European car sales fell for the sixth straight month in September, carmakers' association ACEA said on Friday, as demand continued to suffer from the loss of scrappage schemes and the uneven recovery dimmed confidence. Automakers in Europe have been braced for pain as the cash-for-clunkers incentive schemes that many countries introduced to spur demand during
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> US has – 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia, – 18-times as much oil as Iraq – 21-times as much oil as Kuwait – 22-times as much oil as Iran – 500-times as much oil as Yemen http://soldierforliberty.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/did-you-know-the-us-has-vast-oil-reserves-eclipsing-the-saudi-reserve/ >The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, has
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Singapore widened the trading band for its currency in response to increasing market volatility and India intervened to temper a rising rupee as foreign exchange tensions persisted ahead of a key G20 meeting. The U.S. dollar, under pressure for weeks on expectations the Federal Reserve will soon print money again to buoy a faltering economy,
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Singapore businessman Peter Lim withdrew his 320 mln pounds ($512.7 mln) offer to buy Liverpool Football Club on Thursday. "It has become clear to me that the board is intent on selling the club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV) to the exclusion of all other parties, regardless of the merits of their bids," Lim
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The board of the Bank of Cyprus has decided to open a representative office in India, saying in an announcement Thursday that “the relative procedure to apply for a license has been submitted to the regulatory authorities in Cyprus and India.” The bank said that due to the developing trade relations between the two countries,
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Estranged Greeks and Turks of Cyprus opened a new crossing along its ceasefire line on Thursday which mediators hope will reinvigorate slow-moving peace talks. The 4 km stretch of road near Limnitis winding through hills seeks to link one of the most remote regions in the northwestern part of the island in an area hemmed
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Britain's top share index rose on Thursday as miners gained on firmer metals prices which were boosted by a brightening demand outlook, while mobile phone heavyweight Vodafone rose after an upgrade from Nomura. Gains were offset by weaker defensive tobacco and pharmaceuticals stocks as investors switched to companies more geared to economic growth. By 0758
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Liverpool's bitter ownership wrangle rumbled into Thursday after George Gillett and Tom Hicks launched an 11th hour legal bid to stop the club being sold to Boston Red Sox owner John W Henry. Weeks of bitterness appeared to be drawing to a close late on Wednesday after London's High Court ruled that Hicks and Gillett
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Stumbling out of a nightclub and walking home barefoot with aching feet after dancing all night in killer heels could be a thing of the past for women thanks to new vending machines in Germany which sell disposable pumps. Student Isabella Fendt came up with the idea "Ballerina to go" — ballerinas are flat shoes
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Greek riot police used force and tear gas to disperse about 150 protesting contract workers on Thursday who had blocked access to the Athens Acropolis to press wage claims, a Reuters eyewitness said. "Police entered the site from a side door and dispersed them using tear gas grenades," a Reuters eyewitness said. "The gate is
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