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Deals of the Hour / June 16, 2011, 2:43 am

Railroads fined when cartels hide drugs on trains

Mexico's powerful drug cartels, whose violence has cost 35,000 lives since late 2006, earn an estimated $25 billion a year selling drugs in the U.S. The 8,000 trains that enter and exit the U.S. each year through 8 border crossings offer a fast track to ... (Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press 2011-06-16T08:54:28Z)

Rescind President Obama's 'Transparency Award' Now

He didn't. In response to outrage over his refusal to reveal the names of health insurance CEOs he had met with and cut deals with on the health insurance reform bill, he announced that he would release the names going forward, but not those in the past. (Source: OpEdNews.com 2011-06-16T09:08:47Z)

Jordan's king fears 'very bad year' for Mideast peace

Abdullah, who met with US President Barack Obama in Washington last month, said the popular uprisings roiling across the Middle East and North Africa presented a unique opportunity for a possible peace deal, but that both sides have failed to seize it. (Source: ABS-CBN 2011-06-16T09:01:37Z)

Greek prime minister to reshuffle Cabinet

I clarified that my responsibility has no dependence on official posts." Opposition party officials had called for Papandreou's resignation as a condition for any coalition deal. "Before the meaningful issues were negotiated, conditions were made public ... (Source: AOL News 2011-06-16T09:01:37Z)

Municipal labor leaders have to step up to save members from layoffs; the city from financial ruin

Municipal Labor Committee chief Harry Nespoli , head of the sanitation union, gets credit for attempting to broker the money deal. Although there are far better ways to skin the cat, he at least advanced a concept that merited consideration. Unfortunately ... (Source: New York Daily News 2011-06-16T09:15:56Z)

Analyst view: Greek prime minister to form new government

Greece is running out of time and reshuffling the cabinet will only have limited effect because budget cuts are needed to convince countries like Germany to offer aid, regardless of how unpopular they may be. "Papandreou's announcement is only a short-term ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-16T09:08:47Z)

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Lover Speaks Out but Will Not Sell Out

Now, just a day after the interview came out, Baena is again forced to address the topic, to deny rumors that she held on until she got the bigger offer and that she sold out to the highest bidder. She didn't do the interview for the money, she did it ... (Source: Softpedia 2011-06-16T08:11:31Z)

Rethinking nuclear power's risks

Cleanup and victim-compensation costs are likely to be enormous. Under a deal worked out between the government and plant owner Tokyo Electric — a corporation deemed too big to fail — taxpayers and customers will foot some of the bill. With these ... (Source: Herald Tribune 2011-06-16T07:57:12Z)

The Japanese movies & entertainment market is forecast to generate total revenue of $8,311.5 million in 2010

The music segment is valued as the revenues accruing from the sale (at retail prices) of recorded music in any physical or digital format, but excludes revenues from live performances. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been ... (Source: Transworld News 2011-06-16T09:08:47Z)

Report: The Argentinean soft drinks market generated total revenues of $3.7 billion in 2010

The soft drinks market consists of retail sale of bottled water, carbonates, concentrates, functional drinks, juices, RTD tea and coffee, and smoothies. However, the total market volume for soft drinks market excludes the concentrates category. The market ... (Source: Transworld News 2011-06-16T09:15:56Z)

On the economy, Obama has no vision: His ideas having failed, he resorts to blaming the right

So unclear that even former Democratic presidential adviser David Gergen joined a chorus of commentators and average American citizens in asking the question on everyone's mind: "When is the President going to give us a plan to deal with the slowing of the economy?" (Source: New York Daily News 2011-06-16T09:15:56Z)

Sarkozy calls on EU members to show "sense of compromise" on Greece

Bailout-weary eurozone countries such as Germany are insisting that banks must share the cost of any new rescue deal. On Friday, Sarkozy will travel to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to try to hammer out a consensus position on the ... (Source: Monsters and Critics 2011-06-16T09:23:06Z)

Greek PM to reshuffle goverment to push austerity plan

Analysts said an offer by Papandreou on Wednesday to create a coalition with the conservative opposition could complicate his search for new cabinet members but could also have forced his fractious party to rally behind the austerity steps. The new ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-16T09:15:56Z)

Mets hit .500 after pair of rain delays

The Mets, without specifying the report on the record, denied it. The team said in a statement: "Throughout the entire sale process there has been and continues to be widespread misinformation and sometimes completely baseball and uninformed speculation ... (Source: Boston Herald 2011-06-16T09:01:37Z)

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