Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / June 9, 2011, 12:43 am

European Stock-Index Futures Retreat; Home Retail, Infineon, DSV May Drop

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (JMT) , the Portuguese retailer that owns Poland's biggest discount grocery, said it expects "double- digit" sales growth through 2013. To contact the reporter on this story: Adria Cimino in Paris at acimino1@bloomberg.net (Source: Bloomberg 2011-06-09T06:46:46Z)

Yorktown Library to have book sale Saturday

Members of the Friends of the Library will receive a 10-percent discount, and Friends members who work the book sale will get a 50-percent discount that day. Membership forms and cards will be available at the sale. For more information or to volunteer ... (Source: Star-Press 2011-06-09T07:08:14Z)

Tuesday at the North Carolina General Assembly

A person who doesn't have a photo ID could cast a provisional ballot. GOP House members had offered another bill that would allow voters to offer their current registration card, utility bill or pay stub as proof of identity. But Democrats said they didn't ... (Source: RealClearPolitics 2011-06-09T06:39:36Z)

European Stock-Index Futures Retreat; Home Retail May Decline

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA, the Portuguese retailer that owns Poland's biggest discount grocery, said it expects "double- digit" sales growth through 2013. --Editor: Andrew Rummer To contact the reporter on this story: Adria Cimino in Paris at acimino1 ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2011-06-09T06:39:36Z)

Library is offering free programs over summer

6:30 p.m. June 16. For teens and adults only. Registration is required. • Fantasy Art: Clockwork Steampunk Art. 2-4 p.m. June 18. For teens and adults only. Registration is required. (Steampunk is a genre that melds technology with themes from the ... (Source: Arizona Daily Star 2011-06-09T07:01:04Z)

Constitution may not offer a good basis for lawsuit

After 60 years studying the U.S. Constitution, I write about last Sunday's front-page story ("How does God fit in at school?" on the relation between the church and state schools, featuring parental complaints about school activities held in churches ... (Source: Nashville Tennessean 2011-06-09T07:08:14Z)

Feels food trucks would be harmful to Asheville

5) That food trucks have innovation and creative ideas. Food trucks will threaten the livelihood of some of our already existing 200-plus restaurants, and they will cheapen and diminish our beautiful mountain city. Better for AIRA to use its money to ... (Source: Asheville Citizen-Times 2011-06-09T07:22:33Z)

Southwest angers passenger with response to long delay

At 7:30 a.m., Bower said, he got a flight for the next day and a discount voucher for a hotel room. He finally left for Nashville 42 hours after his first flight was to leave. Bower said he has written and called Southwest and asked for compensation ... (Source: Nashville Tennessean 2011-06-09T07:08:14Z)

College and high school sports results

i-Nick Noya, St. Ignatius, 73; i-Jonathan Sanders, New Comm Jewish, 73; Michael Kim, TP, 74; Beau Hossler Jr, SM, 74; Johnathan De Los Reyes, DLS, 74; Seb Crampton, RLS, 74; i-Ben Doyle, La Jolla, 74; Skylar Finnell, RLS, 75; Matt Yount, F, 76; Troy ... (Source: Sacramento Bee 2011-06-09T06:46:46Z)

Steffey's mother joins search for missing student

Facebook can mobilize family and friends and offer support because those profiles are usually more personal, she said. Twitter, however, can spread the news as well as offer support. With Twitter, more people can be reached than are possible to talk to ... (Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier 2011-06-09T07:01:04Z)

McCourts' settlement also could affect Los Angeles Marathon

Nick Curl, the marathon's director and chief operating officer, said those positions would be filled. The marathon came close to breaking even this year, on about $5 million in revenues, Curl said. The Dodgers had $286 million in revenues and $8 million in ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2011-06-09T06:46:46Z)

Lions veteran OK with Fairley visiting White House

Lions first-round pick Nick Fairley visited the White House on Wednesday with his former Auburn teammates to celebrate last year's national championship. Fairley has not attended any of the Lions' player-run workouts, but captain Kyle Vanden Bosch said he ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2011-06-09T07:15:23Z)

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