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Deals of the Hour / June 7, 2011, 4:43 pm

On location: L.A. session musicians score one for "Judy Moody" film

The Santa Monica office of Dallas-based Reel FX worked on the film's animation sequences while end credits were handled by the Sherman Oaks-based nonprofit group Exceptional Minds, which employs autistic students. For the music, Schultz hired Gibbs to ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2011-06-07T22:55:30Z)

Americans fed up with bad customer service

The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Walmart discount stores and Sam's Club members-only warehouse clubs were ranked by the magazine's subscribers among the worst in areas such as ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-07T13:37:09Z)

Beware of 'pension deals' in sheep's clothing

The Pensions Regulator confirms that it deals with around 2.500 'recovery schemes' a year and has warned scheme trustees to be cautious about enhanced transfer values and cash inducements. (Source: Citywire.co.uk 2011-06-07T23:24:08Z)

SwoopThat Launches to Save Students up to 75% on Textbooks

They can't afford to spend hours bargain hunting for cheaper textbooks. Our goal is to increase price transparency for students through a time-efficient process -- showing them every available option for their books, including free digital textbooks ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-07T13:15:41Z)

Happy anniversary: Bush tax cuts turn 10

And that decline is only hastened by the president's various deficit-cutting "deals" with Republicans. Of course, all this data was known before the decision to extend the tax cuts, including on the very top tax rates, at the end of 2010. Talking about ... (Source: Salon 2011-06-07T22:05:23Z)

Ex-SAC Capital Manager Likens Expert Networking to Match.com

Nvidia, Marvell He said Jiau, who at the time worked for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., had sources at Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia, which makes graphics chips, and at Marvell, a Santa Clara-based maker of chips for personal computers and ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2011-06-07T23:09:49Z)

Lil Wayne Being Sued Again for Tha Carter III

Young Money, Cash Money...David Kirkwood wants his money.The producer is the third to come forward claiming that he is owed for his production services on Lil Wayne 's Tha Carter III. According to allhiphop.com , a lawsuit was filed on Friday, June 3 ... (Source: BET 2011-06-07T22:48:20Z)

Buyout Firms Losing to Cash-Rich Corporate Competitors in Acquisition Hunt

"Corporates coming back coincides with a big overhang of unspent capital that buyout firms need to invest," said Richard Parsons , a director at Deloitte LLP in charge of advising buyout firms on deals in London . "Competition remains fierce for the ... (Source: Bloomberg 2011-06-07T23:09:49Z)

BNSF, UP railroads accused of price-fixing in lawsuit

OMAHA — Oxbow Mining filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Tuesday against Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, saying the railroads conspired to raise prices on customers like the Colorado coal mine that Oxbow runs. Oxbow said in the lawsuit that ... (Source: Lincoln Journal Star 2011-06-07T22:26:52Z)

Indiana Jones movie props up for auction

$1,500-$2,000); a 1976 pen and ink Peanuts daily by Schulz (est. $10,000-$15,000); a gouache celluloid from Walt Disney's The Silly Symphony – Santa's Workshop (1932), estimated at $2,000-$3,000; and a preliminary watercolour background study from Walt ... (Source: Monsters and Critics 2011-06-07T23:09:49Z)

Buyout Firms Beaten in Takeover Auctions by Cash-Rich Companies

'Competition Remains Fierce' "Corporates coming back coincides with a big overhang of unspent capital that buyout firms need to invest," said Richard Parsons, a director at Deloitte LLP in charge of advising buyout firms on deals in London. (Source: BusinessWeek 2011-06-07T23:16:58Z)

Railroads charged with price-fixing in lawsuit

OMAHA, Neb. — Oxbow Mining filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Tuesday against Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, saying the railroads conspired to raise prices on customers like the Colorado coal mine that Oxbow runs. Oxbow said in the ... (Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 2011-06-07T22:26:52Z)

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