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Deals of the Hour / November 9, 2010, 12:40 pm

Sanofi presses Genzyme over takeover bid

WASHINGTON — French drug maker Sanofi Aventis SA is putting new pressure on biotech drug maker Genzyme to accept its takeover offer, criticizing several defensive maneuvers outlined by the company's board of directors, which rejected the $18.5 billion ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-11-09T05:07:26Z)

Google Instant Previews Help You Save Clicks

With Google Instant, search results show up instantly as you type your query. This lets you fine-tune your search on-the-fly to find exactly what you need. Of course, you're limited to narrowing things down based on a page title and a brief description ... (Source: Black Web 2.0 2010-11-09T17:53:22Z)

Google eyes other YouTube-sized deals

Google Inc. is ready to do more deals the size of YouTube and DoubleClick, according to its chief dealmaker. "The world changes really quickly, and companies that were small two years ago are huge today," corporate development vice president David Lawee ... (Source: Birmingham Business Journal 2010-11-08T15:45:42Z)

Google looking for more acquisitions like YouTube

Google is likely to buy more companies about the size of YouTube and DoubleClick, its two largest acquisitions, to help offer more online services, said the company's head of mergers and acquisitions. "The world changes really quickly, and companies that ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-11-07T01:06:25Z)

Icahn Will Seek to Block Lions Gate Director From Voting Shares

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Carl Icahn will ask a court to block Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. board member Mark Rachesky from voting his shares at the studio's Dec. 14 annual meeting, Icahn's lawyer told a New York judge. Icahn, the billionaire chairman of ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-11-09T18:57:47Z)

Google Adds 'Instant Preview' Search Feature

Google began offering a new feature on Tuesday known as "Instant Preview" that allows Web surfers to sample a website without having to click through to the page. The new feature allows a user to click on a magnifying glass icon next to a search result to ... (Source: Redorbit.com 2010-11-09T17:31:53Z)

Indian IT to battle IBM, Accenture, Hewitt over $12 bn deals

BANGALORE/MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Indian technology vendors will lock horns with multinational rivals IBM , Accenture and Hewitt to gain a share of the back-office outsourcing contracts worth $12.2 billion, set to expire next year. According to Jens Butler ... (Source: Economic Times 2010-11-09T17:31:53Z)

Goldman Sachs Fined $650,000 for Failing to Disclose SEC Probe

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will pay $650,000 to resolve a brokerage regulator's claim that the company failed to disclose that trader Fabrice Tourre and another employee were facing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe. The Wall Street firm ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-11-09T18:57:47Z)

Microsoft and partners extend integrated private cloud services

Microsoft today launched a set of reference architectures called Hyper-V Cloud that make it easier for businesses to build their own private cloud infrastructures using the Windows Server Platform. The announcements were made at the TechEd Conference in ... (Source: computing.co.uk 2010-11-09T16:56:06Z)

Microsoft issues first beta of 'Denali' SQL Server

This is the first product resulting from the DATAllegro acquisition, and it integrates DATAllegro technology with SQL Server . HP is the first hardware partner to help Microsoft deliver products based on the technology, while the database vendor Bull is on ... (Source: CIO.de 2010-11-09T18:14:50Z)

Update on Offer for All of the Shares of Mass Financial Corp.

Michael Smith , the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Terra Nova is also the Chairman, President and director of Mass.  As a result, Mr. Smith abstained from voting on the proposed transaction as a director of either company ... (Source: MSN Money 2010-11-04T23:07:06Z)

Mystery Missile Launch Off Cali Coast

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Military is scrambling to find out what was seen in skies over Los Angeles last night after a local CBS news helicopter captured video that appears to show a major missile or rocket launch from the Pacific Ocean just north of Santa ... (Source: FOXNews (blog) 2010-11-09T20:23:41Z)

Congressional Black Caucus Extends Membership Offer To Black Republicans

GOP Congressmen-elect Allen West (Fla.) and Tim Scott (Ga.), the party's first black House members since Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma retired in 2003, have been offered membership into the Congressional Black Caucus, a body currently made up solely of ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-11-09T20:23:41Z)

Who launched a missile off the coast of Southern California?

A missile launched off the California coast Monday evening and caught on video remained unexplained today, with the military claiming no knowledge of the projectile. A KCBS helicopter crew took footage of the launch, which left a long contrail in the ... (Source: Albany Times Union (blog) 2010-11-09T18:50:38Z)

UPDATE: Goldman Faces Lawsuit On $1.2 Billion Hudson CDO Deals- Filing

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ( GS ) faces a class-action lawsuit over two collateralized debt obligations it packaged and sold in 2006 and 2007, according to its latest quarterly regulatory filing. The CDO deals, called Hudson Mezzanine Funding 1 and 2 ... (Source: NASDAQ 2010-11-09T17:17:34Z)

Google offers instant previews, free inflight WiFi

Google has a couple of early holiday presents. It unwrapped one yesterday: free inflight WiFi Internet access on three airlines. The other came this morning: an optional, in-line preview of search results. The latter affects more people, so I'll cover that ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-11-09T17:53:22Z)

Congressional Black Caucus: Yes, Allen West and Tim Scott are welcome to join

They can join. But should they? In an e-mail to The Daily Caller this morning, CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee, California Democrat, wrote that both of the recently elected African-American Republicans, West and South Carolina's Tim Scott, will be accepted if ... (Source: Hotair.com 2010-11-09T19:47:54Z)

The connection between childhood, teenage abuse and diabetes in women

A new study of nearly 70,000 women found a clear association between abuse in childhood and adolescence and the risk of type 2 diabetes in adult women. "Much, although not all, of this association is explained by the greater weight gain of girls with a ... (Source: PhysOrg 2010-11-09T15:44:31Z)

Poor health could be linked to unaffordable housing

People who cannot afford their housing are more likely to suffer from poor health, according to a new study, which also found that renters consider themselves less healthy than homeowners. "People are dealing with a lot of competing costs in life and ... (Source: PhysOrg 2010-11-09T16:13:09Z)

Retail roundup: Groupon, Beverly Center, early Black Friday deals, Toys R Us and Gap

Coupon Christmas -- With "daily deals" a social phenomenon online, don't be surprised to see a coupon under your Christmas tree this year. Hunky no more -- Sad news for shoppers who like a side of beefcake with their shopping (and who doesn't?). The ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-30T12:43:06Z)

UPDATE 3-Goldman fined for slow disclosure of SEC probes

NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator fined Goldman Sachs Group Inc ( GS.N ) $650,000 for being too slow to reveal that two employees were facing government probes, including a vice president at the center of a civil fraud case against the Wall ... (Source: Reuters 2010-11-09T18:43:28Z)

Sanofi Says Genzyme Should Swear Off Defensive Steps

Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Genzyme Corp. should forgo defensive measures such as staggering the terms of its directors to allow shareholders to decide whether they want to accept an $18.5 billion hostile takeover offer from Sanofi-Aventis SA, Sanofi said ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-11-08T17:40:14Z)

Genzyme Should Swear Off Defensive Measures, Sanofi Says

Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Genzyme Corp. should forgo defensive measures such as staggering the terms of its directors to allow shareholders to decide whether they want to accept an $18.5 billion takeover offer from Sanofi-Aventis SA, Sanofi said. Sanofi is ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-11-08T15:52:51Z)

Miracle Applications appoints new CEO, president and chairman

Miracle Applications Corp., a biotechnology company, has appointed Kevin Todd as CEO, chairman of the board and president. Peter Masotto has resigned as director of the company. Mr Todd has experience in the infomercial industry as well as a strong ... (Source: TradingMarkets.com 2010-11-09T14:47:15Z)

Google to Make More Deals Like YouTube, DoubleClick

Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. is likely to buy more companies about the size of YouTube and DoubleClick, its two largest acquisitions, to help offer more online services, said the company's head of mergers and acquisitions. "The world changes ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-11-05T21:47:10Z)

Call of Duty®: Black Ops Launches Worldwide

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The most anticipated launch of the year is here, as Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Call of Duty®: Black Ops , which was developed by Treyarch, is now available at retail ... (Source: Redorbit.com 2010-11-09T07:59:13Z)

CBC: Black Republicans welcome

West (R-FL) and Scott (R-SC) will be the first black Republican members of Congress since J.C. Watts retired in 2003. The New York Times : "Membership in the Congressional Black Caucus has never been restricted to Democrats," Representative Barbara Lee ... (Source: MSNBC Firstread 2010-11-09T19:47:54Z)

Pentagon can't explain 'missile' off California

The Pentagon said Tuesday it was trying to determine if a missile was launched Monday off the coast of Southern California and, if so, who might have fired it. Spokesmen for the Navy, Air Force, and other military organizations said they were looking into ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-09T19:19:16Z)

Recent studies offer healthful tips to lose weight, stay fit

There's a steady supply of new research in the areas of diet, fitness and nutrition, and I frequently post these to the Diet Detective Facebook page. Here are a few of the latest findings that certainly will help you to lose weight and stay fit. 1. More ... (Source: Reno Gazette 2010-11-02T09:19:07Z)

Call of Duty: Black Ops Launches Worldwide

Santa Monica, CA - November 9, 2010 - The most anticipated launch of the year is here, as Activision Publishing, Inc. announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops which was developed by Treyarch, is now available at retail stores worldwide. Call of Duty ... (Source: MPOGD.com 2010-11-09T15:08:43Z)

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