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Deals of the Hour / October 5, 2010, 10:41 pm

Sky Harbor shut down as powerful storm hits

High winds, heavy rain and golf ball-sized hail swept through the Phoenix area Tuesday, downing power lines, severely damaging homes and temporarily shutting down Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Also Tuesday, an early winter storm that chased ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-06T00:47:06Z)

Sanofi Makes Hostile $18.5 Billion Bid for Genzyme

PARIS (Reuters) - French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis launched a hostile bid for Genzyme at $69 per share, or $18.5 billion, setting off what could be a protracted battle for control of the U.S. biotech. The move comes a month after Genzyme rebuffed ... (Source: ABC News 2010-10-04T05:50:07Z)

With China taking the lead, Europe and Asia will address global economic crisis during summit

BRUSSELS (AP) — European and Asian leaders will seek common ground on ways to fix and regulate the global financial market but will likely be bogged down by such issues as market restrictions and trade surpluses during three days of summits. "The ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-03T23:09:15Z)

What's next for GTSI?

The Small Business Administration put its foot down last week by suspending GTSI Corp. from federal contracting, and experts say it will be hard to get SBA to back down, especially in this political environment. "This is going to be an uphill battle [for ... (Source: Washington Technology 2010-10-05T22:16:47Z)

Braves vs. Giants: Why the Braves will win -- or lose

The Braves will win: With almost four days between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the NLDS, the rotation will have a chance to recharge, and the top three of Derek Lowe, Tim Hudson and Tommy Hanson can shut down any team. Lowe, the Game ... (Source: USA Today 2010-10-05T15:21:36Z)

Ryder Cup can make, break career

N EWPORT, Wales - This was the sort of Ryder Cup that can define a career. There's Graeme McDowell, coming off his first major championship just four months earlier in the U.S. Open, feeling the sort of gut-wrenching pressure he's never known before ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-06T04:29:00Z)

Aggressive care urged for sepsis

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's one of the most intractable killers you've probably never heard of: Sepsis , an out-of-control reaction to infection that can start shutting down organs in mere hours. A new push is beginning for hospitals to be more aggressive in ... (Source: Baltimore Sun 2010-10-05T15:14:26Z)

EU-Asia summit to address economy

BRUSSELS -- European and Asian leaders will seek common ground on ways to fix and regulate the global financial market but will likely be bogged down by such issues as market restrictions and trade surpluses during three days of summits. Monday kicks off ... (Source: Forbes 2010-10-04T05:14:20Z)

Quicker treatment urged if sepsis suspected

Washington — It's one of the most intractable killers you've probably never heard of: Sepsis, an out-of-control reaction to infection that can start shutting down organs in mere hours. A new push is beginning for hospitals to be more aggressive in ... (Source: LJWORLD 2010-10-05T19:32:08Z)

Braves win again, go into Wednesday night with 2-game lead in NL wild-card race

Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, taking a gamble by using starters Tim Hudson and Derek Lowe on short rest, came up huge. The Braves won again Wednesday, 5-1, over Florida, opening a two-game lead in the National League wild-card race over the San Diego ... (Source: USA Today 2010-09-30T09:22:27Z)

Shift at the Top of Twitter as a Founder Steps Aside

Evan Williams, the co-founder and chief executive of Twitter, is stepping down to lead product strategy at the company, Twitter announced on Monday. Dick Costolo, the chief operating officer, will succeed Mr. Williams. The company, which announced the ... (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010-10-06T04:21:51Z)

EU-Asia summit stresses cooperation, but cracks remain (Roundup)

Brussels - European Union and Asian leaders on Tuesday stressed their cooperation on economic and security issues, but failed to bridge the gaps on key questions, at the end of a two-day summit in Brussels. The Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM), a biennial summit ... (Source: Monsters and Critics 2010-10-05T17:51:55Z)

Eyak withdraws offer to buy GTSI

Alaska's Eyak Technology LLC said Monday it has withdrawn is offer to buy GTSI Corp., sending GTSI's shares skidding 41 percent on pre-market trading. Eyak said it is withdrawing its offer of $7.50 per share in cash, after the U.S. Small Business ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-04T13:21:05Z)

Atlanta Braves are armed and ready for National League Division Series against San Francisco ...

ATLANTA — Derek Lowe wasn't ready to look past his Game 1 start for the Braves against the Giants in the National League division series on Tuesday. At least not in public. Manager Bobby Cox said Lowe, Tommy Hanson and Tim Hudson are the Braves ... (Source: Ledger-Enquirer 2010-10-06T05:19:07Z)

Phoenix airport shut down as powerful storm hits

HOENIX - High winds, heavy rain and golf ball-sized hail swept through the Phoenix area Tuesday, downing power lines, severely damaging homes and temporarily shutting down Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Also Tuesday, an early winter storm that ... (Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier 2010-10-06T01:01:25Z)

Stocks Close Down Monday

NEW YORK (October 4, 2010)--Analysts said the market was due for a pullback after a 10.4 percent gain in the Dow last month and investors appeared to be on the sidelines Monday, holding back ahead of a busy week of earnings and economic news. According to ... (Source: KWTX 2010-10-04T20:52:04Z)

Pentagon: More Than 100 Insurgents Killed Along Afghanistan-Pakistan

WASHINGTON -- U.S. and NATO forces have killed more than 100 fighters from a Pakistan-based faction of the Taliban during two weeks of stepped-up military operations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The intensified border ... (Source: FOX News 2010-10-06T04:43:19Z)

Sanofi Bid for Genzyme Turns Hostile

PARIS — Sanofi-Aventis , the French drugmaker, turned its $18.5 billion takeover bid for the U.S. biotechnology company Genzyme hostile on Monday but stuck to the same terms. The offer of $69 per share is a premium of 31 percent over Genzyme's one ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-04T11:48:02Z)

Twitter's Dick Costolo Replaces Evan Williams as CEO

Twitter CEO Evan Williams is stepping down from the top job at the microblogging service and will direct product strategy. Current Chief Operating Officer Dick Costolo (pictured) will assume William's CEO duties. Williams made the announcement Monday in a ... (Source: Daily Finance 2010-10-04T20:09:07Z)

Sanofi Launches Genzyme Bid

PARIS—French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis SA on Monday launched its $18.5 billion tender offer for Genzyme Corp. without waiting for approval from the U.S. biotechnology company's board, citing what it called the target company's "unwillingness to ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-04T08:56:14Z)

Q+A - NATO's supply network in Pakistan hit by attacks

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen in Pakistan attacked and set fire to 20 trucks transporting supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks on the logistical backbone of the war in Afghanistan. The attacks ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-10-06T05:11:57Z)

Stocks fall at the beginning of a busy week

Stocks are closing lower as investors take a pause from a historic rally in September. Analysts say the market was due for a pullback following a 10.4 percent gain in the Dow last month. The monthlong rally has come on low volume, a sign that many ... (Source: Forbes 2010-10-04T20:16:16Z)

HEALTHBEAT: More aggressive care for sepsis urged as scientists find new clue to what fuels it

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's one of the most intractable killers you've probably never heard of: Sepsis , an out-of-control reaction to infection that can start shutting down organs in mere hours. A new push is beginning for hospitals to be more aggressive in ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-05T14:52:58Z)

Stocks fall at the beginning of busy week

NEW YORK -- Stocks are closing lower as investors take a pause from a historic rally in September. Analysts say the market was due for a pullback following a 10.4 percent gain in the Dow last month. The monthlong rally has come on low volume, a sign that ... (Source: KABC 2010-10-04T21:20:42Z)

EyakTek withdraws GTSI takeover offer, GTSI sinks

(Reuters) - Eyak Technology LLC said it withdrew its offer to buy software maker GTSI Corp ( GTSI.O ) as a U.S. regulator suspended GTSI from any future federal contracts, sending GTSI shares tumbling 42 percent to a new year-low. Eyak Technology, or ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-04T18:07:25Z)

Aborted takeoff at Phoenix airport causes delays

PHOENIX — Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has reopened a runway it had shut down because an engine on an airliner taking off failed. Airport spokeswoman Deborah Ostreicher (OH'-stry-kur) says some flights will still be delayed until about 11 a.m ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-09-24T17:43:29Z)

Clutch Graeme McDowell takes Cup from U.S.

N EWPORT, Wales - The pressure was more than Graeme McDowell wanted. The heartbreak was more than Hunter Mahan could handle. The longest Ryder Cup in history came down to the very last match yesterday at Celtic Manor, exposing the rawest emotions found in ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-05T10:42:25Z)

Police say NATO supplies torched again in Pakistan

Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan torched eight NATO oil tankers and shot dead a driver Wednesday, police said, in the latest strike against supply convoys heading for Afghanistan since Pakistan shut a key border crossing to international forces last week ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-06T04:43:19Z)

Twitter COO is New CEO at Tweet Central - Dick Costolo Takes Helm

There has been a Twitter Coo, and it means a new CEO is heading the brief message company. Co-founder, Evan Williams, stepped down on Monday after serving as CEO for 2 years. His replacement is Dick Costolo. Williams is the second Twitter co-founder to ser ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-10-05T19:39:18Z)

Europe holds on to win Ryder Cup

NEWPORT, Wales -- The pressure was more than Graeme McDowell wanted. The heartbreak was more than Hunter Mahan could handle. The longest Ryder Cup in history came down to the very last match Monday at Celtic Manor, exposing the rawest emotions found in ... (Source: FOXSports.com 2010-10-06T02:34:28Z)

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