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Deals of the Hour / October 17, 2010, 6:41 pm

DEALTALK-Bankers balk at AOL-Yahoo deal scenario

AOL reported second-quarter total revenue of $584 million, with $297 million from advertising revenue. Yahoo's advertising revenue made up a majority of its $1.6 billion total revenue over the same period. The combination would lead to a very large content ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-15T16:14:10Z)

J&J's recalls, drug pipeline & 2 deals likely to dominate 3Q earnings report for investors

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Health care giant Johnson & Johnson will be hoping to take some of the focus off the manufacturing problems that have led to 11 product recalls, multiple government probes and public embarrassment when it reports its third-quarter ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-10-15T21:29:08Z)

Cliff Lee is in the spotlight for Rangers

He has won more postseason games than any pitcher in baseball history, and he works in the media capital of the world for the most famous team in American sports history. Yet the New York Yankees ' Andy Pettitte is being overshadowed for Game 3 of the ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-18T01:15:49Z)

Texas Rangers' first postseason series victory is 50 years in making

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Fifty years. Long enough to be humbled, frustrated and discouraged. Long enough to wonder if a night such as Tuesday would ever come. The Texas Rangers have finally won a postseason series. That's like saying Charlie Brown's team ... (Source: USA Today 2010-10-13T03:37:45Z)

UPDATE 3-Constellation proposes UniStar transfer to EDF

HOUSTON Oct 15 (Reuters) - Constellation Energy Group Inc ( CEG.N ) offered to transfer its half-interest in a nuclear joint venture to France's Electricite de France SA (EDF) ( EDF.PA ) on Friday at a bargain price, but said a dispute over an unrelated ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-15T19:20:17Z)

AOL looking into deal for Yahoo, report says

AOL executives are in discussions with several private equity firms over the possibility of trying to buy rival Internet portal Yahoo Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The talks are preliminary and so far have not involved anyone from Yahoo ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-14T00:01:49Z)

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $258 million to Louisiana

Attorney General Buddy Caldwell's office had argued the company, through its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., had violated a state law against misrepresentation and fraud. Caldwell's office says Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary sent letters to ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-10-15T20:10:23Z)

ALCS Game 3 features matchup of Cliff Lee and Andy Pettitte

NEW YORK (AP) — Cliff Lee and Andy Pettitte. The postseason ace against that ol' October pro. With the best-of-seven AL championship series tied at one apiece, the scene shifts to Yankee Stadium for Game 3 on Monday night, when a pair of pressure-proven ... (Source: Trentonian 2010-10-18T00:54:21Z)

AT&T gets down to business with iPad

The Wall Street Journal reports that AT&T is pitching Apple's iPad tablet directly to businesses with a discounted wireless data plan. The move could help AT&T generate more revenue as the market for smartphone plans becomes saturated, the Journal said. It ... (Source: CNET News 2010-10-16T19:54:53Z)

Middle District of Florida, including Lee and Collier, has new US Attorney

8:38 P.M. — TAMPA — Federal prosecutor Robert O'Neill has been sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. O'Neill took the oath of office Tuesday during the lunch break of a fraud trial he was working on. He says he plans to ... (Source: News-Press 2010-10-06T00:47:06Z)

Constellation asks $1 for stake in nuclear plant

Constellation Energy Group Inc. offered Friday to sell its stake in a Maryland nuclear plant project to its French partner for $1. Constellation said it would seek reimbursement of $117 million for its share of developing the project. The offer was ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-15T21:50:36Z)

Is Cliff Lee up to sticky tricks?

Cliff Lee has pitched so well in the postseason, some fans started wondering whether he doctors the ball. The Texas Rangers ace had a white patch on the back of his weathered cap during the division series against Tampa Bay and it became a topic on sports ... (Source: Buffalo News 2010-10-18T00:18:33Z)

FIFA looks into claims that 2 FIFA executive committeemen offered to sell World Cup votes

LONDON - FIFA said it will examine evidence from a British newspaper alleging that two executive committee members offered to sell their votes on World Cup hosts. The Sunday Times filmed Amos Adamu of Nigeria and Oceania Football Confederation president ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-17T20:00:51Z)

Texas Rangers eliminate Rays to reach ALCS

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Led by another Cliff Lee masterpiece, the Texas Rangers buried the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Tuesday to clinch their first American League Division Series and advance to the AL Championship. After winning the first two games ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-13T10:47:15Z)

ALCS Game 2: Yankees 2, Rangers 7

After suffering a bullpen collapse on Friday night, the Texas Rangers bounced back against the Yankees on Saturday afternoon. The resilient Rangers attacked Yankee starter Phil Hughes for ten hits and seven runs in the first five innings. Texas received ... (Source: Associated Content 2010-10-17T19:10:45Z)

Unheralded trio holds off big names at CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge

After three rounds, the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge is still a wide-open affair with such big names as Cristie Kerr and Laura Davies lurking near the lead. But for now, the trio at the top is as about as unlikely and unheralded a final group as the ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-17T04:15:58Z)

Andy Pettitte thinks Cliff Lee's cutter dominates

NEW YORK -- No one has won more postseason games in baseball history than the 19 collected by New York Yankees lefty Andy Pettitte . And no one's been more dominant in the past two postseasons than Texas Rangers ace Cliff Lee . They didn't face each other ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-10-17T23:49:55Z)

Unheralded trio holding off big names after three rounds at CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge

After three rounds, the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge is still a wide-open affair with big names like Cristie Kerr and Laura Davies lurking near the lead. But for now, the trio at the top is as about as unlikely and unheralded a final group as the tournament ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-17T05:49:01Z)

AT&T to sell iPad directly to business customers

The company would sell all three iPad Wi-Fi plus 3G models directly to business customers, and will offer post-paid mobile broadband price plans for the iPad through business account representatives, beginning Thursday, Oct. 28. AT&T Inc. publicly ... (Source: The Money Times 2010-10-16T09:03:29Z)

Cliff Lee pitches Texas Rangers to first playoff series win

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Cliff Lee added another impressive line to his growing October resume, carrying the Texas Rangers into their first AL championship series. Lee struck out 11 in a six-hitter to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 in a decisive Game 5 on ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-13T06:36:43Z)

Packers fall again in overtime

It was the second straight overtime loss for the injury-riddled Packers (3-3), who lost at Washington last week. And it was a special teams-driven victory for the Dolphins (3-2), who had a bye week to think about a loss to New England that resulted in the ... (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-10-17T20:29:29Z)

Offer on Calvert Cliffs, with a catch

Constellation Energy offered Friday to sell its 51 percent interest in a nuclear power joint venture to its French partner, but it refused to set aside a hotly disputed option Constellation thinks entitles it to sell the French firm a dozen aging power ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-10-16T10:07:54Z)

Ticket Prices Drop After Yankees' Loss

The Yankees' loss on Saturday to the Texas Rangers did more than send the American League Championship Series back to the Bronx tied at one game each. It also pushed down the price of tickets to Game 3. The average price of tickets for resale to Game 3 ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-10-17T17:23:22Z)

FIFA's Temarii: Mistake to talk about WCup deals

ZURICH -- FIFA executive committee member Reynald Temarii has acknowledged he made a mistake talking to undercover reporters about deals for his World Cup hosting vote. Temarii tells The Associated Press that he met FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Sunday to ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-10-17T19:53:42Z)

Blatter orders FIFA to probe vote-selling claims

LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter appealed to his executive committee members to stay silent as he launched an immediate investigation into alleged vote-selling ahead of the decision on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts. Blatter took the ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-17T17:09:03Z)

Panel hearings over Merck's dispute with J&J end

Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010 | 12:19 a.m. Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday it doesn't expect arbitrators to rule until sometime next year on its multi-billion-dollar dispute with Johnson & Johnson over rights to two lucrative drugs for immune disorders. That's ... (Source: Las Vegas Sun 2010-10-17T07:29:14Z)

Beatriz Recari holds off Gwladys Nocera

DANVILLE, Calif. -- Spain's Beatriz Recari won the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, overcoming soggy conditions and a late bogey for a one-stroke victory over France's Gwladys Nocera. The 23-year-old Recari, a tour ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-10-18T00:18:33Z)

AT&T to Sell IPad Directly To Businesses

AT&T Inc. said it will market Apple Inc.'s iPad directly to businesses, seeking to tap the increasing appetite within corporations for tablet computers and the wireless applications that make them hum. The company will offer iPad Wi-Fi and 3G models ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-16T17:17:24Z)

Attention AOL, Private Equity We Know The Exact Price You Need To Offer For Yahoo

Private equity firms Silver Lake and Blackstone keep calling AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and asking him if he'd like to merge with Yahoo and take the whole thing private. It's all very pie-in-the-sky at the moment; Yahoo hasn't even been included in the talks ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-10-14T18:45:40Z)

Gun fired at Fond du Lac gun show

Oct. 12, 2010 | A new study ranks Milwaukee's pension fund as having the 10th-largest unfunded liability among major U.S. municipal pension funds. City officials Tuesday disputed that finding, which contrasts sharply with the results of other studies that ... (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-10-17T22:16:52Z)

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