Also news of a block trade in Christian Dior (other-otc: CHDRF - news - people ) Tuesday night sparked talk that Arnault could be looking to increase his stake in Carrefour.
Other sites, such as EveryBlock.com, aggregate news on a block-by-block basis.
It might not help that the Lib Dems' loudest critic of Rupert Murdoch is not their leader but the business secretary, Vince Cable (who last year indicated to undercover journalists that he wanted to block News Corporation's now-aborted bid to buy the chunk of BSkyB that it does not already own).
Update, 15:55: I was fascinated that in the House of Lords debate today, Lord Puttnam said that he believed Jeremy Hunt as culture secretary could intervene to block News Corporation's bid to own all of BSkyB, on the grounds News Corp would not be a "fit-and-proper" owner (in the light of the recent revelations about conduct at the News of the World).
Earlier this month, News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch said he would try to block Google from using news content from his companies.
The good news for DeCode is that drugs to block Flap already exist.
The car is making news as it goes up on the block at RM Auctions during Pebble Beach in August.
The good news is that Congress has 45 days to block the removal of North Korea from the U.S. state-sponsors-of-terrorism list.
But it's good news that the FDA is not another stumbling block.
The good news is that there are people like Dr. Block (she is also the Co-director for the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care) who are trying to educate us.
The recording artist-turned-actor was referring to the news of a major tour with his New Kids on the Block, who'll be joined this summer on "The Package Tour" by 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I'm Melissa Block.
Also on the block was Aspect Communications (nasdaq: ASPT - news - people ).
And Block became a comedian's target earlier this year when news emerged that it had screwed up its own taxes.
Communist countries and one-party states also tend to perform better than economics and population alone would suggest which may be good news for the Chinese this time, though not for the former Soviet block.
Some lawmakers tried to block Blackstone Group 's (nyse: BX - news - people ) much anticipated initial public offering last week, citing investor protection and, in one case, homeland security.
But Google's competitor Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) is already trying to get the federal government to block the deal, claiming it will give Google an online advertising monopoly.
Also on Monday, ratings agency Fitch said it would view a regulatory block of the attempted acquisition of BSkyB as "negative" for News Corp and Macquarie downgraded News Corp. to "underperform" due to the regulatory uncertainty.
The House Appropriations Committee June 10 voted to block the contract, because Accenture (nyse: ACN - news - people ) insists it is based in Bermuda, not the United States, where its top executives work and where a plurality of its employees toil.
Industry watchers say Verizon has a clinch on the C block while another carrier, perhaps Alltel (nyse: AT - news - people ), likely has won one or two licenses.
The NYSE sent out the text of a memo from Chairman Marshall Carter admonishing a seat holder who has been a vocal critic of the Exchange for his attempts to block a vote to approve the Archipelago (amex: AX - news - people ) merger.
Following in the style of trailblazers such as Paper.li and MentorMob, which let you create your own newspapers and playlists from news stories, pictures and videos, IFTTT.com is the new kid on the block, in a growing list of sites that lets people curate their own Web space.
Evidence published Tuesday suggests that News Corp. was getting inside information from the government minister with the power to approve or block the acquisition, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
CNN: James Murdoch blames underlings in phone-hacking inquiry
While using tax software such as Block's TaxCut or TurboTax from Intuit (nasdaq: INTU - news - people ) certainly can help with the calculations, you still have to input all the information correctly--and to do that it helps to have at least some understanding of the law.
The mere acquisition of a smooth block of metal and glass does not magically persuade people that they should start paying for news.
Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), which successfully petitioned the FCC to decree to open the "C block" of spectrum to outside devices and applications, said it had an early lock on the C block, but was eventually outbid by Verizon and took home no licenses.
The block was priced at a 2.8% discount to where the stock was trading before news of the sale was announced.
With restrictions on reporting the unrest, much of the news, video and images emerging from Iran have come via social networking sites, often bypassing authorities' attempts to block applications such as Facebook and Twitter.
Speaking to Xinhua news agency ahead of the visit, he said he would update Chinese leaders on "what are the obstacles that block" dialogue with Israel, and would ask Beijing "to use its relationship with Israel to remove the obstacles that obstruct the Palestinian economy".
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