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Deals of the Hour / September 18, 2010, 9:40 am

Cypress Bioscience Board of Directors to Review Unsolicited Tender Offer from Ramius LLC

SAN DIEGO , Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYPB - News ) ("Cypress") today confirmed that Ramius LLC ("Ramius") has commenced an unsolicited tender offer to acquire all ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-15T13:36:28Z)

China 'paying close attention' to BHP-Potash deal

BEIJING (AP) - China is closely watching global miner BHP's $38.5 billion bid to buy Canadian fertilizer producer Potash, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Beijing is believed to be uneasy about seeing BHP ... (Source: Charleston Daily Mail 2010-09-15T04:46:45Z)

Pope in UK warns against atheism 

... pope as he was driven through the streets of the Scottish capital wearing a green plaid scarf. Hours before landing ... offer last October making it easier for disaffected Anglicans, unhappy over the ordination ... (Source: ONE News 2010-09-16T19:40:21Z)

NHL: Penguins offer freebie game with job-hunting twist

... Penguins expect a full house, but not a sellout, when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets next Saturday in the second hockey game ever at the brand-new Consol Energy Center ... CEO David Morehouse says there's ... (Source: Grand Forks Herald 2010-09-18T15:20:17Z)

Drive Products Enters into Letter of Intent For Privatization Transaction

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 17, 2010) - Drive Products Income Fund (the " Fund ") (TSX:DPI.UN) and 2256479 Ontario Inc. (the " Offeror "), a company controlled by Greg Edmonds, Chief Executive Officer of ... (Source: Market Wire 2010-09-17T17:16:00Z)

Potash eyeing China-led buyout to top BHP: report

Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper said Potash Corp, which is fighting off a $39 billion takeover bid from BHP Billiton, is trying to stitch together a consortium that would also include sovereign wealth funds and ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-16T22:10:41Z)

Potash Enlists Chinese To Fend Off BHP

According to the Globe and Mail , Canadian fertilizer giant Potash Corp (NYSE: POT - News ) is in talks with a "Chinese-led consortium of investors" to arrange a bid to rival the $130 per share offer from BHP ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-16T18:21:37Z)

Tennessee Titans, coach always get fired up for Pittsburgh Steelers

... Titans General Manager Mike Reinfeldt to recall the frigid temperatures, freezing rains and wicked hits that marked his Houston Oilers' back-to-back losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC ... receiver Hines Ward (Source: Nashville Tennessean 2010-09-17T20:43:35Z)

Ground Zero: Russian Offers $10M for Muslim Center Site to Build Chess Center

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, also the president ... sent letters to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Hisham Elzanaty, an investor in the Park51 site , on behalf of the World Chess Federation with their offer. " (Source: ABC News 2010-09-18T03:31:37Z)

Casey's Confirms 7-Eleven Makes An Offer

... Eleven Inc. is indeed the source of the friendly $40-per-share offer for Casey's General Stores Inc. the company announced earlier this week after Casey's rejected a lower offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard ... (Source: KCRG.com 2010-09-10T20:23:16Z)

Casey's rejects latest Couche-Tard buyout offer

The board of Casey's General Stores Inc ... Couche-Tard looks forward to participating in Casey's auction process." It said shareholders should support Couche-Tard's slate of eight independent board nominees "who ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-07T19:15:14Z)

Penguins offer freebie game with job-hunting twist

... Penguins expect a full house, but not a sellout, when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets next Saturday in the second hockey game ever at the brand-new Consol Energy Center ... CEO David Morehouse says there's ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-18T15:20:17Z)

Pope in UK urges tolerance, warns against atheism

... pope as he was driven through the Scottish capital Edinburgh wearing a green plaid scarf. Hours before landing ... his offer last October making it easier for disaffected Anglicans, unhappy over the ordination ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-09-17T09:09:14Z)

Apple to offer iPad with WiFi in China on September 17

Today Apple announced that, starting on September 17 at 10am in China, it will begin offering its WiFi-enabled iPad to customers. The iPad will be available at Apple retail stores and authorized Apple resellers for ... (Source: MobileBurn 2010-09-12T23:55:38Z)

Casey's: 2 more firms support board nominees

... Casey's General Stores Inc. said Friday that two more proxy advisory firms have recommended that its shareholders vote for the company's eight board nominees instead of the slate that suitor Alimentation Couche ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-18T00:39:49Z)

Casey's Confirms Talks With 7-Eleven

Casey's General Stores on Thursday confirmed that 7-Eleven is the mystery bidder with whom it's having deal discussions, in an effort to sidestep an unwanted offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard . From ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-09-09T22:54:46Z)

Drive Products executives make takeover bid

... Drive Products statement said 2256479 Ontario Inc., a company controlled by its CEO ... The offer is conditional on "the offeror, together with its affiliates, owning at least 66 and two-thirds per cent of the ... (Source: Metronews.ca 2010-09-17T20:29:16Z)

Did Apple swat Newsday's iPad app ad off YouTube?

An item here this morning noted that the most-posted version of Newsday's funny iPad app commercial - the one where a Dad uses an iPad as a flyswatter , with predictable results -- had gone missing from YouTube. I ... (Source: Network World Fusion 2010-09-16T18:43:05Z)

Apple iPad to be offered at all Best Buy locations

Starting September 26, Best Buy will offer Apple's iPad at all of its U.S. locations. The consumer electronics retailer announced it will carry the iPad, in both the WiFi and WiFi 3G models, in all of its 1,093 ... (Source: MobileBurn 2010-09-14T23:53:16Z)

UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

** Hedge fund Ramius LLC took a sweetened $164 million cash bid for Cypress Bioscience Inc ( CYPB.O ) directly to the U.S. drugmaker's shareholders after the company rejected its previous bid in August ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-15T13:43:37Z)

Steelers, Titans offer crucial early season test

... in the old AFC ... the Steelers play? "They have big-name guys like (Troy) Polamalu and Hines Ward and (Ben) Roethlisberger. It's not like this is their first time seeing those guys play," Hope said. The Titans (Source: TheInterMountain.com 2010-09-18T06:09:06Z)

Pope urges tolerance during tour of Edinburgh

... Reuters) - Pope ... green plaid scarf. Benedict has a delicate path to tread in England and Scotland in relations with the Anglican church after his offer last October making it easier for disaffected Anglicans, (Source: Reuters UK 2010-09-16T13:49:36Z)

Casey's General Stores rejects latest buyout offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard

... Couche-Tard Inc. increased its bid for Casey's General Stores Inc. last week to $38.50 per Casey's share ... urged Casey's shareholders to support its eight nominees to Casey's board. Casey's will hold its ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-07T18:25:08Z)

Penguins offer free pre-season game to promote jobs

... Penguins expect a full house, but not a sellout, when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets next Saturday in the second hockey game ever at the brand-new Consol Energy Center ... CEO David Morehouse says there's ... (Source: TSN 2010-09-18T15:27:26Z)

Couche-Tard May Boost Its Offer for Casey's After 7-Eleven Bid

Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the Canadian operator of 24-hour convenience stores, said it would consider boosting its $38.50 bid for Casey's General Stores Inc. following a $40 ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-10T22:03:29Z)

Two top Drive Products execs make takeover bid that would see company go private

... Drive Products statement said 2256479 Ontario Inc., a company controlled by its CEO ... The offer is conditional on "the offeror, together with its affiliates, owning at least 66 and two-thirds per cent of the ... (Source: Brandon Sun 2010-09-17T22:38:07Z)

Cypress Bioscience Board To Review Unsolicited Tender Offer From Ramius - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (CYPB: News ) Wednesday confirmed that Ramius LLC initiated an unsolicited tender offer to buy all outstanding common shares of Cypress at a $4.25 per share in cash. Cypress said ... (Source: RTT News 2010-09-15T13:22:09Z)

Ground Zero ... Chess?

... Hisham Elzanaty, an investor in the Park51 site, on behalf of the World Chess Federation with their offer. The incumbent president is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ... World Chess Federation (FIDE) election. (Source: DAILY KOS 2010-09-17T17:01:41Z)

NFL Capsules - AFC: Manning, Wayne, Clark chase milestones vs. Giants

Titans, Buccaneers and Ravens while Roethlisberger sat out ... That's enough to show wide receiver Hines Ward, the Steelers' most experienced starter on offense, that he's capable of handling the job. "The more reps ... (Source: Brownsville Herald 2010-09-17T23:35:23Z)

A Chess Center Instead of an Islamic Center?

... World Chess Federation has offered to buy the site of the controversial Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan and build a chess center on it. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ... office and to Hisham Elzanaty, (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-09-16T22:25:00Z)

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