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Deals of the Hour / October 7, 2010, 9:41 pm

Premier Oil agrees Fyne field JV

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Premier Oil has done a deal with Antrim Energy giving it the option to pay $50m for a 39.9% interest in Block 21/28a in the UK Central North Sea containing the Fyne field. The pair, who'll jointly study options for the Fyne Area ... (Source: ShareCast 2010-10-07T08:16:53Z)

Special touches can create a beautiful bathroom

Five years ago, the ideal master bathroom was supposed to be large and lavish, with a huge Jacuzzi tub and a mile-long marble vanity. Times have changed, of course, and so have budgets. "Everyone's scaling down in every single room," says Sabrina Soto , a ... (Source: Times Union 2010-10-07T13:24:42Z)

Designers offer tips for creating a beautiful but not too lavish bathroom

Five years ago, the ideal master bathroom was supposed to be large and lavish, with a huge Jacuzzi tub and a long marble vanity. Times have changed, of course, and so have budgets. "Everyone's scaling down in every single room," says Sabrina Soto, a real ... (Source: Brandon Sun 2010-10-06T21:54:07Z)

ohnson & Johnson and Crucell Reach Agreement on Intended Public Offer of €24.75 per ...

New Brunswick, N.J., and Leiden, the Netherlands, – Johnson & Johnson ( NYSE: JNJ ) and Crucell N.V. (NYSE Euronext, NASDAQ: CRXL ; Swiss Exchange: CRX) today announced an agreement whereby Johnson & Johnson, through an affiliate, would acquire all ... (Source: WebWire 2010-10-07T14:57:45Z)

UPDATE 1-Debt laden RAM Energy looks at asset sales

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Independent oil and gas company RAM Energy Resources Inc ( RAME.O ) said it was pursuing sale of selected assets, as a part of its strategic alternatives review, to repay debt. RAM Energy will also look at refinancing the rest of its debt ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-07T12:34:35Z)

Wells Fargo to offer mortgage relief to Florida borrowers

More than 4,000 Florida homeowners will be eligible for loan modifications and mortgage-balance forgiveness totaling nearly $388 million under an agreement Wells Fargo Bank reached with eight states, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said Wednesday ... (Source: TradingMarkets.com 2010-10-07T15:55:01Z)

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)

Father and Son Found Guilty of Tax Evasion

A federal jury in Florida convicted a father and son on Wednesday of hiding a $33 million hotel sale from federal tax authorities while living a lavish lifestyle. The two men, Mauricio Cohen Assor, 77, and Leon Cohen Levy, 46, were found guilty of ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-07T00:02:58Z)

Wells Fargo In Pact To Provide $772M In Mortgage Relief

Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) agreed to offer hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgage relief to borrowers in eight states as part of a pact over allegedly deceptive marketing of payment-option adjustable rate mortgage loans offered by companies it acquired ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-06T19:02:19Z)

Designers offer tips for creating a beautiful, personalized but not too lavish bathroom

This photo released by Sarah Dorio shows a bathroom by designer Brian Patrick Flynn and featured on Decor Demon. Flynn favors baths done in all white, black and white, or white with charcoal or black/brown. (AP Photo/Sarah Dorio) NO SALES; MANDATORY DESIGN ... (Source: Republic 2010-10-06T19:30:57Z)

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)

Father-Son Developers Convicted of U.S. Tax Crimes

(Updates in 12th paragraph with attorney's comments.) Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A father and son charged with hiding a $33 million hotel sale from U.S. tax authorities while living a lavish lifestyle were convicted by a federal jury in Florida. Mauricio ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-07T15:33:32Z)

Ram Energy Says Targeted Asset Sales And Refinancing Debt Will Provide Shareholder Benefit ...

(RTTNews) - Oil and gas producer Ram Energy Resources, Inc. (RAME: News ) Thursday said it has determined that deleveraging the company through targeted asset sales and refinancing the company's existing debt will provide the greatest benefit to current ... (Source: RTT News 2010-10-07T11:44:29Z)

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)

Cape Wind awarded nation's first off-shore wind farm lease

The proposed 130-turbine wind farm in Nantucket Sound was awarded the nation's first offshore wind lease yesterday. The 28-year lease, announced by US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, will cost Cape Wind an annual fee of $88,278 before it begins ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-07T20:19:52Z)

Premier farms into Antrim's Fyne oil field in the UK North Sea

Antrim Energy ( TSX:AEN ) ( AIM:AEY ) signed an agreement with Premier Oil to jointly explore development options for the Fyne Area located offshore eastern Scotland in the UK Central North Sea. Under the terms of the agreement, Premier will pay an initial ... (Source: PennEnergy 2010-10-07T15:12:04Z)

Liverpool FC say board agrees sale of club

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The Liverpool board have agreed the sale of the British soccer club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV), the owners of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, the English Premier League club said on Wednesday. However, the ... (Source: FOX News 2010-10-06T09:36:49Z)

Johnson & Johnson and Crucell Reach Agreement on Intended Public Offer of Euro 24.75 per ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. and LEIDEN, Netherlands , Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ - News ) and Crucell N.V. (NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq: CRXL; Swiss Exchange: CRX) today announced an agreement whereby Johnson & Johnson, through an ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-10-06T06:23:32Z)

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)

UPDATE 2-Debt-laden RAM Energy to sell assets, not self

BANGALORE, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Debt-laden independent oil and gas company RAM Energy Resources Inc ( RAME.O ) said it was pursuing a sale of selected assets to repay some of its debt, which is currently double its market capitalization. RAM shares, which had ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-10-07T16:09:20Z)

Johnson & Johnson and Crucell Reach Agreement on Intended Public Offer of €24.75 per ...

New Brunswick, N.J., and Leiden, the Netherlands, 6 October 2010 - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Crucell N.V. (NYSE Euronext, NASDAQ: CRXL; Swiss Exchange: CRX) today announced an agreement whereby Johnson & Johnson, through an affiliate, would acquire ... (Source: Phramalive.com 2010-10-06T11:24:11Z)

American Airlines gets rapid approval for Los Angeles-Shanghai route

In an unusually quick decision Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation approved American Airlines Inc.'s application to fly between Los Angeles and Shanghai beginning April 5. The decision, just six days after American asked for the route, was a ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-10-08T03:07:54Z)

Wells Fargo in Mortgage-Relief Pact

Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to offer hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgage relief to borrowers in eight states as part of a pact over allegedly deceptive marketing of payment-option adjustable-rate mortgage loans offered by companies it acquired. The ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-06T19:45:16Z)

Salazar approves Cape Wind lease

I nterior Secretary Ken Salazar and Cape Wind Associates signed the lease for a wind project off Cape Cod this morning, the nation's first lease for commercial wind energy development in U.S. waters. In an address to the American Wind Energy Association ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-07T04:20:40Z)

Peruvian rightist author Vargas Llosa earns Nobel

NEW YORK -- Mario Vargas Llosa, the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, has never found much honor in boundaries. "Literature shouldn't be secluded, provincial or regional," the Peruvian author said in New York after Thursday's announcement in ... (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010-10-08T04:26:38Z)

Father-Son Developers Convicted of Hiding Hotel Sale From I.R.S.

Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A father and son charged with hiding a $33 million hotel sale from U.S. tax authorities while living a lavish lifestyle were convicted by a federal jury in Florida. Mauricio Cohen Assor, 77, and Leon Cohen Levy, 46, were found guilty ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-07T03:59:11Z)

Feds award Cape Wind a sweet 28-year lease deal

C ape Wind's new long-term lease of federal waters in Nantucket Sound calls for super-low royalty fees designed to spur development of offshore wind power in America. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who earlier this year gave a tentative thumbs up ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-07T17:13:45Z)

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa Wins Nobel Literature Prize

Vargas Llosa, 74, has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays, including "Conversation in the Cathedral" and "The Green House." In 1995, he won the Cervantes Prize, the most distinguished literary honor in Spanish. He is the first South American ... (Source: The Ledger 2010-10-08T03:50:51Z)

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa is Nobel literature winner

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, whose deeply political work vividly examines the perils of power and corruption in Latin America, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday. Announcing the award in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy praised Vargas ... (Source: Austin American-Statesman 2010-10-08T04:12:19Z)

Premier Oil agrees Fyne JV with Antrim Energy

Premier Oil has signed a joint venture agreement with Antrim Energy to study options for the Fyne Area in the UK Central North Sea. Under the deal, Premier will have the option to acquire a 39.9% interest in Block 21/28a containing the Fyne field in return ... (Source: IBTimes 2010-10-07T07:41:06Z)

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