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Deals of the Hour / October 7, 2010, 9:42 am

Spain Sells EU3.2 Billion in First Bond Sale Since Moody's Cut

Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Spain sold 3.22 billion euros ($4.47 billion) of three-year debt in the first bond auction since Moody's Investors Service stripped the nation of its top Aaa credit rating. Bonds rose after the sale. The government sold the notes ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-07T09:14:09Z)

Pfizer might sell off unit that came in Wyeth deal

Pfizer Inc., facing concerns about its future after cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor goes off patent, announced Wednesday the possible sale of its Capsugel unit, which the company acquired last year with the purchase of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. The Peapack, N ... (Source: TheDay 2010-10-07T08:02:34Z)

American, 2 Japanese win chemistry Nobel

NEW YORK -- A method for building complex molecules has paid off by helping to fight cancer, protect crops and make electronic devices -- and now, it has earned its developers a Nobel Prize. Three men -- two Japanese scientists and an American researcher ... (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010-10-07T04:34:59Z)

Kiwaii True Spring Water to be Sold and Distributed by PHSW, Inc.

Premium Healthy Spring Water, Inc. (PHSW) has announced they will be marketing and distributing Kiwaii 100% True New Zealand Spring Water, naturally pure and great tasting bottled spring water from the Blue Spring in New Zealand. PHSW is based in the ... (Source: PRWeb 2010-10-06T07:49:26Z)

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)

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)

Cut-price sale of AIB's stake in M&T looms

By Paul Hoskins and Steve Slater DUBLIN/LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A cut-price sale of Allied Irish Banks' stake in U.S. group M&T Bank Corp loomed on Wednesday after Spanish lender Santander walked away, its appetite for stressed assets apparently sated ... (Source: CNBC 2010-10-06T11:24:11Z)

3 share Nobel Prize in chemistry

NEW YORK A method for building complex molecules has paid off by helping to fight cancer, protect crops and make electronic devices - and now it has earned its developers a Nobel Prize. Three men - two Japanese scientists and an American researcher ... (Source: CharlotteObserver.com 2010-10-07T12:41:45Z)

PHYSICS NOBELIST TO SPEAK ON COSMIC RAYS AT WSU

James Cronin, a winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics, is giving two lectures this week at Wichita State University, both of them open to the public. Cronin is a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a lead scientist for the Pierre ... (Source: Wichita Eagle 2010-10-06T05:04:48Z)

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)

Record Junk-Debt Demand on `Hunt for Yield' Fuels Payouts to Buyout Firms

Private-equity firms are taking advantage of record demand for high-risk, high-yield debt to pay themselves dividends, saddling their companies with additional loans and bonds. Asurion Corp., acquired in a $4.1 billion buyout by firms including Madison ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-10-07T15:47:51Z)

Kremlin chief to court Algeria on Vimpelcom deal

MOSCOW, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev faces an uphill battle on Wednesday when he tries to convince Algeria to approve the sale of its biggest mobile telephone operator and BP's Algerian assets to Russian companies. Medvedev's ability ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-06T06:37:51Z)

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)

Pfizer Reviews Alternatives For Capsugel, Including Sale - Update

(RTTNews) - Drug manufacturer Pfizer Inc. (PFE: News ) said Wednesday that it is reviewing strategic alternatives, including a divestiture, for its unit Capsugel, which provides hard capsules. The company has engaged Morgan Stanley to conduct the strategic ... (Source: RTT News 2010-10-06T12:35:46Z)

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)

Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

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 came close to being elected president of his ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-07T14:43:26Z)

AIB may cut M&T stake price after Santander walks

DUBLIN/LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Allied Irish Banks, once Ireland's biggest lender, might have to cut the sale price of its $2.2 billion stake in M&T Bank Corp after Spanish lender Santander walked away. AIB shares were down 4.2 percent at 1100 GMT. M&T ... (Source: The Guardian 2010-10-06T14:58:56Z)

ATU moves closer to high-yield bond deal -sources

LONDON Oct 5 (Reuters) - German auto parts after-sales group Auto-Teile Unger (ATU) is expected to announce price guidance on a planned 450 million euro ($619.7 million) high-yield bond on Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the deal. A delay in ... (Source: Reuters India 2010-10-05T14:45:48Z)

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)

Algeria signs 6 Russia deals during Medvedev visit

Algeria and Russia signed six deals Wednesday in sectors including energy and transportation during a visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The Russian leader, accompanied by a delegation that included Russian business leaders, said after a meeting ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-06T21:04:00Z)

UPDATE 2-Pfizer exploring possible sale of capsule business

NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc ( PFE.N ) is exploring a potential sale of its Capsugel unit, the world's largest maker of hard capsules, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. At $740 million in revenue, Capsugel generated only about about 1.5 percent of ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-06T14:51:47Z)

Nobel Prize winner to speak at WSU

WICHITA — James Cronin, a winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics, is giving two lectures this week at Wichita State University, both of them open to the public. Cronin is a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a lead scientist for the ... (Source: Wichita Eagle 2010-10-05T15:57:23Z)

Liverpool agrees on sale to Boston Red Sox owners

LONDON—English Premier League club Liverpool says it has agreed to sell the club to the owners of the Boston Red Sox, pending settlement of a board dispute. Club chairman Martin Broughton announced the sale Wednesday on the Liverpool Football Club ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-06T07:06:29Z)

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)

Negishi, Heck and Suzuki Earn 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The continuing legacy of Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prizes are the most coveted honors in the world. Notable scientists Albert Einstein and Madame Marie Curie, have earned these prestigious prizes for their groundbreaking and culture altering work. Awarded ... (Source: Associated Content 2010-10-07T12:05:57Z)

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy announced the prize at around 1:00pm local time in Stockholm. The Swedish Academy judges said Vargas Llosa won the award for "his cartography of ... (Source: New York Post 2010-10-07T13:03:13Z)

UPDATE 2-Kremlin chief to court Algeria on Vimpelcom deal

MOSCOW/LONDON Oct 6 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev faces an uphill battle on Wednesday convincing Algeria to approve the sale of its biggest mobile telephone operator and BP's Algerian assets to Russian companies. On the line is Vimpelcom's ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-06T12:35:46Z)

AU Optronics, DEWA, Sberbank to Sell Debt: Emerging Bond Alert

The following borrowers in emerging markets are expected to sell international debt. New information is followed by previously reported plans. AU OPTRONICS CORP. hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch, UBS AG, Standard ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-10-07T14:36:16Z)

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)

Don Larsen, Meet Roy Halladay

On Wednesday evening, Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies needed only 104 pitches to finish off the Cincinnati Reds, 4-0, in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. What's remarkable about his performance, of course, is that he didn't allow a ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-07T11:23:00Z)

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