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Deals of the Hour / June 29, 2011, 8:41 am

Villas-Boas aware of price of failure

"Most of them took this challenge to be successful, not to be passing time here because the city is good." Despite signing a three-year deal and costing 15million euros to released from his Porto contract, time is something Villas-Boas is unlikely to be ... (Source: espnstar.com 2011-06-29T14:58:26Z)

Microsoft launches cloud version of Office

Microsoft steps into the spectrum space race Growth in sales of business software FT Tech Hub Microsoft handset deal looms Since many businesses are starting to look for the first time at moving applications to the internet, "I think they got the timing ... (Source: Financial Times 2011-06-27T21:20:12Z)

Dark 'Transformers' Unveils Moon Conspiracy, Lingerie Model: Rick Warner

The plot of Bay's third "Transformers" movie, " Dark of the Moon ," revolves around an alien spacecraft that crashed on the moon in the early 1960s. Though the government hushed up the discovery, it prompted President John F. Kennedy 's pledge ... (Source: Bloomberg 2011-06-29T02:12:30Z)

Greek police clash with austerity protesters

Labour unions launched a 48-hour strike to protest the measures and more than 5,000 police were deployed to the centre of the capital to deal with the protests, with most attention focused on Syntagma Square in front of the parliament. The rally was ... (Source: The Vancouver Sun 2011-06-29T14:58:26Z)

Rutten: The Dodgers, the McCourts and the errors of their ways

The subsequent deal that handed McCourt and his now-estranged wife ... "The economic fallout from this sort of fan dissatisfaction is only going to grow," David Carter, executive director of USC's Sports Business Institute, told me this week. (Source: Los Angeles Times 2011-06-29T14:51:17Z)

Los Angeles Dodgers file for bankruptcy

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy court protection early Monday, less than a week after Major League Baseball blocked the team from signing a new television deal to provide ... David Carter, executive director of the ... (Source: CNN Money 2011-06-27T21:27:21Z)

Fresh Android Royalties for Microsoft from Velocity Micro, New Deals in the Works

Softpedia users might remember that on June 27th, 2011, the Redmond company revealed an intellectual property deal with General Dynamics Itronix, which also focused on Google's Android platform. Velocity Micro is another illustrative example of a ... (Source: Softpedia 2011-06-29T14:58:26Z)

Movie review: 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon," the third installment of director Michael "Boom Boom" Bay's clash of the mechanized morphing Cybertron titans, is surprisingly minimalist in an ear-splitting, bone-rattling maximus way. Don't get me wrong, the franchise ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2011-06-29T15:05:36Z)

VTB needs 75 pct in Bank of Moscow for bailout

"The Bank of Moscow deal was a big mistake for VTB." ($1=28.09 roubles) (Writing by Katya Golubkova; Editing by Dan Lalor and Mike Nesbit) (Source: The Guardian 2011-06-29T15:05:36Z)

Tax standoff blocks progress in debt talks

The two sides will not make progress on a deal to extend the U.S. borrowing authority as long as Democrats continue to push for tax increases, the Senate's top Republican said. "The path forward ... seems to be blocked by the insistence on raising taxes in ... (Source: Reuters 2011-06-29T01:43:52Z)

Google, Apple, and Microsoft: Dinosaurs or Screaming Deals?

Most investors view options as speculative and risky. To be sure, the derivatives blowup of 2008 was about mortgage backed debt, not exchange traded equity options. Some of the best investors in the world use options as insurance policies and many ... (Source: Seekingalpha.com 2011-06-28T06:17:04Z)

Republican Revisionist History Leads to Tax Vote Support

Brown and the Democrats have opposed the move on the basis that it blurs the main issue of balancing the budget. We'll deal with these issues separately, the Democrats say, but first we must be able to move forward with the vote. You, the Republicans ... (Source: NBC Bay Area 2011-06-26T17:18:00Z)

Dodgers Didn't Have Authority to File Bankruptcy, MLB Says

The Dodgers, which need cash to make payroll in two days, proposed using the bankruptcy financing to support operations while trying to complete a television-rights deal, according to court documents. Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig last week rejected a ... (Source: Bloomberg 2011-06-28T18:20:03Z)

Greek lawmakers endorse austerity despite violence

Without them, Athens would run out of cash within weeks. The EU and IMF bailed out Greece with a 110 billion euro deal in May last year and later jumped in to keep Ireland and Portugal afloat as the euro zone reeled from high government debt in the wake of ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-29T15:05:36Z)

Oil rises above $94 amid US crude supply drop

Rising confidence in the approval of the Greek austerity deal also helped weaken the dollar, making crude cheaper for investors. The euro was up to $1.4434 on Wednesday from $1.4364 late Tuesday in New York. The American Petroleum Institute, meanwhile ... (Source: AOL News 2011-06-29T15:34:14Z)

Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict

Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis. * The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-28T12:57:56Z)

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(CBS/What's Trending) - "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" reviews are in, but do they matter? Director Michael Bay is known for his visceral excess in terms of graphics: Those going out to view the movie don't so much care about plot or story line ... (Source: CBS News 2011-06-28T17:22:47Z)

Symbolism in Goodell, Smith appearance

Wednesday's joint appearance suggests that the sides at least see a deal on the horizon. The NFL and NFLPA are both masterful manipulators of message. They fully understand the conclusions likely to be drawn from Goodell and Smith sitting next to each ... (Source: ESPN.com 2011-06-29T15:19:55Z)

First Greek austerity bill to be introduced

Labour unions launched a 48-hour strike to protest the measures and more than 5,000 police were deployed to the centre of the capital to deal with the protests, with most attention focused on Syntagma Square in front of the parliament. The rally was ... (Source: The Vancouver Sun 2011-06-29T14:58:26Z)

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