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News Summary: Blackstone buys Vivint for over $2B

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By The Associated Press THE DEAL: Blackstone Group LP is leading a group that has agreed to buy home security provider Vivint for more than $2 billion. The transaction is expected to close by year-end. THE TARGET: Provo, Utah-based Vivint is one of North America's largest providers of home

6 steps to size up your overseas retirement plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By ALEX VEIGAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Like many Gen-Xers, my present outlook on retirement falls somewhere between doom and gloom. I fear a stock market collapse could decimate my investments as I near retirement - a fate that befell many retirees following the 2008 financial

LSU police make arrest La. man in bomb threat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By SHEILA V KUMARAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police arrested a Baton Rouge man in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but don't believe he is connected to threats made against three other universities recently. William Bouvay Jr., 42,

In Virginia, rivals for Senate talk up cooperation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Democrat Tim Kaine talks a lot about Republicans - the ones in his family, the ones he's worked with and the ones he hopes will help him bridge the caustic political divide if he's elected to the U.S. Senate. "We can't have a

UN backs shaming of those who use child soldiers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday backed the naming and shaming of governments and armed groups that recruit, kill or sexually attack children in armed conflicts over protests from Russia, China, Pakistan and Azerbaijan. A

South Africa: Lonmin miners ready to resume work

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By CARLEY PETESCHAssociated Press MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) - Lonmin miners celebrated a wage deal Wednesday that ended a deadly and prolonged strike but labor unrest continued with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas at strikers at a different platinum mine. Some warned that the deal

Judge: Texas firm must pay disabled workers $1.4M

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By RYAN J. FOLEYAssociated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A Texas company that profited for decades by supplying mentally disabled workers to an Iowa turkey plant at wages of 41 cents per hour must pay the men $1.37 million in back wages, a federal judge ruled late Tuesday. The judgment against

Officer: Insider attacks aimed at Western resolve

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A series of "insider attacks" against U.S. and allied troops by Afghan forces are an attempt by the Taliban to drive a wedge between coalition and Afghan troops, a senior officer said Wednesday. But he said that while Western troops

UAE, Bahrain confiscate items bound for Iran

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have informed the U.N. committee monitoring sanctions on Iran that they have confiscated a number of items which could possibly be used in its nuclear program, a U.N. diplomat said Wednesday. The

Blackstone to buy Vivint for more than $2B

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

PROVO, Utah (AP) - Blackstone is leading a group that has agreed to buy home security provider Vivint for more than $2 billion. Provo, Utah-based Vivint is one of the largest providers of home automation and security services in North America. Its shareholders include Goldman Sachs, Peterson