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Deals of the Hour / September 16, 2010, 4:41 pm

Genzyme's Sale of Testing Unit May Force Sanofi to Increase Takeover Offer

Genzyme Corp. , a takeover target of Sanofi-Aventis SA, agreed to sell its ... Termeer said in an Aug. 31 interview that he would consider selling his Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company at a "fair value ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-09-13T15:04:44Z)

Al-Qaida No. 2 makes thinly veiled call on Pakistanis to rise against their ...

Ayman al-Zawahri also ... silence of our people in Pakistan toward these corrupt corrupters is the reason for this obvious inability and failure to offer them relief," the Egyptian-born al-Zawahri said. "It is the ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-09-15T12:46:21Z)

Valley hospitals, clinic will offer medical student training through university ...

Officials with UC Davis and UC Merced haven ... Six students entering the UC Davis School of Medicine in the fall of 2011 will be the first in the San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education, but they must apply ... (Source: Visalia Times-Delta 2010-09-15T20:24:29Z)

New Jersey Lawsuit Opens Against Imam Planning NYC Islamic Center

who plans to build an Islamic community center near ground zero, and his company ... Sharif el-Gamal, and his company, SoHo Properties, moved from their building following what may be a landlord dispute. According to ... (Source: WIBW 2010-09-16T13:49:36Z)

Pentagon proposes huge sale to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is seeking a go-ahead from Congress to sell up to $60 billion worth of sophisticated warplanes to Saudi Arabia and could add another $30 billion worth of naval arms ... (Source: Air Force Times 2010-09-13T20:19:42Z)

Ground Zero mosque investor declines Donald Trump's buyout offer

... Trump offered Thursday to buy out a major investor in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where ... A spokesman for Soho Properties general manager Sharif El-Gamal and his ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-10T00:56:28Z)

Al-Qaida No. 2 criticizes Pakistan's relief effort

Ayman al-Zawahri also ... silence of our people in Pakistan toward these corrupt corrupters is the reason for this obvious inability and failure to offer them relief," the Egyptian-born al-Zawahri said. "It is the ... (Source: Las Vegas Sun 2010-09-16T07:37:22Z)

CTIA-The Wireless Association(R) Statement on Cell Tax Fairness Act Mark-Up by ...

CTIA-The Wireless Association(R) President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement: (Logo ... CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, DC. (Source: TMCnet 2010-09-15T18:01:19Z)

Pentagon proposes huge sale of warplanes to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is seeking a go-ahead from Congress to sell up to $60 billion worth of sophisticated warplanes to Saudi Arabia and could add another $30 billion worth of naval arms ... (Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 2010-09-14T05:59:31Z)

Survey: Cost of Health Insurance Claims to Rise 10% in 12 Months

Aon Consulting, a subsidiary of insurance broker Aon Corp., found that insurers expect to pay out 10.7 percent more in claims for preferred provider organization, or PPO, managed care. PPO plans generally offer a ... (Source: The Ledger 2010-09-15T02:59:23Z)

UC Merced to train med students in Valley

... UC Merced San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (PRIME). PRIME programs specifically ... executive associate dean of UC Davis School of Medicine and executive director of Medical Education and Academic ... (Source: Fresno Bee 2010-09-16T07:44:31Z)

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's Killer, Reveals Other Famous Targets

Johnny Carson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Jackie Kennedy-Onnasis. He now realizes, "I felt that by killing John Lennon I would become somebody and instead of that I became a murderer and murderers are not somebodies." (Source: The Celebrity Cafe.com 2010-09-16T21:27:44Z)

Sanofi Chief: 'Reasonable' Chance of Genzyme Deal

sources have said Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Genzyme is prepared to give Sanofi access to its books if it raises its offer to at least $75 a share. Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Sanofi-Aventis ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-09-16T10:14:51Z)

Reuters Summit-WRAPUP 1-Russia eyes $50bn sell-off, tycoons feud

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday ... including on Russian assets. So if there is an insignificant fall, then we will press on with the plans. If there is a big fall, of over 20 percent, then we will ... (Source: The Guardian 2010-09-15T15:02:22Z)

Al-Qaida No. 2 criticizes Pakistan's relief effort T

Ayman al-Zawahri also ... silence of our people in Pakistan toward these corrupt corrupters is the reason for this obvious inability and failure to offer them relief," the Egyptian-born al-Zawahri said. "It is the ... (Source: McAllen Monitor 2010-09-15T20:10:10Z)

CTIA-The Wireless Association Recognizes September 13th-17th as 'National Telephone Discount ...

... counterproductive and places arbitrary burdens on the same consumers these programs are trying to help," said Steve Largent , president ... CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, DC . (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-09T13:07:47Z)

Pope visits Britain: Benedict XVI admits failures in sex-abuse scandal

... indifference in Britain ... by a pope to the U.K., and his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II was symbolically significant because of the historic divide between the officially Protestant nation and the Catholic ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-09-16T19:04:34Z)

Pope Benedict XVI in Britain: Even Susan Boyle Couldn't Draw Crowd To Mass

... Britain began in Edinburgh, where Britain's 84-year-old Queen greeted the 83-year-old Pope with a curt handshake and exchange of ... a 71-year-old American Catholic deacon who claims he prayed to Cardinal Newman ... (Source: ABC News 2010-09-16T21:56:22Z)

Report: Largent on short list to replace Leiweke

Hall of Fame receiver Steve Largent is on the short ... He currently works as the president and CEO of CTIA, the international association for wireless telecommunications in Washington DC. (Source: Olympian 2010-09-15T20:10:10Z)

Sanofi-Aventis sticking to first offer for Genzyme

... Sanofi-Aventis ... Genzyme Corp., a Sanofi spokesman said Thursday. That's despite rumors Paris-based Sanofi has upped its offer by $2 a share, two months after its first overture to Genzyme. The Cambridge ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-09T19:48:39Z)

Mosque developer booted over unpaid office rent

... from Ground Zero can raise $100 million for that controversial project, Sharif El-Gamal may have to take stock and account for the rent of his company's own office. El-Gamal's real estate firm, SoHo Properties, (Source: Metro International 2010-09-16T09:10:25Z)

Mark David Chapman Had List of Celebrity Targets

(NewsCore) - John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, said in a recent parole hearing that he also contemplated killing Johnny Carson and Elizabeth Taylor instead of John Lennon, it was revealed ... (Source: MyFox Philadelphia 2010-09-16T22:53:38Z)

John Lennon's Killer Also Targeted Johnny Carson, Liz Taylor

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- — John Lennon's killer could recall at his parole board hearing this month that he had considered shooting Johnny Carson or Elizabeth Taylor instead, but he couldn't remember that he ... (Source: KTLA.com 2010-09-16T20:59:06Z)

Pope Benedict XVI in Scotland for historic 4-day state visit, admits failures in ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland – EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly ... (Source: FOX News 2010-09-16T23:15:06Z)

Cost Of Health Insurance Claims Expected To Climb 10% Over Next Year

Aon Consulting, a subsidiary of insurance broker Aon Corp., found that insurers expect to pay out 10.7 percent more in claims for preferred provider organization, or PPO, managed care. ... The premiums that workers ... (Source: Medical News Today 2010-09-16T08:56:06Z)

Survey: Cost of health insurance claims to rise

Aon Consulting, a subsidiary of insurance broker Aon Corp., found that insurers expect to pay out 10.7 percent more in claims for preferred provider organization, or PPO, managed care. PPO plans generally offer a ... (Source: Las Vegas Sun 2010-09-16T07:30:12Z)

Pentagon eyes $60 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is seeking a go-ahead from Congress to sell up to $60 billion worth of sophisticated warplanes to Saudi Arabia in a deal designed to counter the rise of Iran as a regional power ... (Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010-09-14T03:57:50Z)

Valley hospitals to offer student training

Officials with UC Davis and UC Merced have yet ... Six students entering the UC Davis School of Medicine in the fall of 2011 will be the first in the San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education. Medical students ... (Source: Visalia Times-Delta 2010-09-16T11:26:26Z)

Kudrin Sees 5-Year, $50Bln Asset Sale

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Wednesday. "We will have a privatization program ... including on Russian assets. So if there is an insignificant fall, then we will press on with the plans. If there is a big fall, (Source: Moscow Times 2010-09-15T17:54:10Z)

Russia eyes $50 billion sell-off, tycoons feud

worth around $10 billion a year," Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told the Reuters Russia Investment ... including on Russian assets. So if there is an insignificant fall, then we will press on with the plans. (Source: Reuters 2010-09-15T15:23:50Z)

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