs are buying old jets and flying the cocaine across the Atlantic to meet European demand. At least three gangs have struck deals to fly drugs to West Africa and from ... (Source: Free Internet Press 2010-11-16T03:47:32Z)

Senate Leader Deals Blow to President on Arms Treaty

The Senate should not vote on a new arms control treaty with Russia during the lame-duck session that opened this week, a Senate Republican leader said on Tuesday in what could be a devastating blow to President Obama's most tangible foreign policy ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-11-16T18:28:01Z)

UPDATE 4-GM boosts IPO pricing, offers more preferred shrs

NEW YORK/DETROIT, Nov 16 (Reuters) - General Motors has increased the preferred stock on offer by a third and raised the price for common stock in its landmark IPO, bringing the U.S. government closer to break-even on its controversial bailout. GM [GM.UL ... (Source: Reuters 2010-11-16T17:37:54Z)

Republican Whip Deals Blow to Nuclear Arms Treaty Vote

(Updates with comment by State Department spokesman in seventh paragraph.) Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, the Senate's second-ranking Republican, said he doesn't think an arms control treaty with Russia will be voted on this year ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-11-16T20:36:51Z)

Phils, Contreras reach two-year deal

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies kept one of their biggest bullpen assets in the fold Monday, reaching an agreement on a two-year, $5.5 million contract extension with Jose Contreras. The right-hander was a key set-up man in 2010, his first year with the ... (Source: Delaware Online 2010-11-16T08:41:02Z)

Flying high: Gangs buy aging jets, airfreight tons of cocaine across Atlantic

At least three gangs have struck deals to fly drugs to West Africa and from there to Europe, according to U.S. indictments. "The sky's the limit," one Sierra Leone trafficker boasted to a Drug Enforcement Administration informant, according to court ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-11-15T23:22:41Z)

When video games get problematic so do smoking, drug use and aggression

A new study on gaming and health in adolescents, conducted by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, found some significant gender differences linked to gaming as well as important health risks associated with problematic gaming. Published today in the ... (Source: Science Centric 2010-11-16T12:30:06Z)

Packaging company Ball Corp. to offer about $400M in senior notes; timing not yet set

BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Soda can and packaging company Ball Corp. said Monday that it will offer about $400 million in senior notes due in 2021. Terms and timing of the offer were not announced, and the company said they depend on market conditions and other ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-11-15T20:09:25Z)

GM Boosts IPO Pricing, Offers More Preferred Shrs

NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors has increased the preferred stock on offer by a third and raised the price for common stock in its landmark IPO, bringing the U.S. government closer to break-even on its controversial bailout. GM said on Tuesday ... (Source: ABC News 2010-11-16T19:25:17Z)

Walmart Black Friday 2010 Ads and Deals Preview hits Net

Following in the footsteps of the leaks of several early Black Friday 2010 sales flyer leaks, it appears another retail behemoth has had its ad revealed. The latest in the holiday shopping sneak previews is the Walmart Black Friday 2010 ads and deals which ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-11-15T03:41:34Z)

Video-Playing Girls More Likely to Be Aggressive: Yale

If your daughter plays too many video games, there's a chance she might carry a weapon to school or start fights, according to Yale researchers. The study found some significant health risks and gender differences associated with gaming. Researchers ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-16T16:19:10Z)

Ball Corp raises notes offering to $500 million

BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Packaging company Ball Corp. has boosted the size of its notes offering to $500 million from the previously announced $400, The offering of 5.75 percent senior notes due May 15, 2021, is expected to close Nov. 18. Ball plans to use the ... (Source: Macon Telegraph 2010-11-16T09:09:40Z)

Republicans deal blow to Obama's hopes for nuclear weapons treaty with Russia

The Republican point man on nuclear arms issues said Tuesday he would not support a Senate vote of the nuclear arms treaty with Russia during the current lame duck session, dealing a blow to the Obama administration's hopes for the treaty and potentially ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-11-16T18:35:10Z)

Ball Corp. increases notes offer to $500M, sets price

Ball Corp. said late Monday that it is boosting its previously announced public offering of senior notes due 2021 by $100 million, to $500 million. The Broomfield, Colo.-based packaging and aerospace company (NYSE: BLL) also priced the offering at 5.75 ... (Source: Birmingham Business Journal 2010-11-16T13:56:00Z)

Phillies Scoop: Contreras inks new deal, will be back in 'pen

PHILADELPHIA — Charlie Manuel can breathe a sigh of relief. Along with veterans Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge, the man he affectionately refers to as "The Big Truck" will be back in the Phillies bullpen next spring. The Phils announced Monday they came ... (Source: Delaware County Daily Times 2010-11-16T19:18:07Z)

Video-Playing Girls More Likely to Be Aggressive: Report

If your daughter plays too many video games, there's a chance she might carry a weapon to school or start fights, according to Yale researchers. The study found some significant health risks and gender differences associated with gaming. Researchers ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-16T12:37:15Z)

Halladay has made his Phillies teammates better

Once in a great while, a ballplayer comes along who enhances the performance of a major league team by more than his numbers. He also changes the perceived culture of the team, alters the chemistry and the image itself, if you will, in a way that extends ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-11-16T07:58:05Z)

Strong retail sales, Caterpillar deal drive up Dow

NEW YORK — Stocks closed mixed Monday despite a spike in corporate dealmaking and news that retail sales jumped to the highest level in seven months in October. Consumer spending rose 1.2% last month thanks to higher demand for automobiles, the Commerce ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-15T21:28:09Z)

Lavender leads Buckeyes past Lady Eagles

COLUMBUS -- Ohio State sure didn't look tired after playing its starters for all but a combined 38 minutes in its first two games, even though they were 48 hours apart. The No. 7 Buckeyes got 26 points from Jantel Lavender and three others in double ... (Source: Crescent-News 2010-11-15T18:29:12Z)

FACTBOX-GM raises IPO price, offers more pref shares

Nov 16 (Reuters) - General Motors Co [GM.UL] raised the price range for its initial public offering of common stock and added $1 billion to a preferred stock offering, pushing the overall deal to potentially $18.45 billion. [ID:nN16125293] GM raised the ... (Source: Reuters 2010-11-16T21:19:48Z)

Walmart expands Black Friday hours, deals

NEW YORK - Walmart plans to open most of its stores at midnight the day after Thanksgiving, the company said Monday, becoming the latest in a series of retailers to expand hours to lure in shoppers who want to get a head-start on holiday bargain shopping ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-11-15T20:23:44Z)

Former Packer, Super Bowl Champ Dies At 71

MADISON, Wis. -- A former Green Bay Packer who played on two championship teams passed away at age 71. Ken Iman was a 15-year NFL veteran, playing center for the Packers from 1960 to 1964, including three straight NFL championship games, winning titles in ... (Source: Channel 3000 2010-11-15T13:57:11Z)

Disused airliners become target for smugglers

It is being claimed that drug smugglers are purchasing disused airliners to haul large amounts of cocaine over the Atlantic. US government investigators found South American gangs have struck agreements to cart drugs from West Africa and then onto Europe ... (Source: Car Rentals 2010-11-16T20:08:14Z)

Wall Street advances on deals, upbeat data

NEW YORK — Stocks rose Monday following a spike in corporate dealmaking and news that retail sales jumped to the highest level in seven months in October. Consumer spending rose 1.2 percent last month thanks to higher demand for automobiles, the ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-15T20:16:34Z)

Blog Archive