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Deals of the Hour / October 7, 2010, 7:41 am

Univision, Televisa reconciled

After years of legal disputes over content deals, Mexican TV giant Televisa and U.S. Spanish-lingo web Univision have kissed and made up. Televisa said Tuesday it had closed a $1.2 billion deal for a 5% stake in Univision. "From today onwards, Univision is ... (Source: Variety 2010-10-06T11:24:11Z)

Dollar Thrifty shareholders reject Hertz deal, means Avis offer still a possibility

CHICAGO (AP) — Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group shareholders have rejected a buyout offer from Hertz, giving an opening for rival bidder Avis Budget Group's offer for the car rental company. Hertz Global Holdings Inc. shares fell $1.12, or 9.7 percent, to ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-30T19:38:04Z)

1ST LEAD: EU and South Korea sign record free-trade deal

Brussels - The European Union and South Korea on Wednesday signed in Brussels a record free-trade agreement which is expected to boost business by 30 billion euros (41 billion dollars) a year. The EU is keen to boost its influence in Asia, and sees trade ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-10-06T08:53:52Z)

Roy Halladay gives fans one surreal moment

T he whole Phillies dugout became awfully quiet in the sixth inning, because Roy Halladay hadn't yet given up a hit. He spent the first five innings of the first playoff start of his life mowing down the Cincinnati Reds with an array of fastballs and ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-07T13:53:19Z)

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)

Halladay Throws No-Hitter as Phillies Beat Reds in NL Playoffs

Roy Halladay made his playoff debut by throwing the second no-hitter in Major League Baseball postseason history as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-0. Halladay, acquired by the Phillies during the offseason after 12 years with the ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-10-07T00:31:36Z)

Roy Halladay joins Don Larsen with postseason no-hitter, Phils top Reds 4-0

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay finished his warmup tosses and stood on the mound, waiting for a commercial to finish so he could resume working on his masterpiece. Nothing could deter Halladay in his postseason debut. Not the long television breaks ... (Source: Orlando Sentinel 2010-10-07T14:14:48Z)

Avis Shakes Up Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Deal

Not taking "non-negotiable and final" for an answer, Avis strikes back in rental car bidding war. The offer comes a few weeks after Dollar Thrifty and Hertz announced they had agreed on a deal worth $1.4 billion, or $50 per share, at the time was believed ... (Source: Forbes 2010-09-23T17:23:12Z)

Halladay Caps Year of Pitcher With Second Postseason No-Hitter

Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Roy Halladay extended Major League Baseball's year of the pitcher by throwing the second no-hitter in postseason history. Halladay celebrated his long-awaited playoff debut by leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 win yesterday ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-07T06:00:53Z)

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)

Peru's Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel literature prize (Roundup)

Stockholm - Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa was Thursday awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature 'for his cartography of the structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt and defeat.' Vargas Llosa told ... (Source: Monsters and Critics 2010-10-07T13:31:51Z)

Phillies' Roy Halladay throws no-hitter in postseason

There was a time not so long ago when Roy Halladay — Big Roy to his friends and family — couldn't believe his son, Little Roy, might be a first-round pick in the June baseball draft. "I hadn't even contemplated that," Halladay said Wednesday evening ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-10-07T13:17:32Z)

Mexico's Televisa Shares Sharply Higher On Univision Deal

MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Shares of Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa (TV, TLEVISA.MX) opened sharply higher Tuesday after the company unveiled plans to take a stake in U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications Inc. (UVN), while ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-05T14:02:51Z)

Training officer : Darmstadt Germany

Formed in 1986 and comprising 25 European member states, EUMETSAT's role is to establish, operate and exploit European meteorological satellite systems. Data from these systems are essential for precise and accurate weather forecasting; they also assist ... (Source: Nature.com 2010-10-07T12:05:57Z)

Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel prize for literature - 2nd Update

Stockholm - Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa has won this year's Nobel prize for literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on Thursday. The academy's citation said he was awarded "for his cartography of the structures of power and his ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-10-07T11:44:29Z)

Optical Scientist for Sentinel-3 Satellites : Darmstadt Germany

Formed in 1986 and comprising 25 European member states, EUMETSAT's role is to establish, operate and exploit European meteorological satellite systems. Data from these systems are essential for precise and accurate weather forecasting; they also assist ... (Source: Nature.com 2010-10-07T13:10:23Z)

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 a man who was both one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and a former presidential candidate in his politically divided ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-10-07T14:21:57Z)

Dollar Thrifty shareholders reject Hertz deal; Avis offer could still be in play

THE VOTE: Dollar Thrifty shareholders rejected a buyout offer from Hertz, with 11.8 million votes for the deal and 13.8 million against. THE OFFERS: Hertz was offering $43.60 in cash and 0.6366 shares of common stock of Hertz, for each share of Dollar ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-30T20:42:29Z)

Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world who once ran for president in his homeland, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy said it honored the 74-year ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-07T12:48:54Z)

Phillies' Halladay Throws Second Postseason No-Hitter

(Adds Rangers-Rays game details in 11th paragraph.) Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Roy Halladay made his playoff debut by throwing the second no-hitter in Major League Baseball postseason history as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-0. Halladay ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-10-07T07:26:47Z)

DQE Lands New Merchandising Deal for The Jungle Book

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has named Plus Licens as the licensing representative for The Jungle Book for the Nordic and Eastern European regions. Plus Licens will rep The Jungle Book for merchandising and publishing in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark ... (Source: World Screen News 2010-09-27T16:28:21Z)

Peru writer Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

STOCKHOLM - Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world, a man of letters who also braved the violence and political divisions of his homeland to run for president, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-10-07T14:00:29Z)

Russia to refund Iran 'over missile deal'

AFP - Russia is reimbursing Iran for its down payments on a deal for advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles, which Moscow halted in the face of tough new UN sanctions, Russian Technologies chief Sergei Chemezov told reporters on Thursday. "We are now ... (Source: France 24 2010-10-07T13:53:19Z)

South Korea sign free-trade agreement

BRUSSELS - The European Union and South Korea signed a free-trade deal on Wednesday which could double trade between them and trigger a rush among Asian states to enter trade pacts with the 27-nation bloc. The accord, Europe's first with an Asian nation ... (Source: AsiaOne 2010-10-07T01:14:33Z)

Televisa Invests $1.2 Billion for a Stake in Univision

Univision, the leading Spanish-language television network in the United States, will retain the rights to popular telenovelas produced by the Mexican television giant Grupo Televisa for another 15 years. In a deal announced Tuesday, Televisa will invest $ ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-06T01:58:41Z)

Russia to pay Iran $800 mln for shelved S-300 deal

$800 m to compensate for its failure to deliver S-300 missile systems, the head of state-controlled conglomerate Russian Technologies, Sergei Chemezov, said on Thursday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev banned the delivery of the high-precision air ... (Source: Business Day South Africa 2010-10-07T12:48:54Z)

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 2010-10-07T14:07:38Z)

Russia to refund Iran over missile deal: arms export chief

NICOSIA, Oct 7, 2010 (AFP) - Russia is reimbursing Iran for its downpayments on a deal for advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles which Moscow halted in the face of tough new UN sanctions, Russian Technologies chief Sergei Chemezov told reporters on ... (Source: Sri Lanka Sunday Times 2010-10-07T11:51:38Z)

EU and South Korea sign record free-trade deal (1st Lead)

Brussels - The European Union and South Korea on Wednesday signed in Brussels a record free-trade agreement which is expected to boost business by 30 billion euros (41 billion dollars) a year. The EU is keen to boost its influence in Asia, and sees trade ... (Source: Monsters and Critics 2010-10-06T09:51:08Z)

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)

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