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MILAN (Reuters) - Italian chocolate maker Ferrero could be interested in Cadbury's gum and candy division, a unit worth about 5 billion euros ($7.4 billion), in a possible joint takeover bid, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Friday.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Airlines Corp may have to pay about 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) to settle derivatives transactions, a newspaper said on Friday, sending the struggling carrier's shares down 3 percent to a record closing low.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Big shareholders at Goldman Sachs have asked the U.S. bank, on track to deliver $20 billion in bonuses, to pass more profit to investors after it quadrupled quarterly net profit, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As the United States ponders its Afghan strategy, Pakistan is waiting nervously, worried that a U.S. troops surge would widen the war but also keen to see a robust U.S. commitment that would convince the Taliban to talk.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said, after three policemen were killed in a bomb blast.
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's top general, who quit amid speculation he could run for president, pledged on Friday to fight for democracy and human rights after the end of a 25-year separatist war, suggesting he would soon announce his candidacy.
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CNN:
CNN I-Report Twilight Saga: New Moon Reviewby, Rajiim Gross of The RAG Review11/19/09 http://the-rag-review.info Here is my review on the second story in the Twilight Saga........ NEW MOON. Rated PG-13 and 2 hours and 10 minutes long. You can tell that the cast did some serious workout's for this film.Lot's of Eye candy for (Read More)
Reuters:
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel launched yet another new billing plan on Friday, slashing mobile roaming rates by nearly 60 percent and signalling a tariff war in the world's fastest-growing wireless market was far from over.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of mass layoffs reported by U.S. employers fell last month from September, a government report showed on Friday, suggesting job losses were close to bottoming.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged her viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vampire romance movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" raked in $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," studio officials said on Friday.
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Americans have differing views on Fort Hood massacre — including whether it was an act of terror• Hasan to Imam: 'Can't Wait to Join You' in Afterlife• Al Qaeda's Message Spreading on English Web Sites. (Read More)
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Fox News Poll: Americans have differeing views on shooting massacre at Fort Hood, Tex. — including whether or not it should be called an act of terrorism• Hasan to Imam: 'Can't Wait to Join You' in Afterlife• Al Qaeda's Message Spreading on English Web Sites. (Read More)