Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / October 7, 2010, 12:40 pm

Liverpool agrees on sale to Red Sox owners

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The Liverpool board has agreed to sell the club to the owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox but the fate of England's most successful side could yet be decided in the courts as a bitter ownership dispute rages on. The English ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-07T06:58:09Z)

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel Prize in literature, 1st South American since 1982

STOCKHOLM - Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once ran for president in his tumultuous ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-07T19:15:27Z)

Hawaiian Air Reaches Deal With ANA

KITV.com Hawaiian Airlines Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has signed an agreement to partner with All Nippon Airways Co., of Japan. The two plan to partner in code sharing, frequent flyer programs and cargo operations. Hawaiian Air begins its ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-07T00:45:55Z)

Bulls sign Joakim Noah for 5 more years

Deerfield, Ill. — The Chicago Bulls are keeping Joakim Noah around for a while. Getting to play with Carlos Boozer, however, will take a little bit longer than expected.The Bulls confirmed they have signed Noah to a multiyear contract extension. The team ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-10-05T04:58:50Z)

British Airways, Iberia and American Airlines announce new routes under transatlantic deal

LONDON - American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia launched their transatlantic joint business Wednesday, unveiling new routes and detailing benefits for customers that include a shared frequent flyers program. BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh said the ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-06T13:40:12Z)

AP source: Bulls, Joakim Noah agree to contract extension

CHICAGO (AP) — Center Joakim Noah   (FSY) and the Chicago Bulls agreed Sunday on a five-year contract extension, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal has not ... (Source: USA Today 2010-10-04T06:18:45Z)

Ohio governor, AEP announce deal to build solar development tied to up to 600 jobs

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Gov. Ted Strickland says a solar farm expected to bring up to 600 jobs is being built on a former strip mine adjacent to a wildlife conservancy in southeast Ohio. Spanish manufacturers Prius Energy S.L. and Isofoton plan to employ 300 to ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-10-05T18:34:52Z)

GE to pay $3 billion for oil equipment maker Dresser

BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co ( GE.N ) reached a $3 billion deal to buy Dresser Inc DRESS.UL, a maker of gas engines used to power oil and natural gas production equipment, in its latest bid to boost its energy business. The Addison, Texas-based ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-06T13:47:21Z)

A Nobel's long gestation

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, Oct. 5: There's a good chance that you know, or know someone who knows, one of the more than 4 million couples worldwide who have had a child through in-vitro fertilization. The ... (Source: News-Democrat 2010-10-07T05:25:05Z)

Bulls' Joakim Noah to sign extension

The deal is worth $60 million plus additional bonuses, Dan Fegan, one of Noah's agents, told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher. "I'm pretty happy," Noah said Monday. "It's very exciting. I'm very happy that I'm going to be able to be here for a while. I feel ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-10-04T23:43:52Z)

Ambac Financial gets 2nd bump on Lehman settlement

Shares of Ambac Financial Group Inc. spiked for a second day after the troubled bond insurer reached a deal with bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. regarding claims the two filed against each other. THE SPARK: Late Tuesday, Lehman Brothers submitted a ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-07T17:13:45Z)

In vitro fertilization innovator Robert G. Edwards wins Nobel Prize

British biologist Robert G. Edwards, whose contributions to the technology of in vitro fertilization have made more than 4 million couples parents, has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Working with Dr. Patrick Steptoe, Edwards ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-05T06:03:15Z)

Solar energy project may bring 700 jobs to Ohio starting in 2012

ZANESVILLE -- A 50-megawatt solar farm adjacent to The Wilds will begin generating energy for American Electric Power beginning in 2012 -- and 300 new jobs for southeastern Ohio. The process to build and run the farm, called Turning Point Solar, eventually ... (Source: Bucyrus Telegraph Forum 2010-10-07T11:44:29Z)

GE's Dresser Deal Taps Into the Natural Gas Boom

General Electric Co. is expanding its energy business by tapping into the growing reliance of utilities and factories on natural gas. The addition Wednesday of privately held energy equipment maker Dresser Inc. for $3 billion bolsters GE's already sizable ... (Source: ABC News 2010-10-06T20:56:51Z)

An Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa

Lima, Peru -- 'This is a story that often repeated itself," Mario Vargas Llosa says. "If a father was a businessman, he was a man who had to be complicit with the dictatorship. It was the only way to prosper, right? And what happens is that the son ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-07T13:17:32Z)

Harley-Davidson shares jump on bullish report

NEW YORK -- Shares of Harley-Davidson Inc. jumped on Tuesday after an analyst raised his price target on the motorcycle maker's stock, saying sales are improving "meaningfully" following a slump. THE SPARK: RBC Capital Markets analyst Edward Aaron raised ... (Source: Forbes 2010-10-05T19:17:49Z)

Four million babies later, a Nobel

LOS ANGELES - British biologist Robert Edwards, whose contributions to the technology of in vitro fertilization helped bring more than 4 million infants into the world, has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Working with Dr ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-05T04:51:40Z)

Peruvian writer/politician Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize in Literature

The Swedish Academy wandered outside of its usual European base to select Peru's Mario Vargas Llosa as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature today, according to the official Nobel website . From the publication of his first novel, 1963′s The Time ... (Source: Entertainment Weekly Online 2010-10-07T16:02:10Z)

Hawaiian Air Says ANA Code-Share Expected Within Four Months

Hawaiian Airlines , which starts its first service to Japan next month, expects to conclude an agreement to code-share flights with All Nippon Airways Co . within four months. The two airlines are in talks about a business alliance which may be agreed ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-10-06T06:30:42Z)

American Airlines Receives U.S. Department of Transportation Approval to Fly Between Los ...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines, a founding member of the one world® Alliance, today issued the following statement: "We are very pleased that the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted us the authority ... (Source: Daily Finance 2010-10-07T19:22:36Z)

Ambac Financial Group shares rise for 2nd day following settlement with Lehman

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Ambac Financial Group Inc. spiked for a second day after the troubled bond insurer reached a deal with bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. regarding claims the two filed against each other. THE SPARK: Late Tuesday, Lehman ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-07T17:20:55Z)

UPDATE 1-GE to pay $3 bln for oil equipment maker Dresser

BOSTON Oct 6 (Reuters) - General Electric Co ( GE.N ) reached a $3 billion deal to buy Dresser Inc [DRESS.UL], a maker of gas engines used to power oil and natural gas production equipment, in its latest bid to boost its energy business. The Addison, Texas ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-06T13:40:12Z)

'Stop All the Bad Stuff'

At a small, informal breakfast in Midtown New York Tuesday morning, House Republican leader John Boehner said the lame-duck Congress, scheduled roughly for Nov. 15 through Dec. 22, will pass a bill that extends all the George W. Bush tax cuts. And he said ... (Source: Town Hall 2010-10-07T04:27:49Z)

Mario Vargas Llosa: Nobel prize-winner punched Gabriel Garcia Marquez to make a political point

The writer Mario Vargas Llosa , a leading figure of the so-called "Boom" in Latin American literature in the 1960s and '70s and an outsize political figure in his native Peru, has won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. Here is Vargas Llosa's official ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-07T18:53:58Z)

American Airlines, British Airways And Iberia Announce Better Deal For Trans-Atlantic Flyers

LONDON , Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- More access to cheaper fares, bigger choice of flight times and easier connecting journeys will become reality for transatlantic flyers with the launch of the new joint business between American Airlines, British Airways and ... (Source: Street.Com 2010-10-07T00:17:17Z)

Giant solar project planned for southeast Ohio site

Hundreds of green jobs are coming to southeast Ohio now that American Electric Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turning Point Solar LLC to announce the largest commercial solar development east of the Rockies. A release from AEP states ... (Source: Athens News 2010-10-07T15:12:04Z)

ANA, Hawaiian establish commercial cooperation

ANA and Hawaiian Airlines said Wednesday they signed an agreement "to establish a commercial partnership" that will see the carriers "explore bilateral cooperation in areas such as codesharing, frequent flyer programs and cargo subject to necessary ... (Source: Atwonline.com 2010-10-07T02:54:46Z)

Liverpool manager delighted at club's $476M sale to Red Sox owner

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson said Thursday he was "delighted" that the soccer club's board had agreed to the sale of the club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV). A $476 million (£300 million) offer to buy the club was tabled Tuesday by NESV, a company ... (Source: New York Post 2010-10-07T13:53:19Z)

Liverpool FC sale supported by lead creditor-source

LONDON Oct 6 (Reuters) - The sale of English soccer club Liverpool to New England Sports Ventures (NESV) is supported by its main creditor Royal Bank of Scotland ( RBS.L ), a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Liverpool's board has agreed ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-06T08:18:04Z)

Democrats in race see free trade as fair game

Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, then a Pennsylvania congressman, knew at the time that it was going to hurt: It was late that evening in 2005 when he emerged from the House cloakroom and cast one of the final votes ensuring passage of the Central America Free ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-10-07T07:12:28Z)

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