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Deals of the Hour / June 6, 2011, 8:44 am

Amazon's Sunshine Deals Is Already Shaking Up The Kindle Bestseller List

Amazon.com's Kindle Sunshine Deals promotion, which deeply discounted 650 e-books in collaboration with their publishers, is only a week old—but already it seems to be having a demonstrable impact on the sales of some of those titles. See more of our ... (Source: paidContent.org 2011-06-06T15:11:24Z)

Pittsburgh Pirates have options with No. 1 pick when MLB draft kicks off Monday

He was a first-round pick of the New York Yankees in 2008, but refused to even listen to an offer and instead attended UCLA. If the Pirates take him, Seattle might instead go with Rendon. The slick-fielding third baseman has been hampered by teams pitching ... (Source: Patriot-News Blogs 2011-06-06T08:30:32Z)

Frontier Communications' Landline Local Phone Service is the Best and Safest Choice for Voice Communications in its Markets

Notes Crosby, "At Frontier, we are also proud that our landline and broadband networks offer reliability, superior uptime access, security and value. For example, in an emergency Frontier has the only E-911 network that can pinpoint your location and ... (Source: StreetInsider.com 2011-06-06T15:25:43Z)

Magma Announces Silicon One Initiative – Brings Together Superior Technology

Magma will offer demos of its complete line of technology-leading solutions that streamline customization of high-performance core designs, facilitate implementation of large SoCs, automate analog/mixed- signal design and reuse, provide the fastest ... (Source: PRLog (free press release) 2011-06-06T15:32:52Z)

Barrett-Jackson Auction Company Gears Up for 2nd Annual Orange County Auction, June 24-26 at the OC Fair & Event Center

"During the Orange County auction, we will offer a diverse collection of automobiles that will cross the block and will provide various activities the whole family will enjoy." SPEED will broadcast 16 hours of live, high-definition TV coverage of the ... (Source: StreetInsider.com 2011-06-06T15:04:14Z)

Plans to build electric cars in 3 states stall

Park insisted that the deals aren't dead, at least for Hawaii and South Carolina. "We are in very close negotiations and the final stage of funding," he said. "Once that is due, the main purpose is to establish factory operations in Honolulu and South ... (Source: Detroit News 2011-06-06T15:11:24Z)

Mock Draft: Pirates face tough pick between college pitchers at No. 1

Here is how we see the first round, which will begin at 7 p.m. ET in Secaucus, N.J., on the MLB Network: Cole, who was drafted out of high school by the Yankees in the first round in 2008 but never listened to their offer despite the impression he was a ... (Source: CNN Sports Illustrated 2011-06-06T15:32:52Z)

Court orders new look at Pa. city immigration law

The measures inspired similar laws around the country, including the one in Arizona that deals only with penalties for employers. The justices typically order lower courts to re-examine cases in light of a high court decision on a similar topic. (Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2011-06-06T15:04:14Z)

St. Jude Medical Renews Lease for its Irvine Offices

The two office buildings are held by individual investors. Stacy Garcia and Randall Parker with Travers Realty represented the tenant in the deals. For the full story, go to Orange County Business Journal . GlobeSt.com News Hub is your link to relevant ... (Source: GlobeSt. com 2011-06-06T15:32:52Z)

Short Seller Block Takes On Paulson, Greenberg in China

"The buck keeps getting passed around, from the foreign counsel that works on these deals, to the Chinese law firms ... includes a section on "Shanghai Without BS," guides that offer advice, tips and Chinese vocabulary on such topics as having ... (Source: Bloomberg 2011-06-06T15:18:33Z)

Daimler, Rolls-Royce win control of Tognum

Frankfurt, Germany — Germany's Daimler AG and Britain's Rolls-Royce have won control of Tognum AG after their joint takeover offer gave them control of a 59.87 percent stake in the German-based maker of heavy-duty engines. Daimler said today there are ... (Source: Detroit News 2011-06-06T15:11:24Z)

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