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Deals of the Hour / September 27, 2010, 1:41 am

Asian Stocks Rise to Five-Month High on U.S. Capital Goods Data

Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks gained, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to a five-month high, as a bigger-than- estimated increase in U.S. capital-goods orders bolstered optimism exports to the world's largest economy will rise. Komatsu Ltd ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-27T04:32:31Z)

'Octomom' tries a yard sale to raise cash

LA HABRA, Calif., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Nadya Suleman, the famous mother of octuplets, had a weekend yard sale in La Habra, Calif., to stave off foreclosure. Suleman offered baby clothes, bikinis and other goods Saturday to make enough money to pay her ... (Source: United Press International 2010-09-26T16:22:23Z)

Buffett to Visit BYD in China Amid Declining Sales, Disputes

Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- When Warren Buffett visits Chinese carmaker BYD Co. next week, he'll find a company facing sliding sales and legal disputes with the government and Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s $232 million ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-22T10:36:22Z)

Octuplets' mom to sell bikini, bra at yard sale

Nadya Suleman is planning to hold a yard sale and online auction at her Madonna Lane home in La Habra Saturday morning, selling items like the bikini she wore on the cover of tabloid magazines and an autographed nursing bra. Suleman, who faces foreclosure ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-24T22:44:08Z)

Octomom Nadya Suleman Holds Garage Sale to Raise Money (Video Link)

On Saturday, September 25, Octomom Nadya Suleman held a yard sale outside her La Habra, California home in efforts to pay her mortgage and feed her 14 children. According to a report in the Los Angeles Time, the Orange County Register stated that Suleman ... (Source: Associated Content 2010-09-26T18:45:33Z)

Bogus honey peddlers beware: More states are cracking down on sale of 'funny honey'

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — You might call them the Honey Police — beekeepers and honey producers ready to comb through North Carolina to nab unscrupulous sellers of sweet-but-bogus "funny honey." North Carolina is the latest state to create a standard that ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-24T07:13:34Z)

New study widens debate on the value of mammograms

The American Cancer Society and other influential organizations say getting a mammogram is "one of the most important things a woman can do to protect her health." A study and editorial in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine offers a more restrained ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-24T00:04:04Z)

Egypt aims for more transparent land deals - cabinet

CAIRO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Egyptian cabinet is seeking more transparency in state land deals, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a court ruled a contract with Egypt's biggest listed property developer should be scrapped because it was illegal. Ministers ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-09-26T13:44:54Z)

Egyptian lawyers call for TMG project sales freeze

CAIRO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Egypt's influential Lawyers' Syndicate has called on the government to freeze sales at Talaat Moustafa's (TMG) flagship real estate project after a court ruled the land on which it is built was sold illegally. A court last week ... (Source: The Guardian 2010-09-22T14:03:57Z)

Obama critical of GOP's 'Pledge to America'

President Obama used his weekly radio address Saturday to rip the GOP 's recently unveiled "Pledge to America" manifesto, while a House Republican leader hit back in his own radio remarks. Obama accused Republicans of wanting "to put special interests back ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-26T03:07:49Z)

MLB: PIRATES 6, ASTROS 4

PITTSBURGH — Pedro Alvarez is finishing his rookie season with a flourish. Alvarez hit a three-run homer and Zach Duke pitched into the seventh inning for the second consecutive start, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-4 victory over the Houston ... (Source: Indiana Gazette 2010-09-26T05:38:08Z)

Egypt eyes solution to Talaat Moustafa row-agency

CAIRO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A solution to the dispute over the Madinaty land deal of Egypt's Talaat Moustafa Group ( TMGH.CA ) will be sent to the prime minister in days, the state news agency said on Thursday after a court ruling to scrap the contract. "A ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-09-16T12:16:32Z)

Egypt's cabinet restores disputed land deal

Egypt's cabinet approved on Sunday the return of disputed land to its developer on which a $3 billion community is being built, in a case that has rocked the real estate market, the state-run news agency said. A court ruling two weeks earlier annulling the ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-26T18:09:45Z)

Astros notes: Five coaches get extentions

The Astros ushered in a longer-than-usual period of stability with the coaching staff, signing five of their six major league coaches to two-year extensions and offering the sixth — hitting coach Jeff Bagwell - a two-year extension. Bagwell is still ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-09-26T05:38:08Z)

Republicans offer new 'pledge'

Pushing toward big gains on Nov. 2, House Republicans on Thursday promised to end a slew of Democratic policies and restore Americans' trust in government as they rolled out a campaign manifesto designed to show they're listening to an angry public and are ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-27T05:51:16Z)

Japan urges calm after China severs contacts

Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 | 12:08 a.m. Japan urged China to remain calm and not inflame their diplomatic spat further Monday after Beijing severed high-level contacts and then called off a visit by Japanese youth over the detention of a Chinese fishing boat ... (Source: Las Vegas Sun 2010-09-27T07:17:10Z)

'Funny honey' is no laughing matter

RALEIGH, N.C. -- You might call them the Honey Police -- beekeepers and honey producers ready to comb through North Carolina to nab unscrupulous sellers of sweet-but-bogus "funny honey." North Carolina is the latest state to create a standard that defines ... (Source: Delaware Online 2010-09-26T07:54:08Z)

Businesses boost capital spending: Aircraft slump taints durable goods strength

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S.companies invested last month in computers, communications equipment and machinery, boosting capital goods orders for the third time in four months. The 4.1 percent increase to capital goods in August signaled a rebound in business ... (Source: Berkshire Eagle 2010-09-25T11:44:23Z)

Japan asks China to pay for patrol boat damage

Japan asked China to pay for damage to Japanese patrol boats hit by a Chinese fishing vessel near disputed islands, as simmering tension between the two Asian neighbors showed no signs of easing Monday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku's remarks ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-27T04:25:22Z)

'Funny honey' becoming more common in US

In an effort to stop sales of imported "funny honey" cut with cheaper additives such as corn syrup, the US state of North Carolina has created a new standard defining "pure honey", the fourth US state adopt such a standard since 2009. The state will be ... (Source: Wikinews 2010-09-26T18:52:42Z)

Obama dismisses GOP 'Pledge' as echo of disaster

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says Republicans' plan to slash taxes and cut spending if the GOP retakes the House in November is no more than "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive." Obama used his weekly radio and Internet ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-09-26T22:48:55Z)

Astros extend coaches' deals; still waiting on Bagwell

The Astros extended the contracts of all their coaches through 2012 with the exception of Jeff Bagwell. Bagwell still plans to take until after the season to decide whether to return. Manager Brad Mills has expressed to Bagwell his desire to have the ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-09-25T20:41:16Z)

Buffett to call on automaker The Berkshire CEO will visit China's BYD amid sliding sales and legal disputes.

When Warren Buffett visits Chinese carmaker BYD Co. next week, he'll find a company facing sliding sales and legal disputes with the government and Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s $232 million investment in Shenzhen-based ... (Source: Omaha World-Herald 2010-09-23T10:35:11Z)

Study: Mammogram benefits modest

Nearly one year after the publication of controversial breast cancer screening guidelines by a government-appointed expert panel, a new study suggests benefits of mammograms may be more modest than previously estimated. In a nationwide study in Norway ... (Source: Alexandria Daily Town Talk 2010-09-27T07:45:48Z)

Durable goods sales report boosts stock market

NEW YORK -- Stocks rose sharply Friday, giving the market its fourth straight week of gains, after a big increase in orders for manufactured goods allowed investors to shake off several days of doldrums. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 200 ... (Source: Montgomery Advertiser 2010-09-25T10:04:10Z)

BYD denies speculation of Buffett's stake sale

Officials from BYD Co Ltd's public relations department denied speculation that US billionaire Warren Buffett would talk to the Chinese automaker about selling down his stake during his visit next week, the Hong Kong-based Ta Kung Pao reported Sunday. The ... (Source: China Daily 2010-09-26T11:43:12Z)

UPDATE 2-Egypt's PM says to reallocate Madinaty land to TMG

CAIRO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Egypt's Prime Minister said on Thursday the government would reallocate the land for Talaat Moustafa's (TMG) Madinaty project back to the firm after a court ruled the first sale contract should be scrapped. The cabinet spokesman ... (Source: Finanz Nachrichten 2010-09-23T15:00:02Z)

Egypt mulls solution to Talaat row

CAIRO: A legal solution to a row over the Madinaty land contract of Egypt's Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG) will be sent to the prime minister in days, the cabinet said yesterday after a court ruled to scrap the deal. Shares in TMG, Egypt's biggest listed ... (Source: Gulf Daily News 2010-09-16T23:50:54Z)

Study: Mammograms offer modest benefit

Mammograms don't help women over 50 as much as has been believed, new research suggests. Only a third of the reduced risk of death credited to breast cancer screening is actually deserved - the rest is due to better treatment and greater awareness of the ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-23T18:13:19Z)

Manufacturing, capital goods orders rise in August

WASHINGTON — U.S. companies invested last month in computers, communications equipment and machinery, boosting capital goods orders for the third time in four months. The 4.1 percent increase to capital goods in August signaled a rebound in business ... (Source: New Haven Register 2010-09-25T10:25:39Z)

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