Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / September 25, 2010, 8:40 am

Rival Palestinian factions move closer to deal

Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah announced Saturday that they have agreed on steps to end their division and share power and said they will hold more talks before signing a final deal in Cairo. The two sides have been bitterly divided since Hamas ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-25T13:03:08Z)

Forbes' tiny toys will be sold in NYC; ocean liners, submarines and soldiers could bring $5M

sns-ap-us-forbes-miniature-toy-sale NEW YORK (AP) — The legendary Forbes collection of miniature toy soldiers and boats will be auctioned in New York City in December. The collection has been on view for 25 years in a series of dioramas in the lobby of ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-24T14:08:45Z)

Petrobras Yields Climb as Share Sale Not Enough: Brazil Credit

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA's borrowing costs are surging to a two-month high on concern the state-owned oil company will tap the bond market for financing even after it completes a stock sale of up to 134 billion reais ($78 billion ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-21T13:50:50Z)

99 cent iPhone games from Capcom this weekend

It may not be every game in their iPhone catalogue, and not every game is necessarily going to appeal to the Gamezebo audience, but Capcom is having an App Store sale that's simply too good to leave go unmentioned. If you're looking to pick up a trivia ... (Source: Gamezebo 2010-09-24T20:13:49Z)

OUR SONS ARE PLUNDERED OF THEIR ORGANS BY THE ISRAELI/ZIONIST SO CALLED JEWS

Young Palestinian men throwing stones and bottles at Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank. In this area, Bilal Achmed Ghanan was shot to death and cut up in a hospital. "Our sons are being used as organ reserves," claim the Palestinians. Bilal Achmed ... (Source: Zimbio 2010-09-25T14:36:11Z)

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

Sept 24 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday. ** Louis Dreyfus, one of the world's top commodity firms, is in merger talks with smaller rival ... (Source: The Guardian 2010-09-24T20:06:39Z)

Petrobras Debt Sinks on Concern $78 Billion Sale Not Enough: Brazil Credit

Petroleo Brasileiro SA's borrowing costs are surging to a two-month high on concern the state-owned oil company will tap the bond market for financing even after it completes a stock sale of up to 134 billion reais ($78 billion). Petrobras's 7.875 ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-09-21T03:13:44Z)

YRC Worldwide Announces Tentative Agreement with Teamsters

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. , Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YRC Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: YRCW - News ) announced today that it has entered into a tentative agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to address the company's competitiveness, re ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-24T21:18:14Z)

Cargill picks up Brazilian tomato business

Cargill Inc. said Friday that it has agreed to pay $350 million for Unilever's Brazilian tomato products business, which includes a processing plant and major tomato sauce brands. The deal brings the Minnetonka-based agribusiness giant into the tomato ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-25T02:33:12Z)

HOMECOMING WEEKEND FOR BRET HART, TOMMY DREAMER AND JAY LETHAL

I guess this is officially "Homecoming Weekend" in professional wrestling. You have Bret Hart returning to Madison Square Garden for the first time in well over a decade, Tommy Dreamer returning to the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia, and Jay Lethal ... (Source: Pro Wrestling Insider 2010-09-24T13:54:26Z)

ANOTHER WWE HALL OF FAMER ADDED TO BRET HART APPRECIATION NIGHT ...

World Wrestling Entertainment updated the lineup for tomorrow's return to Madison Square Garden for a Smackdown event, which is billed as "Bret Hart Appreciation Night": - Bret Hart & The Hart Dynasty vs. Nexus. - World Champion Kane vs. The Undertaker in ... (Source: Pro Wrestling Insider 2010-09-25T02:18:53Z)

NBC Universal's Jeff Zucker says he's being shown the door

Jeff Zucker, a lifelong employee of NBC Universal , said Friday that he would step down as chief executive after being told there won't be a place for him once Philadelphia cable giant Comcast Corp. takes over the company at the end of the year. Two weeks ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-25T00:52:59Z)

Brazil oil company Petrobras aims at offshore reserves with $70B stock offer, world's largest

BIG DEAL: Petroleo Brasileiro SA , or Petrobras, Brazil's state-run energy company, raised $70 billion through the sale of more than 4 billion common and preferred shares in Brazil and the U.S. BIG OIL: The money will fund Petrobras' ambitious $224 billion ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-24T18:19:17Z)

Malcolm Forbes's Toys Are Up for Sale

The Forbes Galleries on lower Fifth Avenue will be emptying out their darkened maze of toys in dioramas, The Associated Press reported. Sotheby's will organize about 7,500 pieces, including metal marching bands, submarines, motorcycles and a box of ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-09-24T20:28:08Z)

Sotheby's Asia Week Sales in New York Total $27,649,251

NEW YORK, NY.- The Asia week series of auctions at Sotheby's New York concluded today with the South Asian Art sale which made $7,547,250 to bring the overall total for the week to $27,649,251 well within the $ 21.9/31.2 million estimate. The sales ... (Source: Art Daily 2010-09-18T01:22:46Z)

US ramps up diplomacy before Israeli building freeze expiry

Washington/Jerusalem - The US administration is holding meetings and boosting its diplomatics efforts with Israeli and Palestinian representatives Saturday in order to find a compromise before the Israeli construction freeze in the occupied West Bank ends ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-25T12:41:39Z)

Select Capcom iPhone Games on Sale this Weekend for 99 Cents

This is just a quickie for the iPhone gamers out there. I know you're out there, and I know you love retro gaming goodness. What comes to mind when you hear the name Capcom ? Mega Man? Street Fighter? Both solid series' for sure, and for years and ... (Source: Intomobile.com 2010-09-24T07:13:34Z)

Street Fighter IV no longer on sale for iPhone

Highly acclaimed brawler Street Fighter IV has disappeared from the App Store. We've contacted publisher Capcom for details. It's an unusual development for a game that has enjoyed much success - deservedly, at that. With colourful visuals, good controls ... (Source: Pocket Gamer 2010-09-16T17:45:49Z)

Jeff Zucker to leave NBC Universal when Comcast deal closes

The meeting was amicable and cordial, but Comcast Corp. executive Stephen Burke got his point across: "Steve made it clear that they wanted me to go at close," said Jeff Zucker of NBC Universal Inc. So it's official. NBC Universal's top executive, Jeffrey ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-25T07:12:23Z)

YRC, Teamsters reach deal

YRC Worldwide Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement with its largest labor union about restarting employee pension contributions and other initiatives "to address the company's competitiveness." In a release late Friday, the Overland Park ... (Source: St. Louis Business Journal 2010-09-24T21:46:52Z)

Avis Shakes Up Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Deal

Not taking "non-negotiable and final" for an answer, Avis strikes back in rental car bidding war. The offer comes a few weeks after Dollar Thrifty and Hertz announced they had agreed on a deal worth $1.4 billion, or $50 per share, at the time was believed ... (Source: Forbes 2010-09-23T17:23:12Z)

2 charged in killing of Ohio real estate agent

Two men are jailed without bond in Ohio in the strangling of a real estate agent, the first of two agents killed in a week while showing homes for sale in northeast Ohio. A police affidavit says 25-year-old Robert Brooks of Youngstown and 21-year-old Grant ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-24T17:36:20Z)

2 charged in Ohio real estate agent's slaying

Two men have been charged with killing an Ohio real estate agent who was showing a vacant house for sale, the first of two agents killed in a week in the region, authorities said Friday. Robert Brooks, 25, of Youngstown, and Grant Cooper, 21, of Hubbard ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-25T03:37:38Z)

Unilever to sell tomato products business in Brazil to Cargill for $350 million

SAU PAULO, BRAZIL — Unilever said it is selling its consumer tomato products business in Brazil to Cargill for approximately $350 million. The sale includes its Pomarola, Tarantella, Elefante, Extratomato, and Pomodoro brands. It also includes a ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-09-24T22:01:11Z)

(WWE) Bret Hart Arrives At MSG Early, SD! Matches, More

Bret Hart appeared at the New York Rangers/New Jersey Devils NHL game at Madison Square Garden in New York City last night. It was the first time Hart had been to MSG since September of 1997. Hart appeared on ice during a slapshot competition between two ... (Source: TWNP-Wrestling News 2010-09-24T16:53:23Z)

Hertz says it has made final bid for Tulsa-based Dollar Thrifty

Hertz said Friday it won't raise its bid valuing Tulsa -based Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. at $50.25 per share. Avis on Thursday sweetened its own bid for Dollar Thrifty to $53 per share, or about $1.52 billion in cash in stock. "A vote against the ... (Source: Daily Oklahoman 2010-09-25T05:03:32Z)

Comcast to replace Jeff Zucker as NBC chief

N EW YORK — NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker, who rose from a youthful producer at the "Today" show to run the multifaceted media business, said he would step down after cable provider Comcast takes control of the company later this year. Zucker, the ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-25T04:42:03Z)

Hertz Declares Its Dollar Thrifty Bid 'Best and Final'

Hertz Global Holdings is standing by its deal to acquire the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group , even after the Avis Budget Group unveiled on Thursday what it described as a significantly higher offer. Almost two weeks ago, Dollar Thrifty agreed to a revised ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-09-24T22:58:27Z)

2 men charged in slaying of Ohio real estate agent

CLEVELAND — Two men have been charged with killing an Ohio real estate agent who was showing a vacant house for sale, the first of two agents killed in a week in the region, authorities said Friday. Robert Brooks, 25, of Youngstown, and Grant Cooper, 21 ... (Source: News-Sentinel 2010-09-25T12:05:52Z)

YRC Worldwide reaches tentative agreement with Teamsters union

YRC Worldwide Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement with its largest labor union about restarting employee pension contributions and other initiatives "to address the company's competitiveness." In a release late Friday, the Overland Park ... (Source: Kansas City Business Journal 2010-09-24T21:39:43Z)

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