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BANGKOK (Reuters) - A top Thai court threw out a lawsuit by anti-privatization activists trying to delist $34 billion energy giant PTT PCL , but said on Friday it had to return its gas pipelines and some land to the government.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts is considering a bid for retailer Macy's Inc. , according to the online edition of Women's Wear Daily magazine.
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Unmetered access, capped at 200MB O2 is launching a flat-rate tariff on 1 October - sort of. Costing £7.50 a month, the bolt-on is being called unlimited, but in fact is capped at just 200MB.

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NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Tiger Woods was in upbeat mood despite being deposed as world number one by Fiji's Vijay Singh Monday.
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Internet search giant Google's aficionados may just have lost some vital information that could hurt their wallet! Hackers exploiting a flaw in Google's desktop search tool launched a week back could have
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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- After Team USA racked up six goals in a 6-3 victory over the Swedes Saturday, coach Ben Smith said he hoped his players saved a few because goals were going to be hard to get yesterday against Canada.
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Lancope, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch™ System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response system, today announced that U.S. Patent No. 7,185,368 has been issued for the company's innovative flow-based detection of network intrusions.
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Reuters - Authorities kept a main oil pipeline in southern Iraq shut on Sunday rather than risk it being attacked, restricting the country's exports to half normal levels, a South Oil Official said.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Reliever Octavio Dotel and the Kansas City Royals reached a preliminary agreement Friday on a $5 million, one-year contract.
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AP - Famously opaque when he was chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan — the author — says he relished the opportunity to break out of "Fedspeak" and share his own insights about the nation's economy.
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( InfoWorld ) - A recent federal court ruling pertaining to open-source software in model railroads could derail enforcement of open-source licenses altogether, according to Mark Radcliffe, general counsel for the Open Source Initiative. If allowed to stand, the decision could withhold an important and expected remedy...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Technology stocks climbed near a 2-month high on Monday, as investors seeing value in a battered group bought software and semiconductor shares, while higher crude oil prices limited blue-chip gains.
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Venezuelans headed to the polls Sunday to elect regional leaders amid lingering concerns of voter fraud and the political opposition's discontent.
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Why your beloved gadgets die so young. By Kris Wagner from Wired Test.
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With the Johan Santana, and Pedro Martínez already on the roster, the Mets opening-day starter is anyones guess.
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Uzbeks voted in a parliamentary election Sunday in which opposition groups were barred from running, sparking criticism from Europe's top election watchdog and a fierce defence from the country's authoritarian president, who
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Reuters - A federal judge late on Friday rejected a request for an injunction against the McClatchy Co. sale of three San Francisco Bay-area papers it acquired when it bought Knight Ridder Inc. this year.
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Victims of a toxic waste spill in Ivory Coast are to be compensated but most of the money stays in state hands.
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Reuters - It's one of the few countries that still has vast swathes of tropical rainforests left.
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AP - Braylon Edwards caught eight passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner in the third quarter, to lead No. 17 Michigan past San Diego State 24-21 on Saturday.
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ATLANTA (Reuters) - Baltimore Ravens football star Jamal Lewis pleaded guilty on Thursday to using a cell phone to try to broker a cocaine deal, avoiding more serious federal drug charges that could have sent him to prison for life.
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Starbucks raises its expansion target to 40,000 outlets around the world, more than triple the existing number.
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AP - Mark Wilson has been to the PGA Tour's qualifying school 10 straight years, and has gotten so used to the drill that he just assumes it'll be part of his schedule. And Boo Weekley is probably best known for wearing camouflage pants and tennis shoes earlier in his career.
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Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise operator, said Thursday it ordered four new ships from Italian shipyard Fincantieri in a multibillion dollar deal that includes the previously announced redesign of the Queen Victoria cruise ship.
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Settles parallel import fight with UK distie Microsoft has settled a copyright infringement dispute with UK-based Pyramid Distribution over so-called "parallel importing".

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Hometown boy Jim O'Brien has found that returning to Philadelphia as head coach is as tough as a week-old cheesesteak. With three new starters, the 76ers are scuffling at 6-10.
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The Federal Reserve's staff predicted in August that the US economy would grow at a "solid" pace through next year, in part because interest rates would remain relatively low during that time.
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Two brothers who led Colombia's infamous Cali drug cartel are each sentenced to 30 years in US jails.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - LeBron James scored 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers got a measure of revenge with a 90-88 road victory over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs on Thursday in the team's first meeting since last year's NBA finals.
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Harare - A leading white Zimbabwean lawmaker on Thursday apologised to parliament for shoving a government minister during a parliamentary debate in May, as the house prepared to vote on whether or not to impose a prison sentence on him.
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Former chief financial officer steps down from company's board amid an investigation into stock option grants.
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The stock market rebounded, with Microsoft shares rising to their highest level in six years after the company’s profit exceeded Wall Street expectations.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - A series of bomb blasts in a Muslim-majority town in western India killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 70, mostly worshippers at Friday prayers, police said.
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Chaotic scenes occur in Ramallah as a helicopter carrying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's coffin arrives.
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AP - Bill Parcells keeps coming up with humiliating ways to describe the Dallas Cowboys. Not only are they stupid, as he repeatedly called them following a crushing loss to Cincinnati, he said Monday that this season's team exasperates him more than any he's ever coached.
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Intel said that it had chosen to withdraw from the One Laptop Per Child educational computer organization due to what a spokesman called “philosophical” differences.
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The Giants (4-2) began practice Friday with only two days to get ready for Trent Dilfer, who will make his second consecutive start for San Francisco (2-3).
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DirectX-ready, sources claim Nvidia will unveil the world's first DirectX10 GPU, codenamed 'G80' but expected to ship as the GeForce 8800, in the middle of this coming November, it has been claimed.

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NICOSIA (Reuters) - With a burst of fireworks and popping champagne, Cyprus ushered in the euro on Tuesday after ditching its pound at the stroke of midnight.
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Reuters - The United States and Europe must talk to Syria and Iran if they want a comprehensive solution to Iraq and other Middle East conflicts, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published on Friday.
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Two US soldiers were killed and a third was wounded Wednesday when a bomb exploded as they drove through an area of central Afghanistan where Taliban fighters are said
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EVERY cloud is supposed to have a silver lining. Not true. It turns out that the cloud that has hung over Australian swimmer Brooke Hanson since the Athens Olympics is lined instead with gold.
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NEW YORK - Investors were unmoved by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's improved assessment of the economy, with stocks falling modestly Wednesday in light trading. While Greenspan said the economy has "regained some traction" after the summer's slowdown, he echoed Wall Street's concerns over energy prices, w...
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A letter left on the body of murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh contained a death threat against liberal Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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Reuters - U.S. crude futures ended above $75 per barrel on Wednesday after soaring to a record high earlier in the trading session.
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BELFAST (Reuters) - A 34-year-old man was charged on Tuesday with supplying the car used in the 1998 Omagh bombing, the bloodiest attack in three decades of violence in Northern Ireland, police said.
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Scottie Pippen may have been the most significant figure in the history of the NBA. Nah, lots of guys refuse to go into games. Heck, Carmelo Anthony made the Olympic team after he did it last season.
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The schedule of events at TPC Boston in Norton leading up to and including the Deutsche Bank Championship (for information, call 508-285-8333):
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Canada's T.D. Bank Financial Group is buying a controlling stake in Maine-based Banknorth for $3.8 billion.
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GLASGOW (AFP) - Former Everton and Rangers manager Walter Smith will be confirmed as the new manager of Scotland on Thursday, according to the BBC.
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InfoWorld - If Microsoft Corp. had any hope of seeing Munich back away from its landmark decision last year to abandon Windows software in favor of open source Linux, that hope faded Wednesday when city officials decided to move ahead with their migration project.
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Blog: The lensmaker says it's signed distribution partnerships to reach most major photography markets.
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AP - Four South Carolinians who challenged the state's segregated school system will receive Congress' highest honor for civilians next month, lawmakers said Wednesday.
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - The United States backs a strong dollar but believes the currency market should determine exchange rates based on fundamentals, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Monday during a visit to Ireland.
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The French prime minister says a French-language satellite TV news channel will be launched next year.
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By Pollen, Bella I don't like fish. I don't like their scales and bones. I don't like the way they eyeball you from a restaurant plate and I particularly resent the size they grow to if left unfilleted and grilled.
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NEW YORK, August 23 (New Ratings) - Alcoa Inc (AA.NYS) and BHP Billiton have announced their plans for an initial public offering filing for their metal processing and distribution joint venture, Integris Metals Corporation.
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RESEARCH BOFFS GARTNER are urging network managers to standardise all their PCs on Windows XP SP2 and forget about Microsoft's cutdown version of Longhorn.
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Stocks had an uneven week after glum economic data and the turmoil in Pakistan led to sell-offs.
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(Reuters) - Medis Technologies Ltd , a developer of fuel cell technology, said it could not complete talks with an undisclosed original equipment manufacturer to market a power pack before a key trade event.
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Companies will offer a service that authenticates movies, music, and games.
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Blog: The last time energy took up this much of your income, you were listening to the Cure.
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Four workers have been pulled out alive from a mine in north China, leaving 166 colleagues trapped and feared dead after a gas explosion, local officials said.
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North Korean officials have announced that a huge explosion in its remote Northeast was part of a hydroelectric project. Mystery surrounded the blast in the mountainous province of Yanggang and fears grew
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AFP - Sixty-seven people have burned to death after blasts ignited a fireball on a train from India to Pakistan in an attack condemned as terrorism aimed at derailing the South Asian peace process.
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Mizuho, one of Japan's four biggest banking groups, reported Monday that group net profit for the first fiscal half fell 8.4 percent from the previous year, despite some progress in getting rid of bad debts.
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Such security flaws are not uncommon, but Gmail deviates from the norm by not causing cookies to expire when users change passwords.
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, said Thursday that he may renege on his pledge to step down as army chief of staff because "the vast majority
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Gordon Brown says the government will advertise for new external members of the Monetary Policy Committee.
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By Anonymous Total to pay fine, upgrade Port Arthur plant Total Petrochemicals USA Inc.
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AP - For the first time since 1992, when he won his first term as state attorney general, a presidential election year will pass in 2008 without Gov. Mike Easley running for statewide office.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures were modestly ahead on Tuesday, pointing to a higher open on Wall Street, as oil prices steadied around $42 a barrel and the dollar bounced higher, while investors awaited a report on U.S. factory orders.
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Hotwire.com leads all independent travel websites for customer satisfaction, according to a new J.D. Power and Associates survey of 6,800 consumers that rated sites for competitive prices and ease of booking. Expedia , Travelocity, and Priceline followed. Lowest-rated sites were, from bottom up, Hotels.com, Orbitz, and...
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AP - While earthquakes, steam and magma are getting all the attention on Mount St. Helens these days, the volcano's most unique feature could be the icy epitome of slow motion that has sprouted on its flanks in the last two decades: its glacier.
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Ties-up Virgin deal Carphone Warehouse is offering a music download service as an adjunct to its MyMobileLife website.

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US film professionals name Finding Neverland best film, the first major prize of the award season.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Orlando Magic named Stan Van Gundy as its new head coach Thursday, just hours after letting Billy Donovan out of his contract.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc. formally rejected a bid by smaller rival US Airways Group Inc. and filed its own long-awaited plan to emerge from bankruptcy on Tuesday, valuing the carrier at up to $12 billion.
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Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever will merge its two boards after reporting "unsatisfactory" earnings for 2004.
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Webmail.us, which provides hosted e-mail service for small and medium-size businesses, will announce next week a raft of improvements to its service, including a major migration of its core e-mail platform from Microsoft Corp. Windows to an open source platform.
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Reuters - The U.S. economy is on track for sustainable above-trend growth, and with monetary policy still accommodative, interest rates will keep rising, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen said on Friday.
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com September 23, 2004, 10:28 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.
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Shopping online after a libation or two is far less dangerous than drinking and driving but there is the potential for reckless spending.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New Jersey Nets opened two roster spots on Monday, trading swingman Bernard Robinson, center Mile Ilic and cash considerations to the New Orleans Hornets for veteran guard David Wesley.
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The price of crude oil fell for a third straight day today, brought down from a midweek record high by news of higher-than-expected US stocks and by China’s latest moves to cool its economy.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rose modestly in November as energy costs that had shot up a month earlier and fanned inflation fears posted only a small gain last month, the Labor Department said on Friday.
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American Eagle is making the casual apparel business look easy.
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AP - Keltoum El-Khayat left home barefoot at age 15, along with five other teenagers, telling her parents she was going to stay the night with her aunt. Instead she joined a war against Morocco for the independence of a Colorado-sized chunk of northwest African desert called Western Sahara.
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Liberty Media Corp., which is controlled by cable-television investor John Malone, said profit in the third quarter rose ninefold and sales more than doubled, helped by Liberty's purchase of the QVC shopping network.
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Maria Sharapova's victory over Venus Williams in the quarterfinals at Zurich last week all but clinched a spot in the WTA Championships final eight for the 17-year-old Russian and put Venus on the brink of being eliminated from the tour's most important
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US health officials announced steps on Thursday aimed at clarifying the way regulators police the safety and advertising claims of vitamins, herbs and other products in the $15-billion-a-year dietary supplements industry.
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BOSTON -- Free agent Sean Casey reached a preliminary agreement on an $800,000, one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, giving them an experienced backup at first base to Kevin Youkilis.
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MONTERREY, Mexico - Governments throughout Mexico and Central America are on alert as evidence grows that al-Qaida members are traveling in the region and looking for recruits to carry out attacks in Latin America - the potential last frontier for international terrorism. The territory could be a perfect staging gro...
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Reuters - Chrysler Chief Executive Bob Nardelli said the Federal Reserve's emergency 75 basis point rate cut would help ease consumer confidence and boost auto sales in 2008.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - "Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!" go the stirring words that open China's national anthem.
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Faced with the maddening challenges of their erratic railroad system, a group of angry British commuters organized a protest.
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AP - Democrat Barack Obama hopes to rout Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia while Republican John McCain seeks to put more distance between himself and Mike Huckabee.
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If you are sitting at home, watching the flat screen, Philip Rivers is annoying.
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Reuters - The chairman of mining company Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc wrote to shareholders on Sunday, urging them to take no action on a bid for the company by rival miner BHP Billiton .
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The deal will create a 550-store $11 billion supermarket chain, the latest merger in the quickly consolidating grocery industry.
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