Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / October 3, 2010, 1:43 am

Ottawa says hopeful on RIM deal with India

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's trade minister said on Friday he believes Research In Motion will be able to reach an agreement with India that gives police and security agencies access to encrypted BlackBerry communications. Peter Van Loan said after meeting ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-24T19:16:33Z)

Canada's TD bank completes US bank deal

TORONTO — The chief executive of Toronto-Dominion Bank said Friday Canada's second largest bank is looking to do more acquisitions in the United States after completing the purchase of South Carolina-based South Financial Group. TD CEO Ed Clark said in ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-02T08:22:49Z)

Hewitt Associates' $4.9B sale to Aon to close around Oct. 1

(AP) — The $4.9 billion sale of human resources specialist Hewitt Associates Inc. to Aon Corp. is expected to be completed on or around Oct. 1, the two companies said Friday. Shareholders of the two companies approved the deal on Monday. The buyout is ... (Source: Crain's Chicago Business 2010-09-25T04:56:22Z)

Community Health closes Forum Health deal, buys West Virginia hospital

Community Health Systems said it completed its acquisition of Youngstown, Ohio,-based Forum Health after receiving approval from Ohio's attorney general and a bankruptcy judge. The Franklin-based hospital chain won bidding for assets of Forum that ... (Source: Nashville Tennessean 2010-10-01T23:33:06Z)

Paris rally hits age of retirement

P ARIS - Hundreds of thousands of protesters young and old demonstrated in France yesterday, waving union flags and pressing conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to drop plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. It was the third day of protests in ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-03T04:11:05Z)

$19.1 billion budget deal reached in California

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers said Friday night that they have reached a deal to close the state's $19.1-billion deficit. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), flanked by three other legislative leaders, proclaimed a ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-02T04:26:36Z)

Nidec Completes Acquisition of Emerson Electric Co.'s Motors & Controls Business and ...

KYOTO, Japan, Sept. 30, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) ("Nidec" or "we") today announced that it completed the acquisition of the Motors & Controls business of Emerson Electric Co. (the "Acquired Business") on October 1, 2010 ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-30T23:41:27Z)

Southwest Airlines to buy AirTran for $1.4B, combining 2 of nation's largest discount carriers

NEW YORK (AP) — Southwest Airlines has agreed to buy AirTran in a $1.42 billion deal that will combine two of the nation's biggest discount carriers. The two airlines primarily overlap in the Baltimore and Orlando markets. Passengers traveling to and ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-27T16:21:12Z)

Hewitt's $4.9B sale to Aon to close around Oct. 1

The $4.9 billion sale of human resources specialist Hewitt Associates Inc. to Aon Corp. is expected to be completed on or around Oct. 1, the two companies said Friday. Shareholders of the two companies approved the deal on Monday. The buyout is still ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-24T16:24:45Z)

French unions launch new pension plan protests

Hundreds of thousands of protesters young and old demonstrated in France on Saturday, waving union flags and pressing conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to drop plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. It was the third day of protests in a ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-02T19:50:01Z)

Boeing in potential $11.9 bln B-52 bomber deal-US

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Boeing Co ( BA.N ) received a potential $11.9 billion, eight-year U.S. Air Force contract for modernization of its B-52 Stratofortress bomber's weapons systems, the U.S. Defense Department said on Wednesday. No funds were ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-29T23:42:38Z)

Community Health buys 4 hospitals in Ohio, W. Va.

Community Health Systems Inc. said Friday it acquired a hospital system based in Youngstown, Ohio, and a hospital in West Virginia. The hospital operator said it paid $120 million for Forum Health hospital system in a bankruptcy auction and also assumed an ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-01T21:24:15Z)

Treasury, AIG deal 'pivotal'

The U.S. Treasury and American International Group have finalized a deal aimed at restoring the troubled insurance giant to independence and repaying the massive taxpayer investment that rescued the company two years ago. "This is a pivotal milestone as ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2010-09-30T22:51:20Z)

UPDATE 2-Southwest Airlines to buy AirTran for $1.04 bln

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines ( LUV.N ) will purchase AirTran Holdings ( AAI.N ) for $1.04 billion in cash and stock in a deal that will allow Southwest to expand its presence in major East Coast markets. Contraction in the U.S ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-27T13:22:14Z)

JetBlue CEO: No deal to compete with Southwest

JetBlue's CEO says his airline doesn't need to combine with another carrier to compete with Southwest. In an internal memo obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, CEO Dave Barger said growing too fast through an acquisition could jeopardize JetBlue ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-29T00:05:18Z)

India granted limited BlackBerry Messenger access

The maker of the BlackBerry smart phone has granted India's government manual access to its Messenger service and has promised automated access by Jan. 1, enabling authorities to track such messages in real time, the country's top interior ministry ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-01T19:36:53Z)

Aon, Hewitt stockholders OK $4.9B sale

CHICAGO - The $4.9 billion sale of human resources specialist Hewitt Associates to Aon was approved by the shareholders of both companies Monday. The buyout is still subject to regulatory approvals. The cash and stock deal, first announced July 12, is ... (Source: CNBC 2010-09-20T17:12:27Z)

Nespresso Opens Stores as North American Sales Rise

(Adds Levy's title in second paragraph.) Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Nespresso sales in the U.S. and Canada have increased about 50 percent this year, helped by store openings and a new distribution agreement, said Frederic Levy, the head of Nestle's ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-22T01:18:01Z)

India gets manual access to BlackBerry messenger

(Reuters) - The Indian government has manual access to chat communication on BlackBerry messenger services and expects to get automated access from Jan. 1, the country's top interior ministry official said Friday. India , which along with several other ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-10-01T16:45:05Z)

Boeing should get Pentagon tanker contract

With the Pentagon poised to award a $35 billion contract for its next generation of aerial refueling tankers this fall, members of Washington's congressional delegation rallied with hundreds of Boeing workers on Monday at the company's plant in Everett ... (Source: Longview Daily News 2010-10-03T07:17:12Z)

Schwarzenegger, legislative leaders reach California budget deal

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders said they struck a comprehensive agreement after an intensive five-hour meeting Friday night, signaling an end to California's record-long budget stalemate after 93 days. Virtually no details ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-02T16:08:06Z)

Both American and French Canadian Sitcoms of the 1950's Impacted on Women's Lives

Here we are making progress as the Donna Reed Show had a woman lead actress. Though the show was another middle class show that centered on issues like firing a bad housekeeper, it did show the wife as a woman with a career and that really was a ... (Source: Associated Content 2010-10-02T16:58:13Z)

Fiscal plan takes shape

SACRAMENTO - After a record-long impasse, California legislators are set to vote this week on a no-new-taxes budget that relies on a combination of spending cuts and optimistic financial projections to close a $19 billion deficit. Details of the agreement ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-03T04:25:24Z)

YouTube: French music industry reaches deal with Google's video site

PARIS -- Songwriters and composers will get paid when their videos are seen on YouTube in France, under a deal announced Thursday by the online video sharing site and France's leading music industry group. The industry group SACEM called the deal difficult ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-30T15:27:32Z)

Boeing NewGen Tanker Win Would Bring 480 Jobs, $22 Million to Utah

SALT LAKE CITY , Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA - News ) today announced that Utah will benefit from an estimated 480 total jobs and generate an estimated $22 million in annual economic impact if the Boeing NewGen Tanker is selected as ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-10-01T14:50:33Z)

Sherwin-Williams to Webcast Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results Conference Call

CLEVELAND, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) will issue a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010 prior to the opening of the market on Tuesday ... (Source: Forbes 2010-09-30T18:40:48Z)

AIG cuts deal to repay billions to taxpayers

AIG, which became a lightening rod for criticism over government bailouts, said it reached a deal to repay billions of dollars it received during the credit crisis. The plan announced Thursday could return a sizable profit to taxpayers who footed the bill ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-30T14:44:35Z)

Futures Sale Spurred May 6 Panic as Traders Lost Faith in Data

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Declines in index futures convinced traders a "cataclysmic event" was pushing down equities on May 6, leading them to abandon the market and triggering the biggest crash in a quarter century, federal regulators found. A trader's ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-02T04:05:07Z)

CHS completes purchase of four hospitals

The country's largest publicly traded hospital company just got bigger. Franklin-based Community Health Systems Inc. today closed on two separate deals to buy Forum Health , a not-for-profit three-hospital chain in Ohio, and Bluefield Regional Medical ... (Source: Birmingham Business Journal 2010-10-01T20:12:40Z)

AIG finalizes plan to pay back billions from taxpayer bailout

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and American International Group have finalized a deal aimed at restoring the troubled insurance giant to independence and repaying the massive taxpayer investment that rescued the company two years ago. "This is a ... (Source: St. Petersburg Times 2010-10-01T00:31:33Z)

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