Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / June 4, 2011, 6:48 am

Employer's market can't last without jobs, demand

"People are thankful to have good jobs ... and are working much more efficiently," said Bill Simon, president and CEO of Walmart US, the box-store discount retailer. "Labor productivity has been phenomenal." The flipside of that of course is that 14 ... (Source: MoneyControl.com 2011-06-04T11:31:52Z)

Nicholas D. Kristof: India is center of child-slave trade

I don't know how this will end up. Ferrera said she will be writing letters to M. in hopes that this may make her family nervous about a sale. And Basu is counseling M. on what to do if she is sold to a trafficker. We just don't know what else to do. (Source: Columbus Dispatch 2011-06-04T12:21:58Z)

Berkeley Design Automation and Tanner EDA Accelerate Circuit Verification for A/MS Designers

MONROVIA, Calif. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout, and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), and Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., the nanometer circuit ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2011-06-04T12:57:46Z)

CORRECTED-China's Harbin Electric to buy 4 gas turbines from GE

An announcement of the news did not include the amount of the sale or the capacity of the turbines. GE and Harbin Electric have been partners in China since 2003. In 2010 they formed a joint venture to serve China's wind energy industry. "China is ... (Source: Reuters 2011-06-04T13:26:24Z)

Fort Myers hibiscus show Sunday highlights colorful blooms

What: 60th Annual Hibiscus Show/Plant Sale. Presented by the James E. Hendry chapter of the American Hibiscus Society. Choose from more than 900 hybrid hibiscus plants for sale and hundreds of other plants, plus books and items made of hibiscus-themed fabrics. (Source: News-Press 2011-06-04T12:21:58Z)

NATO: 4 troops killed in eastern Afghanistan

The Taliban have made it one of their goals to try and once again take control of the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, which are both the wellspring of their movement and the main source of their funding—mostly from the cultivation and sale of opium. (Source: Big Hollywood 2011-06-04T12:43:27Z)

Tim Howard, U.S. team tuning up for Gold Cup match at Ford Field

Ticket prices range from $20 to $100 for both games. They are on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Tickets also may be purchased at the Ford Field box office, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Fans can prepurchase ... (Source: Lansing State Journal 2011-06-04T12:14:49Z)

Death toll from Missouri tornado rises to 123

Authorities said they were racing against the prospect of more bad weather as well as grim survival odds for anyone still trapped after the tornado uprooted trees, twisted cars into heaps of metal and destroyed homes, churches, schools and a line of ... (Source: Financial Times 2011-06-04T12:14:49Z)

Bomb kills 4 NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan

The Taliban have made it one of their goals to regain control of the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, which are both the wellspring of their movement and the main source of their funding -- mostly from the cultivation and sale of opium. The coalition did ... (Source: Salon 2011-06-04T12:14:49Z)

Casey's buys stores from Kum & Go

Kum & Go will use profits from the sale for its own expansion, Krause said. "We're doing predominantly new store builds," Krause said, although he said his chain also continues to look at possible acquisitions. "This year we will build about 25 stores ... (Source: Des Moines Register 2011-06-04T11:24:42Z)

Kronenwetter is wetter for some than others

The rest was sold off in a garage sale because the Petersons don't have enough space to store furniture, with water saturating much of their basement. About 150 families in two subdivisions on the east side of Kronenwetter have found themselves in the same ... (Source: Wausau Daily Herald 2011-06-04T12:00:30Z)

Analysis: Employer's market can't last without jobless rebound

"People are thankful to have good jobs ... and are working much more efficiently," said Bill Simon, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., the box-store discount retailer. "Labor productivity has been phenomenal." The flipside of that of course is that 14 ... (Source: Reuters 2011-06-04T11:53:20Z)

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