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Hurdles Loom for XM, Sirius Combination 20 Feb 2007 Features |
| XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., rivals in the fledgling satellite radio industry, have agreed to combine in a deal that investors hope will result in lower costs, |
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| IKEA Plans Move into North Carolina 18 Jan 2007Features |
| In the home state of America's furniture industry, where competition from abroad has shuttered dozens of manufacturing plants and led to thousands of lost jobs, a new foreign invader is on the |
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| Africa Urges Flexibility from Big Powers on Trade 15 Jan 2007Features |
| African trade officials urged rich members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Monday to show flexibility in stalled trade talks to enable the continent to cut poverty levels. "We call upon |
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| ASEAN, China Agree to Cut Barriers to Services 15 Jan 2007Features |
| China and Southeast Asian countries agreed on Sunday to cut barriers to trade in services such as telecoms, transport and tourism as a key step to the world's most populous free trade zone.
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| Airbus CEO Dropped Trousers for Plane Deal 15 Jan 2007Features |
| Jean Pierson, the colorful Frenchman who built Airbus into Boeing Co.'s biggest competitor, dropped his trousers to seal a key U.S. plane order in 1997, according to a book to be published on |
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| African Trade Ministers to Take Position on Doha Round 11 Jan 2007Features |
| Addis Ababa African trade ministers are due to hold an extraordinary session here next Tuesday to adopt a common stand on the way forward regarding the Doha Round of global trade negotiations under |
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| Russia Resumes Pumping Oil to Europe 11 Jan 2007Features |
| Oil resumed flowing through the main pipeline from Russia to Europe after Moscow and neighbouring Belarus resolved in principle a transit row that has disrupted exports and prompted fears over energy |
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| Mozambique's Inflation Rate in 2006 Drops to 9.4% 8 Jan 2007Features |
| The Mozambican inflation rate, measured through the Maputo Consumer Price Index, dropped to 9.37 percent in 2006, compared to 11.15 percent in 2005.
Mozambican news agency (AIM) Saturday quoted |
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| New WHO Chief Pledges to Put Africa High on Agenda 4 Jan 2007Features |
| Chinese bird flu expert Margaret Chan took over as head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday and promised to put Africa and women at the top of her agenda.
Chan, the first Chinese to |
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| Here Comes the Giant Consumer Electronics Show 4 Jan 2007Features |
| The annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)which commences on Sunday, January 7, in Las Vegas, with an address by Bill Gatesis expected to focus more on technologies that support current |
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| Kenya Closes Border with Somalia 4 Jan 2007Features |
| Kenya said Thursday it has closed its border with Somalia in an apparent effort to keep Islamic militants and refugees from entering the country. "The Kenyan border is officially closed," |
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| Russia Cancels $111.8 mln Zambia Debt 2 Jan 2007Features |
| Russia has cancelled $111.8 million in debt owed by Zambia, treasury spokesman Chileshe Kandeta said on Tuesday. Kandeta said Russia, part of the Paris Club of international lending nations, has |
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| Fifth Chinese Shoemaker Joins Suit Against EU 2 Jan 2007Features |
| A fifth Chinese shoemaker, Taiwan-invested Apache Footwear, has joined a lawsuit against the European Union over anti-dumping duties imposed on its products, state media has said.
Guo Weiwen, |
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| Angola to Become OPEC Member this week 13 Dec 2006Features |
| Angola, sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest oil producer, could be approved as the 12th member of OPEC at a meeting of the oil exporters' group on Thursday, Qatari Energy Minister |
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| Merck to Seek U.S. Approval of 3 Drugs in 2007 13 Dec 2006Features |
| Merck & Co. expects to seek U.S. approval in 2007 for drugs to treat HIV, cholesterol and insomnia, and it aims to have another four products in late-stage trials by mid-year, the company said on |
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| Shell Offers Control of Sakhalin-2 to Gazprom 11 Dec 2006Features |
| Royal Dutch Shell has offered to cede control of the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project, Russia's biggest single foreign investment, to state gas monopoly Gazprom after months of government |
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| Toll Posts Lower Profit as Housing Markets Soften 5 Dec 2006Features |
| Toll Brothers Inc., which builds luxury homes, on Tuesday reported lower quarterly earnings amid continuing softness in some of the once-hottest U.S. housing markets.
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