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The deal is valued at $1.6 billion, including $69 million in debt. Mentor refused to engage in talks with Cadence, saying it would rather remain independent. San Jose, Calif.-based Cadence took the offer public on Tuesday. Cadence’s advance may have prompted Mentor, a Wilsonville, Ore.-based software maker, to launch on May 9 a hostile 23.6 [...]

It was the numbness Tony had always been after. Steve had died. Tony hadn’t drank then. He refused to tarnish everything Steve had done for him by drinking it all away. Now Steve was back. Steve was back and he would fix everything, put everything back the way it was and clean up Tony’s string [...]

So, it’s Neil Diamond as mentor and songwriter for the evening. I don’t like Neil Diamond’s songs, I never have; too sappy for my taste, so dated (even when they first came out, they had no body to them,fluff). I know I’d be having a real hard time singing his songs myself. The judges (especially [...]

Although Jocketty was something of a mentor to Mozeliak, the latter is nothing close to a carbon copy of the former. If Cincinnati gets serious about contending, I still wouldn’t completely write off the possibility that Jocketty tries to convince manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan to come with him. Jocketty didn’t [...]

I wonder if there are any Vikings fans that have a Vikings Frerotte jersey? Probably not, but he did appear on the Vikings roster in 2003 and 2004 as a back-up to Daunte Culpepper. Vikings Vixen thinks Gus Frerotte is a solid guy and will be a good mentor to our young team (although he [...]

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