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Deals of the Hour / July 2, 2011, 6:45 am

Note to Google: Microsoft Had the Right Idea

Orkut is a good example. The company wanted to buy Friendster, but there was no sale. So it developed Orkut as kind of a Friendster network, with a bit of LinkedIn thrown in, too. The product become the odd-man out. In fact, if Google had the chops to ... (Source: PC Magazine 2011-07-01T09:41:06Z)

Pella welcomes Sarah Palin

Johnson said you can expect her back in town in the future. "I love this town," Johnson said. "This is so beautiful." To see more of the Pella Chronicle or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.pellachronicle.com/ . Copyright (c) 2011 ... (Source: TMCnet 2011-07-02T12:31:43Z)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile to form OPEC model cartel on lithium

The three countries, which Forbes magazine calls the "Saudi Arabia of lithium," would establish "control mechanisms for the sale of lithium carbonate, avoiding the lower prices that come with overproduction. Salta, along with the northern provinces ... (Source: Commodity Online 2011-07-02T11:34:27Z)

Timothy Geithner wants to leave White House in fall

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, is considered a strong dark-horse candidate. Dimon has said he is not interested in public office but many on Wall Street believe he would accept the job if asked by Obama. But the White House will have to ... (Source: Politico.com 2011-07-01T00:01:17Z)

Geithner predicts debt-ceiling increase

"[It] will be unthinkably damaging to the economy -- much more damaging than even what we faced in that dark period of '08 and '09," he said. Geithner said not raising the debt ceiling would deepen a lack of confidence in Washington, the Tribune said. (Source: United Press International 2011-07-02T11:48:46Z)

Attention WalMart Shoppers: Retailer Discounting Gasoline

Florida residents will receive a ten-cent-per-gallon rebate on WalMart credit card fuel purchases, but may also use WalMart gift cards and MoneyCards to receive a five cent per gallon discount at the pump. A complete list of participating locations can be ... (Source: TheCarConnection.com 2011-07-01T11:07:00Z)

Passing debt deal by Aug. 2 seems doubtful

The first vote would be on an interim raise, possibly in the tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars, to give Congress time to wrap up a grand bargain allowing the government to go trillions of dollars deeper into debt in exchange for spending cuts ... (Source: Houma Courier 2011-07-02T11:27:17Z)

Argentina & Brazil beware - why Chile, Colombia, Paraguay & Uruguay are all Copa America challengers

Bundesliga champion Lucas Barrios and Man City star Roque Santa Cruz will be the key figures, but watch out for either Marcelo Estigarribia of Le Mans (on loan at Newell's Old Boys) or Osvaldo Martinez of Monterrey who have both performed impressively as ... (Source: goal.com 2011-07-02T12:03:05Z)

Messi: Bolivia parked the bus

Sergio Batista's team now have five days to plot a way past unpredictable Colombia in Santa Fe, before they go up against Costa Rica, special guests in the absence of original invitees Japan. (Source: FIFA.com 2011-07-02T12:31:43Z)

Taxpayers should stop subsidizing Wal-Mart

She pulled from her pocket three cards she claimed most Wal-Mart employees at her store have: a 10% Walmart employee discount card, her employee ID and her EBT card (what used to be called food stamps). She relayed that 80% of her store is on food stamps. (Source: Pocono Record 2011-07-02T11:55:55Z)

Vulnerable feel the pinch of Minn. gov't shutdown

The shutdown halted non-emergency road construction and closed the state zoo and Capitol. More than 40 state boards and agencies went dark, though critical functions such as state troopers, prison guards, the courts and disaster responses will continue. (Source: San Mateo Daily Journal 2011-07-02T11:55:55Z)

Fire no threat to nuclear weapons lab

The so-called Las Conchas Fire, believed sparked by a downed power line, has blackened nearly 104,000 acres — or 162 square miles — of thickly wooded slopes, mostly in the Santa Fe National Forest, since breaking out Sunday. Now ranked as the largest ... (Source: South Coast Today 2011-07-02T12:10:14Z)

Google Loses Nortel Patents to Apple-Microsoft Clique

The sale will still need Canadian and US court approval. A joint hearing is set for July 11. Nortel said it "will work diligently with the consortium to close the sale in the third quarter." (Source: SYS-CON Media (press release) 2011-07-02T13:28:59Z)

Wildfire turned back from Los Alamos nuke weapons lab

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. • With firefighters holding their ground against the largest wildfire ever in New Mexico, officials at the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratory and in the surrounding city planned for the return of thousands of evacuated ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2011-07-02T13:07:30Z)

World remembers Grace Kelly as son Prince Albert weds

She met Prince Rainier duirng a visit to Monaco in the 1950s. Their wedding was described as the Wedding of the Century. Now her son has finally tied the knot to a woman who looks in many ways as statuesque and beautiful a blond as his mother. (Source: Irish Central 2011-07-02T11:41:36Z)

Executing debt ceiling deal by Aug. 2 may be impossible

The first vote would be on an interim raise, possibly in the tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars, to give Congress time to cut a bargain allowing the government to pay existing debt in exchange for spending cuts and possibly higher taxes totaling ... (Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch 2011-07-02T13:28:59Z)

Return planned for residents after N.M. fire

A key challenge Friday was stopping the flames from doing more damage to the lands of Santa Clara Pueblo. The fire had made a run north toward the reservation earlier this week, hitting the pueblo's watershed and cultural sites. Santa Clara wasn't the ... (Source: Air Force Times 2011-07-02T12:53:11Z)

HP webOS blueprint for success: how HP can win the tablet wars

The HP TouchPad has officially gone on sale this morning in the US. As you wait in preparation for the mid-July launch in the UK you're probably wondering, among other things, where webOS fits into the tablet space. With the Apple iPad commanding a ... (Source: Electric Pig 2011-07-01T13:58:48Z)

The competitor of Google + is not Facebook but Twitter

More importantly, how to attract thousands of Twitter users with the vast majority of fans?Discount electronics store( http://www.epathchina.com/ ) ePathChina analysts thought it was a relatively easy thing for Google. Most these Twitter users are ... (Source: PR-USA.net 2011-07-02T11:41:36Z)

As pols point fingers, vulnerable residents feel Minn. government shutdown; no talks in sight

The shutdown halted non-emergency road construction and closed the state zoo and Capitol. More than 40 state boards and agencies went dark, though critical functions such as state troopers, prison guards, the courts and disaster responses will continue. (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2011-07-02T11:05:49Z)

Governor Doofus Shuts Down Minnesota

Such is their populist fantasy world that confiscatory-like taxes do not matter to growth nor stunt personal wealth in which capitalist growth is nurtured. Reality, it has a way of totall escaping ardent liberals-yes, and not only in Minnesota. As of this ... (Source: American Thinker 2011-07-02T12:17:24Z)

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