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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:51:01 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[FTSE closes sharply lower]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares added to losses late in the session, as Wall Street traded sharply lower after disappointing employment data. In London, weak heavyweight miners, oil majors and banking issues led the wider market lower. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[HMV experiences growth slowdown]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In a statement published ahead of the group's annual shareholders' meeting, HMV Group, the music, DVD, computer games and books retailer, said underlying sales had continued to grow, but at a slower rate, broadly in-line with expectations.  [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:16:31 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[JD Wetherspoon sales in decline]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Pubs operator JD Wetherspoon, which has nearly 700 pubs in the UK, this morning reported an 11% tumble in full-year pretax profit, in-line with the consensus forecast, as the smoking ban and slowdown in consumer spending impacted sales.  [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:33:42 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Go-Ahead Group remains on track]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Bus and rail operator Go-Ahead Group said this morning its trading since June 28th had been in line with expectations, and its outlook was positive, despite economic uncertainty, with revenue 20% higher and pretax profit up 19%.  [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:48:13 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Paseenger numbers fly at easyJet]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[easyJet, Europe's second-largest budget airline, said today that the number of passengers it flew in August this year rose 24% on the same month last year. The number of seats filled also increased to 91.3% from 87.4% in August 2007.  [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:33:10 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Xstrata buys copper stake]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Xstrata said an Australian subsidiary has agreed to purchase a 17.83% stake in Indophil Resources. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:58:51 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Circle Oil raises £33m ]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Circle Oil said today it has raised £33m by placing about 173.7 million shares at 19p each. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:30:58 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Clipper makes headway]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Clipper Ventures posted higher FY profits and said it is well positioned to weather recession. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:55:43 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Carr's Milling set to double annual profit]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Carr's Milling Industries said it expects its full-year pretax profit to more than double to at least £12.5m on revenue of about £350m, after 'very strong trading' across all divisions and geographies. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:07:13 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[MCB Finance slashes its first-half losses]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[MCB Finance Group more than halved its losses before tax during the first half and said it expects significant further growth and remains on target to become profitable during 2008. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:13:16 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Exploration costs hurt Maghreb Minerals ]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Maghreb Minerals posted an increased full-year pretax loss on higher exploration costs. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:24:53 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Portrait Software achieving growth target]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Portrait Software said it expects first half revenues to be ahead of last year. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:38 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Plasmon confirms private equity approach]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Plasmon confirmed today that it has had an approach from a US-based technology private equity firm at an investment value of some $25m. [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:10:05 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[FEDERAL NATIONAL MOR Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac decline comment on WSJ report]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae <FNM.N&gt; and Freddie Mac <FRE.N&gt;, declined to comment on a Wall Street Journal story saying the U.S. Treasury is close to finalizing a plan to backstop the two government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs.        Janis Smith, spokesw [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[NOKIA OYJ US STOCKS-Dow, S&P end higher on financials, down for week]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The broader U.S. stock market ended its worst week since May with modest gains on Friday, as a rally in financial stocks helped the market reverse earlier steep losses after a government report showed further deterioration in the U.S. labor market.        News the unempl [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[MICROSOFT CORP EU court split of Microsoft decision -- Bloomberg]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The vote of the European Union's second highest court last year to uphold a European Commission ruling against Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O&gt; came on a 7-6 vote, Bloomberg news reported on Friday.        The Court of First Instance never announces its votes, but Bloombe [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[TOYOTA MOTOR CORP UPDATE 1-Toyota says uncertain if US market has hit bottom]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Despite signs of steadier U.S. auto sales in August, it remains uncertain whether industrywide sales in the largest vehicle market have hit bottom, and conditions next year are unlikely to improve, senior Toyota Motor Corp executives said on Friday.        'It's hard to  [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ROYAL DUTCH SHELL Shell-led JV restarting Norco, Louisiana, refinery]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises, the refining joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Aramco, has begun restarting its 240,000 barrels per day refinery in Norco, Louisiana, which was shut last week ahead of Hurricane Gustav, Shell said on its website Friday.     Shell s [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLD US STOCKS-Wall St flat as financials offset weak data]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed in volatile trade on Friday as a bounce in financial shares offset concerns about the economy after a bleak labor market report.        Among financial shares that rebounded was Lehman Brothers <LEH.N&gt;, which rose more than 5 percent to [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ WRAPUP 2-U.S. jobless rate at 5-year high]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote that the economy was near recession.        The eighth straight month of job cuts underlined th [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ACP CAPITAL LTD ACP Capital, Mezzanine see hit from possible debtor insolvency]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[LONDON (Thomson Financial) - ACP Capital Ltd. and ACP Mezzanine Ltd. said their net asset values are likely to be affected by the negative returns expected from German industrial company Pfaff Industrie Maschinen AG., which is likely to become insolvent unless it can obtain additional funding and re [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ FOREX-U.S. dollar falls from 11-month high versus euro]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The U.S dollar slipped from 11-month highs against the euro on Friday, after government data showed the U.S. economy lost jobs for the eighth straight month and the unemployment rate jumped.     The ongoing weakness in the U.S. labor market cast doubts about the resilien [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ EU's Almunia backs ECB's fight against inflation]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[CERNOBBIO, Italy, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The European Commission backs the European Central Bank's stance on fighting inflation, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on Friday.     'The European Commission backs the ECB in fighting inflation and lowering price pressur [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[VINCI Vinci, subsidiaries' outlook raised to stable - S&P]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has revised to stable from negative its outlook on France-based concession and construction group Vinci S.A., and its subsidiaries Cofiroute and Autoroutes du Sud de la France S.A. (ASF), both toll road operators.     S&P affirm [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[NEXT EARNINGS POLL-Next's H1 profit fall to add to UK retail gloom]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - British fashion retailer Next Plc is expected to report a 14 percent fall in first-half profit on Wednesday, starkly illustrating how deteriorating economic conditions have deterred shoppers from spending.     The UK's second-largest clothing retailer by value, according t [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[GOOGLE INC INTERVIEW-Google's Chrome browser gets strong welcome-CEO]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[CERNOBBIO, Italy, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Google Inc's <GOOG.O&gt; Web browser Chrome has had a 'very strong' reception since its launch this week, with several million downloads, Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt told Reuters on Friday.        Chrome is the U.S. Internet search engine's head-on chall [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[RNS Final Announcement Released]]></title>
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	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[KOPEYKA TRADING HOUS Russian discount grocer Kopeyka upgraded to 'CCC+/ruBB'; outlook stable - S&P]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has raised Russian discount food retailer OJSC Trade House Kopeyka's long-term corporate credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'CCC-' and raised the Russia national scale rating to 'ruBB' from 'ruCCC-'.     The outlook is stable.    The  [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ACP Mezzanine Ltd Trading Update]]></title>
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	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:23:39 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ACP Capital Limited Trading Update]]></title>
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	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:20:28 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ INTERVIEW-ECB's Nowotny: inflation still far too high]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[VIENNA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation is still far too high and there are no concrete signs that it could reach the European Central Bank's goal before 2010, new governing council member Ewald Nowotny said in an interview.     Nowotny, who started in his position as Austria's central bank g [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[INMOBILIARIA COLONIA Colonial seaks deal with creditors next week -source]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Troubled Spanish real estate company Colonial will meet creditors and shareholders next week to reach an 8.9 billion euro ($12.7 billion) debt restructuring deal aimed at saving the company from bankruptcy, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday.     T [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
	   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[BLACKSTONE GROUP LP EXCLUSIVE-Blackstone, KKR eye Lehman Brothers assets -source]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP <BX.N&gt; and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co [KKR.UL] are each looking to buy parts of Lehman's real estate and asset management units, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.        The real estate unit, which includes property and some asset [read more] - supplied by MoneyAM]]></description>
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