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Deals of the Hour / November 9, 2010, 3:42 pm

LaHood to GOP governors: No trains, no money

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has a message for Republican governors who campaigned against the president's high-speed rail program: Build the trains or give back the money. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Tuesday rejected a request from ... (Source: Forbes 2010-11-09T22:39:42Z)

Japanese PM Announces Approval Of Free Trade Policy

Yokohama, Japan (AHN) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged Tuesday to bring Japan into the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral free-trade agreement that Kan hopes will help restore the nation's flagging economy. The TPP aims to eliminate ... (Source: All Headline News 2010-11-09T19:47:54Z)

Ichiro wins 10th straight Gold Glove, Jeter gets 5th overall, Buehrle repeats

NEW YORK - Ichiro Suzuki won his 10th straight Gold Glove for a full season of fielding excellence. Mark Buehrle won again, perhaps clinching his spot with an acrobatic play on opening day. Derek Jeter, well, his selection is likely to set off another loud ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-11-09T22:18:13Z)

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)

Politics blog: Rick Perry, celebrity author, runs from TV studio to TV studio – to say he's not running for ...

Gov. Rick Perry , fresh from Tuesday's re-election victory, was off and running on his book tour today. He has national TV and radio appearances set into next week to tout Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington. And, everywhere, he'll be asked ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-11-04T20:58:15Z)

French export drive threatens to crush Europe's eels

Tiny, slimy – and pricey. This is the glass eel, the baby of the critically endangered European eel . As market prices hit a record $2800 per kilogramme, France has blocked an agreement to stop European exports, crippling efforts to restock Europe's ... (Source: New Scientist 2010-11-09T16:48:56Z)

Sculptures confiscated by Nazis to be displayed in Berin

Berlin. A sculpture collection which was condemned by Hitler's Nazis is set to go on display later at Berlin's Neues Museum, BBC reports. The 11 pieces of art, which date back from the early 20th Century, were discovered on a building site in the city ... (Source: Focus Infomation 2010-11-09T22:03:54Z)

NBA could suspend Isiah Thomas, penalize Knicks for draft violations

The NBA has hired an outside law firm, to investigate accusations that the Knicks under Isiah Thomas, held illegal draft workouts according to SportingNews.com . The report stated that the Knicks could face fines or even the loss of draft picks, depending ... (Source: WEEI 2010-11-09T22:32:32Z)

Interpol Pledges Support For Combating Environmental Crime

(RTTNews) - Interpol unanimously adopted a resolution Monday pledging its support for its Environmental Crime Program and to collectively combat environmental crime. Environmental crime "is not restricted by borders, and involves organized crime which ... (Source: RTT News 2010-11-09T08:42:10Z)

Rays' Longoria, Crawford win AL Gold Glove awards

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria won his second straight Rawlings Gold Glove Award and left fielder Carl Crawford earned his long-awaited first. This marks the third straight year a Ray has won a Gold Glove. The run began in 2008 when first baseman Carlos ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-09T20:45:10Z)

Rick Perry, author, rides the media circuit. And vows that he's NOT running for president.

From Metro Desk editor Mike Drago : Gov. Rick Perry , fresh from Tuesday's re-election victory, was off and running on his book tour today. He has national TV and radio appearances set into next week to tout Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from ... (Source: Dallas Morning News (blog) 2010-11-04T20:58:15Z)

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)

Isiah longs to lead Knicks to title: reports

Isiah Thomas stepped up his campaign to rejoin the Knicks as their president with remarks made to a website and on Miami radio, saying he thinks about replacing Donnie Walsh "every single day of the week.'' Thomas, the head coach at Florida International ... (Source: New York Post 2010-11-05T17:50:57Z)

Ichiro gets 10th Gold Glove in row, Jeter wins 5th

NEW YORK -- Ichiro Suzuki won his 10th straight Gold Glove for a full season of fielding excellence. Mark Buehrle won again, perhaps clinching his spot with an acrobatic play on opening day. Derek Jeter, well, his selection is likely to set off another ... (Source: Forbes 2010-11-09T22:25:23Z)

APEC pondering vast FTA, while pounding protectionism

Free trade is the big issue in Yokohama this week, 150 years after U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's "black ships" arrived in the port city and forced Japan to open up to the rest of the world. Foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-09T10:00:55Z)

Finra Fines Goldman Over Disclosure; New Name Emerges

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined Goldman Sachs & Co. $650,000, ending a bout of scrutiny over the firm's disclosures of investigations into its Abacus CDO 2007-AC1. Finra said Goldman failed for several months to report that two of its ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-11-09T21:49:35Z)

Sculptures confiscated by Nazis to be displayed

A sculpture collection which was condemned by Hitler's Nazis is set to go on display later at Berlin's Neues Museum. The 11 pieces of art, which date back from the early 20th Century, were discovered on a building site in the city centre last year. They ... (Source: iranian.com 2010-11-09T22:18:13Z)

Former Fed Chairman Volcker says no quick way to reduce high US unemployment

BEIJNG (AP) — A top economic adviser to President Barack Obama said Tuesday he sees no short-term way to reduce high U.S. unemployment and expects slow growth for the near future. The comments from Paul Volcker come after the Federal Reserve announced ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-11-09T03:48:41Z)

Volcker says no quick way to cut US unemployment

BEIJNG -- Paul Volcker, a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, said Tuesday he sees no short-term way to reduce high U.S. unemployment and expects slow growth for the next year or more. Volcker's comments come after the U.S. Federal Reserve said ... (Source: Forbes 2010-11-09T11:26:49Z)

Rick Perry's new book focuses on states' rights

Excerpts from a new book in which Rick Perry writes that America has become the type of nation colonists fought against more than 200 years ago were released online Monday, catching the Texas governor off guard and delighting Democratic opponent Bill White ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-02T13:22:29Z)

Volcker Sees No Quick Way To Cut Unemployment

Paul Volcker, a top economic adviser to President Obama, said Tuesday that he sees no short-term way to reduce high U.S. unemployment and expects slow growth for the next year or more. Volcker's comments in Beijing come after the Federal Reserve said last ... (Source: NPR News 2010-11-09T15:23:02Z)

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 2010-11-09T09:10:48Z)

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)

APEC debates having power to forge free-trade deals

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Pacific Rim economies are debating whether to give APEC the power to negotiate free-trade pacts, a move that could pave the way for a massive free-trade zone that lowers tariffs on goods from electronics to food. Members of the Asia ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-11-09T08:35:01Z)

Interpol President Khoo Boon Hui addresses the opening of the 79th session of the Interpol ...

Interpol President Khoo Boon Hui addresses the opening of the 79th session of the Interpol General Assembly in Doha. Interpol on Monday adopted a resolution unanimously pledging support to back the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ... (Source: Big Hollywood 2010-11-08T20:32:02Z)

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)

Thomas always thinking of Knicks

Isiah Thomas stepped up his campaign to rejoin the Knicks as their president with remarks made to a website and on Miami radio, saying he thinks about replacing Donnie Walsh "every single day of the week.'' Thomas, the head coach at Florida International ... (Source: New York Post 2010-11-05T17:58:06Z)

Wisconsin And Ohio In Danger Of Losing Federal Rail Money

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Obama administration warned Tuesday that Wisconsin and Ohio are in danger of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money because of plans by their incoming Republican governors to halt intercity passenger ... (Source: FOXBusiness 2010-11-09T23:15:29Z)

LaHood tells GOP governor-elects in Ohio, Wisconsin to build the trains or give back the money

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has a message for Republican governors who campaigned against the president's high-speed rail program: Build the trains or give back the money. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Tuesday rejected a request ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-11-09T22:32:32Z)

Morning Links: Obama in Indonesia; Bush Defends Waterboarding; Marathon Runners in Time ...

• Artwork considered by the Nazis to be "degenerate" and believed lost or destroyed after the war has been discovered in a dig to create a new subway line in Berlin. Ten of the sculptures will go on display today in Berlin's Neues Museum. [ Yahoo ... (Source: Village Voice (blog) 2010-11-09T22:18:13Z)

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